Word: valli
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...verge of movie stardom (as Joan of Arc), a mining town proletariette (Valli) dies of overwork and the effects of her impoverished childhood. A publicity genius (Fred Mac Murray), who has long loved her but, with a pressagent's shyness, dared not speak of the matter, takes her body back to the home town for burial. He is angry, and miserable, because the picture for which this unknown gave her life will not be released. He bribes every church in town to ring its bells, without surcease or mercy, for three days & nights, in her memory. The ensuing uproar...
...Alida Valli, as anybody can see, is a beautiful young woman. She may be a. good actress as well, but she can never prove it in such pictures as this. Frank Sinatra, looking rather flea-bitten as the priest, acts properly humble-or perhaps ashamed. Most of the other performers have handled garbage before and have little if any shame; Lee J. Cobb, a good actor under all circumstances, even manages to make a believable man out of his cinemagnate...
...Radio Theater (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS). Alida Valli in Spellbound...
...normal course of Hollywood events, Cinemagnate David O. Selznick was rumored to have set the rent on his latest import, Italian Cinemactress Alida Valli. For one picture...
...Valli. 4. Josette...