Word: giuseppina
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...respects to his memory. Wearing the simple costume Verdi prescribed for them-the men, black suits, string ties and soft wide-brimmed hats, the women, plain, dark grey dresses-they will gather in the Casa's open courtyard, lay flowers on the tomb where Verdi and his wife Giuseppina lie buried. At night, those still able to go to La Scala may sit in the royal box for a performance of Verdi's Requiem...
...Reds: Ivor Montagu, British film producer; Dr. Eugene Aubel, French chemist; Furio Diaz, mayor of Leghorn. Pinks: Jean Lurgat, French artist; Dr. Max Cosyns, a leading Belgian atomic scientist; Hans Erni, Swiss painter; Luigi Cacciatore, a leader of the Italian Socialist Party; Dr. Mario Montesi, Communal Councilor of Rome; Giuseppina Palumbo, Italian Socialist Senator; Professor Mario Oliviero Olivo, Italian specialist in anatomy and histology...
...Giuseppina pleaded, so he put on his only good suit, joined 20 other applicants at the studio and got the role. For three months a black limousine picked him up every day at his tenement and took him to work. For his labors in De Sica's classic he got $1,000. With it he bought the new dining-room furniture that Giuseppina had always wanted, new clothes for themselves and the children, a family holiday in Florence. After that, he went back to his old job, and the-factory proudly gave him a medal...
...that De Sica could appreciate. The factory laid off 350 employees, and the manager called in Maggiorani. "Your companions are grumbling," he said. "They claim you made millions from the movie. It's not fair to fire them and keep you." So Maggiorani was fired. "Never mind," said Giuseppina cheerfully. "Since your role in The Bicycle Thief you have actually become Antonio. You feel downtrodden, and now your bicycle has been stolen. We will .merely tell De Sica you want to make another picture...
...week's end Maggiorani got some help from the U.S., where movie fans prefer a happy ending. Manhattan's Italian-language radio station WOV cabled its Rome studio to hire him as an apprentice recording technician, and perhaps give him work as an actor. While Giuseppina held out for a real acting job, Maggiorani gratefully considered the offer...