Word: strada
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...Strada. A bittersweet fable of innocence and the brute concerning a halfwit girl, indentured to a brutal carnival strong man; with Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina (TIME, July...
Another case involving a late great Italian entertainer turned up in court this week. In Milan, Alberto Valentino and Mrs. Maria Strada, brother & sister of Cinemactor Rudolf Valentino, sued Columbia Pictures and Edward Small Productions for $700,000 damages. The picture Valentino (TIME, May 7), according to Alberto and Maria, is a clear case of "defamation of character and the unauthorized use of the name and likeness of the famous star." As a result, brother & sister claim they have suffered "shame, annoyance, ridicule, humiliation and mortification...
Last week he characterized himself: "I am a common man-uomo della strada. I am just another guy-uomo qualunque ... I hope a typical one. My job is not only to prevent the right and left wings from exercising undue influence on the Government, but I have to think too of the enormous masses of peasants sweating in the fields under the sun, blacksmiths beating their anvils in villages, workers, men and women everywhere who have no taste for politics and are outside parties. ... I am just a uomo della strada...
...reasonable approximation of Italian pronunciation, but many a U.S. soldier will shy like a startled colt at learning that to ask "When does the movie start?" he must say: "ah KAY Ora ko-MEEN-cha eel FEELM?" Or that the homely, familiar phrase "main street" turns out to be "STRAda preen-chee...