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...Bicycle Thief (De Sica; Mayer-Burstyn), an Italian-made film by Vittorio De Sica (Shoeshine) arrives in the U.S. heavy with prizes and praise collected in Europe. Rene Clair has called it "the best film for 30 years." It is a fine, sentimental tragedy, filled with bitter social comment and presented in the realistic style which the modern Italian moviemakers have made their trademark...
Would Italy's best directors surrender to the invaders? Vittorio de Sica (Shoeshine) was negotiating with David O.Selznick. Roberto Rossellini (Open City, Paisan) was reported flirting with representatives of Sam Goldwyn...
...duty to Arsolians lay with that party whose avowed program was to spur Demo-Christians to speed up reform: Giuseppe Saragat's anti-Communist Socialists. Within a few days he had founded a local Socialist Party section. Arsolians rushed to join. Socialism gave them the right to call Vittorio "Comrade," rather than "Excellency." So ingrained is their respect for the Massimos, however, that many compromised (as Socialists will) and called Vittorio Compagno Eccellenza-Comrade Excellency...
...Vittorio had a party; he needed a program. His youthful mind thought out a youthful solution: Arsoli would build a sports ground which would provide: 1) immediate employment; 2) an interest for Arsoli youth; 3) revenue, if teams and spectators from other towns came there to play...
Even the Boy Scouts. When Vittorio announced his scheme in the tiny local headquarters of the Saragat Socialists, Comrade Vittorio Proietti almost banged his head on a low-hanging lamp as he jumped up to embrace Vittorio. Twice he embraced him, crying: "Comrade Excellency, Comrade Excellency, we shall win over to Socialism all of Arsoli's youth." Then an idea struck Proietti; he burst into long peals of laughter: "Why, we may even get Catholic Boy Scouts to turn Socialist...