Word: brio
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Italian Actress Marilu Tolo took a crash course in English in Los Angeles and( is now speaking it-with brio-in a Greek drama on the island of Corfu. Tolo is on the set of The Greek Tycoon, the saga of a shipping magnate (Anthony Quinn) who chucks his mezzo-soprano mistress (Tolo) in order to marry the widow of an assassinated U.S. President (Jacqueline Bisset). All fantasy, of course. Tolo (pronounced Taw-lo) described her part as that of "a famous opera singer, a tempestuous, explosive character" who is "not Maria Callas." If there is any resemblance...
...seat at the opening night of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Manhattan last week. The official reason for her presence in New York was the christening of a new, 750-passenger luxury liner, the Cunard Princess. Grace, 47, hurled the traditional bottle of bubbly with impressive brio. "Wonderful arm," quipped New York...
...away from Britain. The festivities may mark the last time that whites in Rhodesia can celebrate that particular act of independence. But the mood at the ball was stubbornly defiant. In the spirit of the occasion, Smith's folk-singing son-in-law, Clem Tholet, gave a con brio rendition of Rhodesians Never Die, whose chorus vows...
...Hands clearly wants to get entirely away from any thing overtly heroic or proudly patriotic. Such an aim, however, is difficult to square with the text and tenor of the play. Once one accepts the limitations of the director's concept, there is nothing to fault in the brio of the cast, the racehorse pace or the sense of battle-weary valor conveyed. There are different ways of showing British pluck. Dunkirk is not Agincourt...
...most daring drama, encompassing every trend from artificial insemination to interracial romance. The Horton family's days pass with reckless brio. "We are a bunch of horny devils," admits the star, Susan Seaforth Hayes...