ACAPULCO; SWIMMING POOL; STARLETS; JAMES MASON; TONY CURTIS AND WIFE; CHRISTA LINDER DANCING; HUGO TONGA NASI SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS; TREVOR HOWARD; JIM BROWN; ADAM WEST.




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Background: A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE PERSONALITIES DESCENDED UPON ACAPULCO RECENTLY FOR THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL ACAPULCO FILM FESTIVAL WHICH OPENED ON NOVEMBER 19. THIS YEAR, THE THEME OF THE FESTIVAL IS LOVE IN ALL ITS VARIATIONS - FROM PASSION TO VIOLENCE.

SOME OF THE FILMS SHOWN AT THE ACAPULCO HAS RECEIVED AWARDS AT OTHER FESTIVALS, SUCH AS SAN SEBASTIAN, CANNES, BERLIN, KARLOVY-VARY AND MAR DEL PLATA.

AMONG THE FILM PERSONALITIES IN ACAPULCO ARE BRITISH ACTOR JAMES MASON, ONE OF THE STARS OF "MAYERLING", AND TONY CURTIS, AN AMERICAN WHO STARS IN "THE MAN FROM BOSTON", THE FILM ABOUT THE BOSTON STRANGLER.

GERMAN ACTRESS CHRISTA LINDER IS ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL AS IS ITALIAN STAR HUGO TONGA NASI. BRITISH ACTOR TREVOR HOWARD IS ALSO IN ACAPULCO.

SENHOR LUIS NONTES, ONE OF THE TOP FILM DISTRIBUTORS IN MEXICO AND LATIN AMERICA IS ALSO TAKING PART IN THE FILM FESTIVAL.

AMERICAN NEGRO ACTOR JIM BROWN IS ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL AS IS ADAM WADE, WHO HELD THE TITLE ROLE IN THE "BATMAN" TELEVISION SERIES.

MANY OF THE MOVIE PERSONALITIES AT THE FESTIVAL HAVE BEEN RELAXING AT THE SWIMMING POOL OF ACAPULCO'S HOTEL PRESIDENTE.

THE FESTIVAL, WHICH IS BEING HELD IN THE CITY, SAN DIEGO FORT, IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY (1 DECEMBER).