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Line 36: To assist in gaining parts on the advice of theatrical publicity agent William Wordsworth, (who later became her third husband) she generated publicity by attending theatre premieres. As she had little money, she made most of her own dresses. Bartok came to the attention of aan Italian stage producer who was in London looking for an English actress. He asked her to join his company with the provision that she could learn enough Italian in three weeks to perform a monologue in a variety show that incorporated singing, dancing, comedians, magicians, acrobats and novelty acts. With Korda’s permission Bartok flew to Rome to join the show’s rehearsals prior to the show opening in December 1951 at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan. The show was a success and over the following four months there are performances in Florence, Venice, Genoa and other cities before finishing with a six-week long run in Rome at the Teatro Quirino. In 1951 ''A Tale of Five Cities'' was finally released in the United Kingdom and among the people who saw it were actor-producer [[Burt Lancaster]] and director [[Robert Siodmak]] who were visiting England looking for an actress to play opposite Lancaster as his romantic interest, Consuelo in the upcoming production of the comedy-adventure film ''[[The Crimson Pirate]]''. Impressed by Bartok’s performance and appearance they telegraphed her in Italy asking for her to attend a screen test. Bartok by now wary of countless unsuccessful auditions replied “No test. Send script.” To her surprise she was offered the role and was asked to report for location shooting on the island of Ischia. In total she spent over three months working on the project.

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