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...MADRID. Rare vintage newsreels recall the tragedy of Spain's disastrous civil war (1936-1939) in Producer-Director Frédéric Rossif's masterly compilation, narrated most movingly by John Gielgud and Irene Worth...
...crazy, irresponsible, adored." Besides, during the film she must range in age from 17 to 40. When Lean tested Julie Christie, 24, for Lara, he had seen her only in Billy Liar-in which by simply walking wordlessly down a street she made cinema history. Asked to fly to Madrid for a screen test, Julie figured, "They must be off their nuts," went mainly for the free holiday...
Sound of Snow. When the shooting in Madrid finally ended last Oct. 9, Sharif reports, "The cast wept." Even Lean, readying the last scene, said, "I don't want it to end." In fact, for Lean it was really only beginning. Back he flew to Hollywood with 31 hours' worth of color footage to be cut down to the final 3 hrs. 17 mins. To Lean, who made his reputation in the mid-'30s as a film editor, cutting is the ultimate art and his all-engrossing love. He moved into the stucco cottage on Metro...
...MADRID. Old newsreels recall the tragedy of Spain's disastrous civil war (1936-39) in Producer-Director Frederic Rossif's masterly compilation, narrated by John Gielgud and Irene Worth...
Swelling Demand. Until now, Spain's attempts to rebuild its burned bridges have been largely cultural: Madrid assists 55 Hispanic Cultural Institutes and 29 other centers overseas, provides grants for 1,500 of the 15,500 Latin Americans now studying in Spain. Last March Spain agreed to provide $20 million for Latin American projects financed through the Inter-American Development Bank. But loans under the new credit program may be arranged directly with individual countries since they will be used to pay for the purchase of Spanish trucks, industrial machinery and other manufactures. Owing to a swelling demand...