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Robert Redford’s all-American blond good looks and subtle, sardonic sense of humor made him one of the most popular leading men of the late 1960s into the 1970s in features like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”….

In the mid 1970s, Paul Newman was interviewed on a television chat show about his social and political opinions. Newman was candid but seemed slightly ill-at-ease, and eventually exclaimed “Oh come on. People don’t want to hear this. Let’s talk about movies and glamour and Gina Lollobrigida!” The audience all laughed. What is significant about this, apart from Paul Newman’s lack of self-importance, is that he cited Gina Lollobrigida, with whom he had never worked. He did not cite a Hollywood glamour girl, nor an Italian actress he had worked with, like Sophia Loren or Pier Angeli. He named Gina Lollobrigida. more …