Word: ri
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...boundless, but because it was strictly limited and superbly governed. The subjects of Queen Colette have no souls, no morals, no politics, no intellects. Their aim is to devour the maximum of sensuous pleasure at the price of a pain that they often find most enjoyable, e.g., Chéri's heroine gets a big kick out of her lover's passion for hocking her jewelry...
...than a flock of starlets at a cocktail party. Warner Bros, borrowed her for Dial M, and Paramount for three more films, which have not yet been released. All are surefire hits, too: Country Girl (with William Holden and Bing Crosby), Rear Window (with James Stewart), Bridges at Toko-Ri (with Holden). She is now working on Green Fire (with Stewart Granger) for MGM; this summer she returns to Paramount for Catch a Thief (with Cary Grant), follows that with The Cobweb...
...weeks ago Dr. Sigurani tried to get the case dropped because investigation showed "the complete absence of a basis for any new charges." La Caglio wrote anxiously to the Pope, warning him that there were people around him that might do him harm. Then somehow the carabinièri, who are separate from the police and sometimes their rivals, got wind of Anna Maria's worries. On the order of the then Acting Premier, Amintore Fanfani, Anna Maria returned to Rome, told her story to the carabinièri, and they began an investigation of Ugo Montagna...
Enter the Carabinièri. Up to then, the charges had been the word of Anna Maria Caglio, a woman scorned, against that of the wealthy Marchese Montagna. But now the court demanded the carabinièri report. It was a bombshell...
More revelations and embarrassments were almost certain to come. But before it ended, the scandal might turn out to be a boon and a tonic for sorely beset Italy. As they went about their beats this week, the carabinièri were applauded in the streets by Italians who appreciated that they had walked where other police feared to tread. "I promise to do all in my power," vowed Premier Scelba, "to clear away this shady, suspicious atmosphere that is hanging over us." Nothing could better help democracy in Italy pass from sickness into health...