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1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 35 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by P. J. Ochlan. |
| Summary |
From the ashes of World War II, Rome was reborn as the epicenter of film, fashion, creative energy, tabloid media, and bold-faced libertinism that made "Italian" a global synonym for taste, style, and flair. A confluence of cultural contributions created a bright, burning moment in history: it was the heyday of fashion icons such as Pucci and Brioni. Rome's huge movie studio, Cinecitta, attracted a dizzying array of stars, from Charleton Heston, Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner, and Frank Sinatra to that stunning and combustible couple, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Fashionistas, exiles, moguls, and martyrs flocked to Rome hoping for a chance to experience and indulge in the glow of old money, new stars, fast cars, wanton libidos, and brazen news photographers. The scene was captured nowhere better than in Federico Fellini's masterpiece, La Dolce Vita, starring Marcello Mastroianni and the Swedish bombshell Anita Ekberg. Gossipy, colorful, and richly informed, Dolce Vita Confidential re-creates Rome's stunning ascent with vivid and compelling tales of its glitterati and artists, down to every last outrageous detail of the city's magnificent transformation. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Rome (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Rome (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Celebrities -- Italy -- Rome -- Biography.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- Italy -- Rome -- Biography.
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Artists -- Italy -- Rome -- Biography.
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Rome (Italy) -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Ochlan, P. J..
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781515993391 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1515993396 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT11756190 |
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