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...small man arrived cognito in Rome recently. Nobody recognized him despite the distinctive white-on-white shirt and the pale grey glistening tie. But within a few days he had turned the deep eyes of Vittorio De Sica from cordovan brown to a fatigued Chinese...
This little man, whose name is Abby Mann, believes militantly that "a great screenwriter should be given the same consideration as a great playwright." By a great screenwriter he means Abby Mann. Passing through New York, Mann had seen a preview version of the editing job that Director De Sica had applied to the latest Mann screenplay-an adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's The Condemned of Altona. Mann was displeased. He typed out five single-spaced pages of complaint, leaped aboard a plane for Rome, and told De Sica to change the film or drop the name...
Nary another New Year's Eve blast in Rome could boast so satiny a sommelier. Beautifully intent and just a trifle bubbly, Sophia Loren, 28, uncorked 1963 by filling the crystal goblets of such whoopee-minded friends as Actors David Niven, Peter Sellers and Party Giver Vittorio De Sica. Then it was the twist until 2 a.m., when Sophia and Husband-in-Spirit Carlo Ponti, 49, decided to call it a night and headed for home. "I'm an early sleeper," said Sophia, "and it is already too late...
Boccaccio '70. An Italian anthology of amore: three episodes directed by Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...
Boccaccio '70. Eros in Italy, interpreted by three top Italian directors (Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti) and three top-heavy international stars (Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider...