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Composer Giuseppe Verdi, who discovered Egypt some 80 years ahead of Hollywood, set the yarn to some of the finest music ever to come out of Italy. Director Clemente Fracassi has put it in the mouths of Top Singers Renata Tebaldi, Ebe Stignani and Giuseppe Campora (with supporting singers from La Scala and the Rome Opera). He has had his visible actors synchronize their lips and slow-motion movements with the music. Unfortunately, his $3,000,000 budget apparently made no allowances for up-to-date recording equipment. Too often Aida rasps and burbles as though it were being played...
...about a month ago a young man [Frank J. Fracassi] called at my husband's law offices, stating that he was a TIME representative, sent especially to renew our subscription. My husband gave him a check for $5.00 payable to TIME. So we are now wondering just where we stand...
Replying to your letter of May 16th, would say that Frank J. Fracassi was convicted in the City Court of Buffalo on May 10th of petit larceny, was placed on probation for one year and ordered to make restitution, by Judge Joseph J. Kelly...
...Fracassi is not an authorized representative of TIME Inc. nor did TIME Inc. receive from him the subscriptions in question which would have been accepted only if accompanied by the full retail subscription price. Reason: TIME's only means of protecting subscribers from unauthorized solicitors is to refuse them any profit on the sale of its publications...
...reported by District Attorney Newcomb, Fracassi was arrested in Buffalo, convicted, and forced to make restitution to complainants. Citizens of Niagara Falls, entitled to the same protection, should report their grievances to District Attorney Raymond Knowles of Niagara County...