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...second feature, "Mr. Imperium," was even more disappointing. Lana Turner turned in one of her most insipid performances as a mid-western showgirl racing after an Italian king. The sound track did no justice to Ezio Pinza's voice and the fake scenery ruined one possible justification for this Technicolor film. Armchair tourists, however, may enjoy a few authentic shots of Italy...
...taxpayers have systematically betrayed each other. The taxpayers seldom, if ever, declared more than a third of their true income for tax purposes. The government automatically taxed them for three times whatever they declared. The relationship was piquant and passionate, and altogether too unsettling for Finance Minister Ezio Vanoni...
...London's critics refused to be pushed over. Wrote the Daily Express' John Barber: "My goodness ... I got a 42nd Street Madame Butterfly. I hoped for a new leading man to rival Ezio Pinza. I got Wilbur Evans. . . an old uncle with the fire gone out. . . Only a moderately enchanting evening. People will say I'm in love . . . with Oklahoma!" The Daily Mail's Cecil Wilson thought the plot moved too slowly. Said he: "It seemed to be more like South Soporific." Yet the critics, despite their reservations, were quick to admit that South Pacific seemed...
...Imperium (M-G-M), Ezio (South Pacific) Pinza's first movie, was shelved until his second, Strictly Dishonorable, could introduce him to the screen (TIME, July 23). Now moviegoers can see why. The film shackles Pinza and Lana Turner to the story of an incognito King's fling with a nightclub cutie from the U.S.-a situation enfeebled by long service in Ruritanian farce and operetta. Basso Pinza sings three numbers predictably well; Actress Turner sings a couple predictably. But only the Technicolor looks good in Mr. Imperium...
Comedy Hour (Sun. 8 p.m., NBC). Ezio Pinza and Milton Berle...