31st October 1963 - 'Lawrence da Arabia' finally premieres in Sao Paulo 11 months after its release in the USA on 10 December 1962. Cine Rio Branco was one of the best cinemas in the city showing 70mm productions.
27 October 1963 - 'The counterfeit traitor' (O falso traidor) played for 12 weeks at Cine Rio Branco. I saw it and was deeply impressed by it. I was especially moved by the character played by Lili Palmer who enters a Catholic church to confess to a priest who turned out to be a Gestapo agente.
27 October 1963 - In the same week `Lawrence of Arabia` premiered in Sao Paulo, Charles Chaplin`s masterpiece `Limelight` (Luzes da ribalta) is back at Cine Rivoli. It had been seen originally at Cine Art Palacio & Cine Opera more than 10 years before, in July 1953. I remember seeing it at Cine Rivoli around this time and having cried my eyes out.
Victor Hugo`s `The Hunchback of Notre Dame` (O corcunda de Notre Dame), first shown in Sao Paulo in 1939 is back at Cine Atlas on Avenida Rio Branco. Seeing Charles Laughton & Maureen O`Hara was worth all the money. I loved the flick.
31st October 1963 - Have a look at what was playing in Sao Paulo on the day 'Lawrence of Arabia' opened at Cine Rio Branco: American dancer turned singer Lennie Dale is a one-man-show at Teatro de Arena; Spanish singer-actress Sarita Montiel does a recital for only one night at Teatro Record on 7 November; Dias Gomes' comedy 'Os ossos do barão' still draws crowds to Teatro Brasileiro de Comedia for the 8th consecutive month; Bibi Ferreira plays Eliza Doolittle in 'My Fair Lady' (Minha querida lady) while Edson França plays professor Henry Higgins at Teatro Paramount.
