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...past seven years, except for translations and movie work (Ben Hur, the forthcoming Barabbas), he has been silent, in the grip of what he has described as a crisis of confidence. Last week his first play since 1954 opened, strongly suggesting that at 53 Fry is far from written...
...Tahiti for a temporary breather in Los Angeles, La Tribune Tahitienne exulted: "The Polynesian gods are favoring us." Not exactly. Back in Hollywood, the Polynesian gods were planning second and third waves of invasion that should push the cost of the film past the $15 million spent on Ben Hur, and eventually turn Tahiti into an offshore subdivision of Malibu...
...roughest of all on the animals. While Curtiz eliminated the sermon to the birds as "too corny," Dillman was still required to bless a menagerie ranging from dogs to ducks. And in the closing minutes of the film-shot in Rome on golden sand previously hallowed by Ben-Hur's chariot tracks -the director decided to foreshadow Francis' death by depicting a raven on a desolate limb. Explained a Curtiz assistant: "We had three ravens in Assisi; one died of cold, and another flew the coop. Some body shut a car door on the last one this morning...
When I was a cub reporter, 65 years ago, I was taught that there never had been but two outstanding jobs of reporting: 1) Lew Wallace's account of the Ben-Hur chariot race (fictional); 2) Lafcadio Hearn's account of the Gas House [Tannery] Murder in the Cincinnati Enquirer...
...greater things. When the Olympic Games began last August, Elizabeth Taylor showed up in a décolleté creation that momentarily paralyzed athletes and spectators alike. One who is well-equipped to compete with Liz, Siren Gina Lollobrigida, hove into view at the Roman movie premiere of Ben Hur, caused as big an eye goggling as the chariot race on the screen...