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Rome Wraps with Celebrity Encounters and Film Buzz
Leonard Lyons reports from Rome on a delayed Tel Aviv flight that nudges him into the Grand Hotel scene with Meyer Weisgal and Gen Joffe, plus Julies Dassin Melina Mercouri talk and a mix of film industry gossip. Curtis Pepper hosts a dinner. Beverly Pepper’s Roman sculptures spark controversy, while Piero Sartoga’s art show shatters attendance records and Gore Vidal eyes a Plaza screenplay. Mort Gottlieb plans a London shoot for Sleuth and may guide Ricco Poppelaya cameos. Lyons recalls his own long-ago stage moment in Scandals.
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Rome
Tel Aviv
Meyer Weisgal
Weizmann Institute
Rehovoth
Gen. Joffe
Sinai Desert
Grand Hotel
Julies Dassin
Melina Mercouri
New York
Curtis Emi Pepper
Christiaan Barnard
Dassin
Curtis Pepper
Angelino
Piazza Tor Margara
Beverly
Boston
Piero Sartoga
University of Pennsylvania
London
Round House
Gore Vidal
States
Robert Aldrich
Joe Mankiewicz
Gottlieb
Marcello Mastroianni
Name
Ricco