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Thread #137936 Message #3157635
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
20-May-11 - 12:33 PM
Thread Name: June Tabor Discussion
Subject: RE: June Tabor Discussion
Got news for you whippersnappers: Anna Magnani was one of the greatest actresses of the post-war international cinema. Her debut I believe was in Rosselini's "Open City" (1945).
I don't know about that personal stuff, but she had a dramatic and sultry screen presence.
As for June Tabor, she takes a sentimental stinkeroo like "Roses in Picardy" and turns it into genuinely moving experience.
I don't think even Anna Magnani could do that.
Tabor's "Silly Sisters" album with Maddy Prior is well worth anybody's time. Two great voices.