In Rome a swell-stacked bundle of social realism named Gina Lollobrigida, 33, was giving Soviet Artist Ilya Glazunov, 32, some brand-new perspectives. "An extraordinary beauty.'' sighed Glazunov, the man who created a Moscow sensation a few years back by exhibiting a nude study of his wife. He first sketched Gina during the 1961 Moscow Film Festival, and finally, more than a year later, she wangled permission for him to come to Italy and limn a life-sized portrait. But, alas, no nudity. "Youth and spring.'' said the portraitist, "this is what I'll have to...
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