Word: maccheroni
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They are both first-rank film farceurs and leading dramatic actors. But Jack Lemmon, 60, and Marcello Mastroianni, also 60, never worked together until they did Maccheroni, an Italian film due out this fall about an American and an Italian who cross paths in Naples 40 years after meeting during World War II. At first, Lemmon was wary of Naples. But when he took a walk, "someone would recognize me, smile and then start clapping. Soon somebody else would follow suit, and in a little while the whole street or piazza was clapping." What actor could resist? Adds Mastroianni...
...presidential residence in suburban Olivos, spent an hour and a half with Mrs. Frondizi. Speaking Italian (the language used at home by her Italian-descended family), they spoke of many things, from the impact of various Argentine politicians on her husband to a recipe for pasticcio di maccheroni (both agreed it is one of the finest dishes in North Italian cuisine). Bias-hill, who has covered newsbeats from Panmunjom to Madrid, followed the trail of other leading characters in the drama, at one point found himself telephoning a militant Peronist from the office of a militant anti-Peronist...
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