Word: sardinia
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...jewels, incidentally, were genuine: about $2,000,000 worth used in the course of the picture-most of them came from Bulgari in Rome. Genuine, too, was the Goforth villa, built for the occasion in Sardinia and fitted out with a real monkey, a real myna bird and real sitar-strumming Indians. But not real acting. And certainly not much real camp. About the only amusing scene in the film is the entrance of Noel Coward, a minor character known as the Witch of Capri, clad in a brown dinner jacket and riding pig-a-back on a servant...
...centuries the roving bandit gangs of Sardinia terrorized the island's people into a grim, submissive silence known as omerta. The impoverished citizenry never dared to speak out against the outlaws, who robbed, kidnaped, blackmailed and murdered virtually without fear of punishment. Lately, the bandits have been pushing the Sardinians a bit harder than usual. They began robbing middle-class citizens as well as the wealthier islanders. They grew more vicious, asking outrageous ransoms and even killing some of their kidnap victims. As a result, the Sardinians have finally rebelled against the tyranny; they are not only breaking their...
...briganti, have tacked up posters denouncing their terrorism and sought to expose townspeople who collaborate with them. From their pulpits, the island's Roman Catholic priests have declared a moral war on the bandits. The mayor of the northern town of Nuoro has demanded their punishment, crying, in Sardinia's Latinate dialect, "Zustissia cherimm!" (We want justice!). Nearly 1,000 shepherds and hunters have joined carabinieri and police dogs in searching for the bandits' mountain hideouts in the island's northwest. In recent weeks, they have combed through almost 800 sq. mi. of rocky terrain honeycombed...
...like the come-on for an interesting new dude ranch. But why would Actress Pamela Tiffin, 25, be mixed up in anything like that? She isn't. The picture is a still from an Italian film called The Protagonists, in which Pamela plays a secretary who goes to Sardinia for a weekend with friends. While there, the travelers decide to seek out a real bandit in his cave. To evade police, the frolicsome group dresses up like hunters-which explains Pamela's hip-hugging checked suit, her cartridge belt, and even the dead game look on her face...
...munificent gift to Mrs. B. was a token of "the huge success of The Taming of the Shrew, of which we have a very large percentage," said Burton. And no worry about the family coffers being depleted. The Burtons are tucking another $2,000,000 under the mattress in Sardinia, where they are making Goforth, the hopeful new tide of Tennessee Williams' two-time Broadway flop, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore...