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Article: Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni could do it all on screen.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
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- December 19, 1996
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Like many a leading romantic man, Marcello Mastroianni spent a lot of his time on screen in transit between one bed and another. But, unlike any of his fellow screen lovers, the Italian film star, who died Thursday in Paris at age 72, always looked like the journey was entirely beyond his control.
With an expression halfway between bemusement and alarmed pleasure, Mastroianni could give the most routine tryst an unexpected twist, ranging from subdued pathos to side-splitting comedy.
During his long and incredibly prolific film career, Martroianni became the face of male European sexiness. And although he made films in the United States, Latin ...