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by Peer J. Oppcnheimcr
The return of a conquering hero is a
' major event in any small town. In Eu
ropean communities, where the heroes are
often descendants of emigrants who left
years ago to conquer the New World, the
occasion has special significance. And when
the hero is a movie star and the town is
inhabited by enthusiastic paisani in film
conscipus Italy, the event takes on epic
proportions. Such an event happened recently to
Anthony Franciosa in the metropolis of
Melfi in normally sleepy southern Italy.
Franciosa's grandparents came from Melfi
in 1890. Franciosa himself was born in
poverty in New York's tough Harlem dis
trict. But he found fame on the Broadway
stage and world-wide acclaim in Holly
wood, where last year he was nominated
for an Academy Award.
"Bravo, Antonio!" shouted Melfians, who
live intimately with poverty and admire
those who can rise above it. "Bravo, Melfi!"
said Franciosa, who could have ignored his
background, but chose to remember it.
So the hero "returned." When in, Rome to
star in the forthcoming film, "The Naked
Maja," with Ava Gardner, Franciosa made
a side trip to Melfi "to visit a few relatives."
He found them, and a few more besides.
The whole town turned out and, for a brief
time, Melfi awoke from its eldest citizen
to its youngest street urchin. It had some
one to boast about.
Family Weekly, December 14, 1958
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