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Louisa's story is modeled on the real-life exploits of Rosa Lewis (1867-1952), a legendary Londoner who started her career as a Cockney skivvy, became for a time a mistress to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), and wound up as the proprietor of the Cavendish Hotel, a slightly raffish establishment catering to the upper crust. Successes like Rosa's require bullheadedness and a certain animal cunning, qualities that Actress Gemma Jones mimes impressively. Her Louisa is a furious wren, an unbreakable China doll with a chin shaped like an eggshell and hard as a rock...
...series' success will register later on millions of bathroom scales. Earlier indexes are available. The first episode drew a bigger audience than the debut of I, Claudius, a PBS hit last winter. Producer Hawkes-worth, who knew Rosa Lewis, says he is "happy that Americans enjoy her story, because she adored Americans. Reckoned they were all millionaires." She was wrong, but her eye, as always, rested squarely on the main chance. Rosa would have done very well in the U.S., and, with her hotel booked through next January, so should Louisa Leyton. ? Paul Gray
...Madame Rosa. At the Welles, daily at 4, 5:50, 7:45 and 9:45. Wknd...
Orson Welles Cinema--Mass Ave--Viva Italia, 4, 5:50, 7:50, 9:45. Orson Welles II--Madame Rosa, 4, 6, 8, 9:55. Orson Welles III--Outrageous, 4, 5:55, 8:10, 10:05. Friday and Saturday midnight shows--The Harder They Come, Night of the Living Dead and Superman...
Cinema II--Madame Rosa...