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Actress Rossana Podestà dies
Gazzetta del Sud ^
| December 10, 2013
Posted on 12/10/2013 9:50:46 AM PST by EveningStar
Actress Rossana Podestà, best known as Helen of Troy in a 1956 film featuring a young Brigitte Bardot, died in Rome aged 79 Tuesday. Podestà was queen of the 'peplum' genre of mythological epics that found a global audience in the 1950s and '60s.
(Excerpt) Read more at gazzettadelsud.it ...
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; helenoftroy; movies; obituary; peplum; rossanapodesta; swordandsandal
To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
Dang. I only read the last two words of the title.
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posted on
12/10/2013 9:56:10 AM PST
by
Paine in the Neck
(Socialism consumes everything)
To: EveningStar
****Helen of Troy in a 1956 film****
One of my favorite movies! None of the Troy movies since can compare.
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posted on
12/10/2013 10:09:59 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: EveningStar
I felt a disturbance in the Force when I awoke. This explains it.
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posted on
12/10/2013 10:13:03 AM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: EveningStar
To: Bender2
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posted on
12/10/2013 10:34:36 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: freedomlover
Her lack of guilt is so profound that a hundred guilty women can now go free.
(But none of those can be Helen Thomas whose guilt is beyond redemption.)
To: freedomlover
Classic Mediterranean beauty.
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posted on
12/10/2013 10:42:51 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
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posted on
12/10/2013 10:43:07 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Paine in the Neck
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posted on
12/10/2013 10:51:06 AM PST
by
ken5050
(iT'LL)
To: EveningStar
I call these sword and sandal movies. Made on a low budget, but the guys were ripped and the girls were babes.
To: colorado tanker
Thanks for reminding me. I just now added that as a keyword. :)
To: EveningStar
They just don't make 'em like this anymore.
To: EveningStar
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posted on
12/10/2013 1:16:13 PM PST
by
OldNewYork
(Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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