Word: tamburella
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...Paolo Tamburella, the result is an amiable, ingratiating human comedy with overtones of A Bell for Adano and The Little World of Don Camilla...
...June, 1948 Rospigliosi received an excited phone call from Paolo Tamburella, producer of the laureled Italian movie, Shoeshine, directed by Vittorio (The Bicycle Thief) De Sica. Tamburella had shelved the picture he was shooting-a long, drawn-out story of Faust. In a discussion with an associate about their next venture, they suddenly recalled the Clock Fight story in TIME. They went to the American library in Rome and thumbed through back issues of TIME until they found the story. Having read it again, they agreed that it would make a first-rate movie...
...When Tamburella discovered that other Italian and American readers of TIME also remembered the story, he was satisfied that it was memorable. Said he: "It relates to the situation as it is now in Italy. Not everyone is consciously aware of this situation, but all will like recognizing it and having their ideas clarified in a film...
...visit to Fiumicino confirmed the facts of TIME'S story. It disclosed, however, that the basic antagonisms which created the Clock Fight were still present. Any attempt to make the picture in Fiumicino would probably be disastrous. Instead, Tamburella chose Terracina, a highly photogenic, centuries-old fishing village south of Rome. Having received TIME'S permission to use the story, he put his writers to work on the script. When shooting began last October, Tamburella used native Terracinans for all except the lead roles. One member of the cast, new to all moviegoers, is Patrizia Mangano...
...once the picture was finished, Government authorities were horrified. They were still more horrified when Signor Tamburella warned them of the publicity stench he could raise out of their refusal to allow the film's release. The authorities gave...