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Pendleton Paper
Wins First Place
Portland -(UPft- The Pendle
ton East Oregonian Wednes
day won first place in the
1961 Newspaper Citizen Lead
ership contest sponsored by
the Consulting Engineers As
sociation of Or(on.
Editor and Publisher J. W.
Forrester Jr. accepted the
$150 first prize awarded for
dories and editorials to ac
quaint Pendleton residents
with the need for new swim
ming facilities to replace a
40-year-old pool.
Second place was awarded
to the Lake Oswego Review
for its support of expanding
ewer systems, better library
facilities and an improved wa
ter system.
The Oregon City Enterprise
Courier's campaign to pass a
$350,000 bond issue to im
prove the sewer system won
third place.
THURSDAY. MAY 17, 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Americans Will See Italy's Tunny1 Man
By WILLIAM 8UNDERLAND
United Praia International
Rome - ITJPD - Americans
will soon get a chance to see
Alberto Sordi, the "funniest
man in Italy," in his first
English language film.
Sordl is a veteran of more
than 100 films, many of which
have been shown and reshSwn
to the delight of Italian audi
ences. But most Americans
have never even heard his
name.
The 40-year-old comic, who
made his first film at 16, will
get his chance in the United
States this April when "The
Best of Enemies" goes before
the American public.
In this wartime comedy,
Sordi co-stars with David Ni
ven. "The Best of Enemies,"
Sordi'! first English-language
film, already has scored a
laugh-filled success in Lon
don. Off the screen, Sordi, a
bachelor, is a serious, intelli
gent and articulate man.
"The problems of trying to
appeal to an international au
dience as a comic are tremen
dous," he said in an interview.
"But I think 'the best of en
emies' has shown that I can
put myself across in English."
Exprtsiion
As a comic, Sordi depends
more on an expression of the
face, a word or a phrase than
on slapstick. He specializes in
tragi-comic situations.
"In every day life there is
a combination of both trage
dy and comedy, and many
times they come together,"
Sordi said. "These are the
parts I want to play. No sit
uation comedies, or banging
from a 30-story ledge by my
fingertips. I want to act what
is true to life."
An example of such a part
is his role in "Everybody
Home," a story of the con-
fu.ol and bitter days near the
end of World War II when
both the Germans and the
Americans wer shooting at
the Italians. Sordi plays a
bewildered officer who is
caught between the two forc
es and has no idea of what
to do.
Sordi said: "I learned to be
a comic the best way - by
working with and learning.!
from other comics. When I
was 13 I won a contest to dub
in the Italian voice for Oli
ver Hardy in the Laurel and
Hardy films.
"From there I went to films
and later I had a popular ra
dio program. But my aim
was always to become a film
personality."
With Follinl
Sordi has teamed up with
director Federico Fellini
who made "La Strada" and
La Dolce Vita" for a. num
ber of films, all of which
have had a tremendous suc
cess injj Italy. But the only
movie of his that has been
shown in the United States
wat "The Great War," in
which he co-starred with Vit
torio Gassman. The fBm and
Sordi did not score any great
success abroad.
"My voice was dubbed in
English, and they did it with
a sort of Brooklyn accent,"
Sordi said "It just wasn't fun
ny. "I've learned some English
now and I'm still studying.
With my own voice and ex
pression it should go better."
Sordi's private life is some
what of a mystery, particular
ly in a country where the
press specializes in reporting
every action of its screen
idols. ,
Four years ago he pur
chased a villa, complete with
swimming pool and 100-seat
Rale Reduction Petition Filed
Portland - KfS - The Port
land Freight Traffic Associa
tion has filed a petition with
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for suspension of
freight reductions on steel.
The reductions would be
applicable to Seattle and the
Puget Sound'area without cor
responding reduction in Port
land and Spokane.
The petition requests the
ICC to investigate the propos
ed freight rate reduction on
steel moving from California
and Utah points to the Pacific
Northwest.
A spokesman for the associ
ation said the reduction would
put the Portland - Vancouver
movie theater. He lives there
with two sisters.
As to his romantic life, Sor
di said: "Sure, I'd like to get
married. But I want a WIFE
and those are hard to find
in the film world."
area 9t a competitive disad
vantage. He said the reduc
tion, if there is one, should be
extended to Portland.
GRADUATED
Pfc. Richard S. LIngren, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S.
Lingren, 238J Table, Rock rd.,
Medford, was graduated last
month from the aviation fa
miliarization1 school at the
Nay Air Technical Training
center, Memphis, Tenn.
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