Word: chiari
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rome, thrice-married Cinemactress Ava Gardner said four times was out, described her near, dear companion, Italian Comic Walter Chiari; as just an "attentive, affectionate, charming friend." Mourned Chiari: "I could be ready for the ceremony in ten minutes...
...fourth fun-packed year, was all set to make it illegal. In Mexico, apparently serious this time about shedding Frankie-she started through the Reno mill three years ago, then lost interest-Ava filed again for divorce. Current object of her defection: Italian Comedian Walter Chiari, who has replaced Bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin, and other lesser beefcake, as Ava's great and good friend...
...central characters are a couple of Abbott & Costello-like American sailors (Walter Chiari and Carlo Campanini) who are knocked out by thugs while sightseeing in the Colosseum and dream that they are having all sorts of misadventures in ancient Rome. Among the picture's low-comedy highlights: the voluptuous Empress Poppea (Silvana Pampanini) taking a milk bath that out-DeMilles De-Mille; the sailors engaging in a pocket-billiard contest with Nero (Gino Cervi); gladiators waging a savage football game in the Colosseum with a Grecian urn as a pigskin; a Roman orgy with jitterbugging; a frenzied chariot race...
...Cousinly Campaign. The republic's nine major parties split, regrouped and came back with five backing Chichi and four supporting Sugar Producer Roberto ("Nino") Chiari, who, as it happens, is Chichi's cousin. "Ceci" Remón made herself Chichi's campaign manager, stumping the country making speeches and giving away cooking pots, packets of seed and bottles of medicine, all bearing plugs for Remón. Chiari warned voters against a military man; Remón countered that a highly respected general name of Eisenhower was running for President in a country to the north...