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...doing sequels than Hollywood. Bread, Love and Dreams was a pleasant little comedy that got its fireworks from the incendiary performance of Gina Lollobrigida as she scattered sex and devastation through the streets of an Abruzzi village, and in the manly breasts of Policeman Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Risso. Frisky assembles all of the old cast and most of the old plot for another run-through. But this time the razor edge of comedy has dulled: Gina's rowdiness is strident, De Sica's amorous posturings predictable, Risso's Li'l Abnerisms boring. Like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 21, 1955 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

...around the countryside on her donkey, Gina gives as good as she gets. Her ragged dress appears inadequate for keeping the weather out, but it lets in a lot of stares. However, a peep is all the village Toms get. Gina is in love with a local cop (Roberto Risso), and he with her. Police regulations, however, deplore such goings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 4, 1954 | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

...each 24, constantly paced the bridge. Below decks the four turbines of 130,000 rated horsepower and the 14 boilers which burn 700 tons of oil a day to drive the Rex at her usual 26 knots were devouring 1,100 tons. As jovial, ruddy Chief Engineer Luigi Risso turned on more & more steam, pushed up the pace from the Rex's fast norm to a terrific, record average speed of 28.92 knots both officers and passengers noticed with surprise that vibration seemed less as the perfectly balanced propulsive machinery whirred to its highest rhythms. On the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Good! Very Good! | 8/28/1933 | See Source »

...Notice that the Rex is not dirty!" exulted Chief Engineer Risso. "Her superstructure is not streaked with partially consumed oil as has been the case after record crossings of some ships. That means that the digestion of her boilers was perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Good! Very Good! | 8/28/1933 | See Source »

...Nice, France, Mrs. Helen Risso Carpenter, 35, U. S. citizen, tried to drug herself to death when her money gave out. She lived with her four children at Ville- franche...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Destitution | 9/19/1932 | See Source »

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