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...Florence last week, where he was having a one-man show, Caffé was a clear success. His pictures of fledgling priests skipping rope, gossiping, romping on the beach, or playing mosca cieca† have won him an enthusiastic Italian following, as well as buyers elsewhere. Painted in whites, reds and clerical blacks, the pictures are cheerful and lighthearted; the over-casual brushwork and the repetitious patterns are excused...
...rich, as well as the Reds, backed Vespignani; he soon moved from Portonaccio to a high-priced apartment in the center of Rome. One-man shows in Paris, Stockholm and Manhattan earned him an international reputation. The reputation is based largely on his drawings rather than on his paintings-the paintings often have the color and texture of dried...
...acid, one-man minority report favoring commercial sponsorship, Conservative M. P. Selwyn Lloyd said: "If people are to be trusted with the franchise, surely they should be able to decide for themselves whether they want to be educated or entertained in the evening...
...identity and the promise of riches, he picks up a doting mother (Selena Royle), an affectionate sister (Mona Freeman) and a sudden rash of scruples. When he learns that the rancher's real, kidnaped son has been adopted by a Mexican bandit chief (Joseph Calleia), Ladd stages a one-man invasion of Mexico to bring the missing heir home. He is undeterred by a whole bandit army, the rough terrain and the fact that the long-lost son is perfectly content to stay where...
Throat Trouble. In somewhat the same spirit, Senator George Malone of Nevada (where legalized gambling is a big revenue-producer) waged a one-man fight against a bill prohibiting interstate shipment of slot machines. He had defeated the bill once last September with an eleven-hour, one-man filibuster, and he threatened to do so again last week. But when a perceptive fellow Senator discovered that Malone was suffering from a bad case of laryngitis, the bill was hastily called up and passed...