The Exhibitor (1959)

MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR 4589 lay 20, 1959 NOW! THE FIRST OPERA IN CINEMASCOPE AND COLOR PUCCINI'S TOSCA Starring Franca DUVAL Franco CORELLI Afro POLI “Impressively Beautiful” N.Y. Times “Pictorially Handsome” N.Y. Post ALSO: “MERMAID OF NAPLES” (Maruzzella) with English Sub-titles and starring the original Bikini Girl MAR ISA ALLAS 10 and the Quartet of Renato CAROSONE Also available Italian features with and without English Sub-titles. List mailed on request. CASOLARO-GIGLIO FILM DISTRIBUTING (0. Importing 30 Italian Films a year 277 CANAL ST. N.Y. 13, N.Y. Treas., Wm. J. Michels, Jr. Asst. Treas., Regina Ilan, Asst. Secy.— 34 East 51st Street — New York 22, N. Y. (5 Cinerama produc¬ tions) STATION FILMS, INC., 15 East 58 Street, New York 22, N. Y. (4 features — foreign & U.S. origin) CONTEMPORARY FILMS, INC. Exec: James W. Britton, Pres.— Leo R. Dratfield, Dir. of Distr. 267 West 25th Street — New York 1, N. Y. 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