Word: leas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Anna Magnani is notably absent from the cast, but there is good evidence that she is not the only actress in Italy. Lea Padovani mixes all the called-for emotions successfully in the role of the poor girl, while rich girl Elli Parvo manages to appear callous and concerned at the same time. Victoria Duse, as the angular hero, casts his lot with the good people at the required moment, and portrays the true heroic metamorphosis...
Peacocks & Pictures. La Punta was part of the inspiration for Las Astas, the breeding ranch in Tom Lea's bestselling The Brave Bulls (TIME, April 25). It sprawls over 15,000 hectares (about 37,000 acres) of the uneven tablelands of eastern Jalisco. In the aftermath of Mexico's revolution, most big properties were broken up into small farms, but La Punta, like other ranches devoted to breeding fighting bulls, was exempted and cut by only one-half. Few Mexicans objected to this grant of privilege; not even freedom had more profound and compelling connotations than la fiesta...
...Bull Lea, sire of both Citation & Coaltown, Calumet Farm has the most valuable stud in horsedom today. The waiting list of those who would like to breed their mares to him, at a fee of $5,000, stretches clear to the Quarter Pole...
...colt whose Calumet Farm report card carries these impressive comments: "Extremely great hay-eater . . . has everything a good horse needs." Another is a fiery chestnut named Urgent: "top Blenheim II colt." Nevertheless, Ben Jones suspects that when Derby Day, 1950, rolls around, a brown son of Bull Lea may be the colt to beat. His name: All Blue...
Finally, the author succeeds in his major purpose of making his audience understand the bull fight, its violence, bloodshed, and death. The bull is not the hopeless underdog most American think it is. In Lea's books, the bull becomes the brave animal whose fighting spirit is the prime example of valor. Man must muster all his skill, artistry, bravery, and strength to conquer the animal, and he does not always win. In painting the skillful technique which brings the bull to his death, Lea creates a picture of violence and beauty--a rare combination that makes bull fighting...