Word: caffe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...street quite so lively, quite so cosmopolitan or quite so zany as Rome's Via Veneto-the broad, tree lined avenue known to Italy's American colony as "the Beach." And for a decade past, the heart of the Beach has been the polyglot, block-long Caffé Doney. There in the soft Roman night, Italians and tourists alike sat till the wee hours beneath bright sidewalk umbrellas, sipping whisky, apéritifs or coffee, and watching the Via Veneto's endless parade of smartly dressed girls, pomaded gigolos and international celebrities, ranging from Brazilian Playboy "Baby...
...tide of battle came not long ago when Director Federico (La Strada) Fellini shot a long sequence for his new film La Dolce Vita in front of the Café de Paris. Last year he would have used Doney's for his background. But the management of Caffé Doney is not panicking. Surveying his tourist-crowded tables last week, a Doney manager said disdainfully: "When people ask us where the Café de Paris is, we tell them...
...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
...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...