The Picture Show Annual (1957)

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Left : Doris Day and Daniel Gelin as they appear in “ The Man Who Knew Too Much." Below : Valentina Cor- tesa and Carlos Thomp- son in “ Magic Fire.' by going to America and winning ^ 13 the Academy Award for her brilliant \ <€■ portrayal of the sluttish, hot-tempered widow in The Rose Tattoo. She is Italian and was bom in Rome. It was Open City which first brought her to our notice, since when she has given many fine performances in such films as The Miracle and Volcano. Playing with Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo, Marisa Pa van gave a really fine per- formance as her daughter, whom love inspires her to defy. She is Pier Angeli's twin sister, who made her debut in 1953 in What Price Glory and scored a tremendous hit in Diane. Also Italian is Valentina Cortesa, with reddish-brown hair and green eyes, whom we first saw in The Glass Mountain, that delightful opera originally written for the screen. She has appeared in several American films and in 1951 married Richard Basehart. Playing opposite her in Magic Fire as Franz Liszt was Carlos Thompson, who was born in Buenos Aires on June 7th. He had previously been seen in two American films. Valley of the Kings and Flame and the Flesh. Oreste and Rita Moreno, who appeared together in The Vagabond King, both scored a tremendous success in the film. It was Oreste’s first film, although he had already made a name over here at Covent Garden singing in opera. He was born at Hamrun, Malta, on July 26th. Rita Moreno was born on December nth at Humacao, Puerto Rico, and this lively South American girl made her first film appearance in 1951 in Hollywood in Pagan Love Song. Her latest films are The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The Vagabond King and The Ki ng and I. Odile Versois brought her charming act cnt from France to delight us in Into the Blue, A Day to Remember. The Young Lovers, and To Pans with Lon . She was born in Paris on June 15th. Daniel Gelin makes his American film debut in The Man Who Knew Too Much. Alfred Hitchcock signed him in France after seeing him in 1 the French film Red Gloves. He began his acting career twelve years ago and his films include La Ronde, nB Edward and Caroline, Blood and ^ Light and Napoleon. * Oreste and Rita Moreno in “The Vagabond King" A lec Guinness, Ver- non Gray, Odile Versois and Elina Labourdette in "To Paris with Love." Left: Anna Magnani listens grimly as Marisa Pavan de- fiantly introduces her sweetheart, B en Cooper, in "The Rose Tattoo."