Word: scala
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Milan has two pillars," runs a respectful Italian adage. "One is La Scala. The other is Carriere della Sera" By catering as faithfully as its operatic opposite number to middleclass, culture-conscious Milanese, Corriere has long reigned as Italy's biggest daily (circ. 505,000) and one of the most enterprising newspapers published anywhere. Known in Milan simply as The Newspaper, staid Corriere della Sera got its start and its name as an evening paper, now comes out in two editions every morning. It runs no comic strips, gossip columns or guessing games, clings solidly to the aim outlined...
Typical of Peironi's girl singers is pretty, promising Soprano Dawn Nielson, 23, who sings three nights a week-all her music teacher will allow. This winter she got as far as the finals of the local Metropolitan Auditions. Pet of the Bocce is onetime La Scala Basso Antonio Meloni, who rooms across the street from the bar, has played pinochle there nearly every day since it opened in 1939. Basso Meloni, 81. arrives each morning at 10, stays all day, takes a short nap after dinner, brushes his shoulder-length white hair and returns for the evening...
TOSCA (Puccini): Maria Meneghini Callas, La Scala...
...picture has plenty of love interest (Anne Francis and Gia Scala), and even provides something in the way of a battle. Lieut. Siegel at one point sees service on a heavy cruiser-but it's only she-duty. He is assigned to look after a lady correspondent (Eva Gabor), who is all too easily persuaded to part with her panties, which are next seen fluttering from the halyards as the ship goes into battle. "Ggrrulfskrggrowlk!" roars the admiral, but a seaman standing by reminds him, with a jaw squared in patriotism, "Sir, that's what...
...girls referred to, the "seven little sins," are seven actresses who, stranded in a small town, try to get railroad fare home by posing as the Count's illegitimate daughters. Most appealing of these seven is Luisella (Delia Scala), whose angelic face and noble motives are intended to fool no one. Traveling actresses in France know their way around...