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...after Midnight, Film Star Anna Magnani and Director Vittorio De Sica. Across the street, the Strega's tables swarm with so many starlets and bit players that harried directors have been known to hustle over and do some fast casting on the spot. Most international is the Caffè; Doney, where newsboys hawk the London Daily Telegraph, France-Soir and Variety, and waiters accept orders for milkshakes or ham-and-eggs without batting an eye. Patrons include Egypt's ex-King Farouk, Hollywood's ex-Star Bruce Cabot (now a fixture of Rome's colony...
...display at Milan was everything from toothpaste to refrigerators, caffè espresso vending machines, jet engines and a diesel locomotive. One big hall was filled with several dozen kinds of motor scooters and motorcycles; other halls displayed delicate glassware and pottery, tractors, sail-and motorboats, house trailers. The Montecatini chemical company showed off its insecticides, fertilizers and aluminum products in an elaborate pavilion decorated with immense papier-machéå insects and lacy scaffoldings festooned with sunbursts of aluminum chairs and kitchen utensils
...Florence last week, where he was having a one-man show, Caffé was a clear success. His pictures of fledgling priests skipping rope, gossiping, romping on the beach, or playing mosca cieca† have won him an enthusiastic Italian following, as well as buyers elsewhere. Painted in whites, reds and clerical blacks, the pictures are cheerful and lighthearted; the over-casual brushwork and the repetitious patterns are excused...
...Caffé avoids the serious aspects of priesthood: "I only like to paint a priest when he is a human being-as when he is pedaling along with his flowing black gown or wrapped in wonder at the sight of a high-flying kite." He thinks the paintings have a nostalgic appeal: "The public looking at my paintings finds a little thread of a tale of the past. Fashions change, everything changes, but the priest always has the same appearance and represents an unchangeable personality...
...Caffé admits that he has sometimes been tempted to paint Italy's fancy carabinieri, whose uniforms feature red, white and black too. His newest project: a commission from the Italian butchers' association for a series of paintings of young priests looking at appetizing cuts of fresh red meat...