Mussolini and King Alberto Emmanuel 1923

Mussolini and King Alberto Emmanuel, Italy

 

King Alberto Emmanuel catches Mussolini smiling and a Royal grin on the King appears.
Ordinarily the lens catches Premier Mussolini "on parade", and looking "Old Roman" as he possibly can: but this time King Emmanuel , his mustache uplifted by a broad and most genuine grin, must have told a good one just as the camera snapped - the leader of Fascismo is smiling most humanly.
5/29/1923


Mussolini Trivia

In 1901 Mussolini became a elementary schoolmaster.

In 1908 Mussolini penned the novel "The Cardinal's Mistress".

Sir Winston Churchill nicknamed the Italian Prime Minister 'The Bullfrog of the Pontine Marshes'.

Mussolini was founder of the socialist newspaper The Class Struggle (La Lotta di Classe.).

Mussolini was discharged from the army in World War I after being shot in the bottom!