Italy Rome Chelo Alonso, Caprice Chantal and Anita Ekberg - from our story 'Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg: Wonderful Photos 1931 – 2015'

Seated from left to right as they toast to a still better future are actresses: Chelo Alonso, Cuba; Caprice Chantal, France and Anita Ekberg, of Sweden. The toast was made in a Rome restaurant, Italy on Sept. 19, 1959, after the smiling young actresses, all of the movies, had received a “Maschera d’Argento” (Silver Mask) for their performances in the past year. The Silver Mask is kind of an Italian movie “Oscar” and is given once a year by the Rome journalists’ association. The “mask” is also presented to outstanding personalities in the fields of radio/TV, music hall, prose and others. (AP Photo/Walter Attenni)

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