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She also began intensive courses in voice and piano, and because her mother wanted her to learn languages, Milly was enrolled in the Lycee Chateaubriand, a French school in Rome. At the Lycee she also studied English, and although she learned the grammar and structure of the language, it wasn't until an American girl from New York moved into the apartment next door that Milly began to converse in English. For six months she and her friend spoke only English and as a result, unlike so many Europeans who speak English with an Oxford tone, Milly speaks her English with an American accent. It was to be one of the factors in her favor only a short time later! Milly, who has the poise of a woman a number of years her senior, says she can't remember a time she didn't want to come to Hollywood. "Every actor or actress in Europe wants to come here," she observes, "because Americans make such good pictures, and when you work in them, you have a name of international importance. Also, the organization and working conditions are better, and, of course, you get a better salary! "I was very lucky to get a wonderful man like Edward Dymtryk to be my first American director. We rehearsed for a whole month before we started making 'The Juggler,' and he has helped me a great deal. Kirk Douglas has helped me, too, and he is so talented and easy to work with that he makes me feel right at home. When you work with a good actor, you act better, too, which is so important to me as a stranger in this wonderful country." When Milly says that, she means every word of it, and her praises of people and things on this side of the ocean are really revealing. America, she thinks, is a country that's designed for working people. Everything is modern, progressive, and challenging. No one particularly cares about traditions, historical ruins or the past the way people do on the other side of the ocean. "Just look at the movies here," she points out. "Everything is organized down to the last detail. You don't have one official and nineteen unofficial directors on a picture, as we do in Europe. I feel so relaxed when I go to work at the studio here. Everything is tested and ready, the script is finished, and you know exactly what you are to do that day. In Italy we were often called at seven in the morning, but didn't begin shooting until four in the afternoon because something was wrong with the set, the script, or the lights. It doesn't surprise me now that so many American movies are such big successes, since I have seen how serious everyone here is about his work!" Away from the studio, one of Milly's most ecstatic expressions is based around an item that most of us take for granted. Kirk Douglas as he appears with Milly Vitale in colorful scenes of "The Juggler." She can't get enough of our ice creams! Her favorite is banana ice cream, and any kind of soda gets an enthusiastic nod from her. She also is fond of hamburgers and orange juice, and she's deadly serious when she says, "Your milk here is so beautiful!" Although Milly seems destined to become Americanized overnight, there's one facet about her private life which to us seems redolent of old-world charm. Since she's 19 and not yet married, her constant companion is her mother who quite capably plays the role of the chaperone — the duenna. This arrangement doesn't seem to hamper Milly one bit; in fact, it's an aid because, in addition to being a somewhat fascinating woman herself, Milly's mother fills in on the conversation the things Milly herself forgets. With her daughter, she shares a love of all phases of show business. When they're not busy on the set, they like nothing better than to visit the stores. As Milly puts it, "I hate to go into them because I want everything I see," but this doesn't seem to deter them from shopping adventures. "Women are very lucky here, because they can buy good dresses and not pay high prices, as we must in Italy. Here every girl is well dressed, and she doesn't have to give a fortune for her wardrobe. In Italy, the good dresses are costly, and the cheaper things are cut very badly." Among the things we take for granted, Milly thinks American cosmetics are the most attractive she has ever seen. She has just discovered the various pliable plastic containers, and these never cease to amaze her. She says American costume jewelry is so reasonable and well made that she wonders how people can tell the copies from the genuine. On their shopping trips, Milly and her mother always stop in at a restaurant for some kind of sandwich and a glass of vegetable juice, both of which are novelties for them. She does have complaints about the