The White Sheik

This evening Cath was working on a crossword puzzle and one of the questions was "sad, in French". The answer turns out to be "triste"... similar to the name, Trieste, that I had come across in my  investigations today.  I saw the word "trist" within, and I even still have a tab open with the definition of  trist (see at bottom of page).  Nothing came up when on keying "trist" into this bogs search box so I hadn't included it in a post.   And it's 'audd' that I didn't, given one of its meanings: "sad".  

Regardless, the inner twin world influenced things ... and Cath so that it's now brought this back to life, and they have done so for a reason.  For one, they're communicating "sad".

So to follow up, I do the next best thing and venture to the Trieste (Disambiguated) wiki page, and I come across just one notable person:

• Leopoldo Trieste, Italian actor, film director and screenwriter

Note from his wiki page:

•  Leopoldo Trieste (3 May 1917  – 25 January 2003) 

On his wiki page is a group of directors he worked with, note from their wiki pages:

• Pietro Germi (14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) 
• Francis Ford Coppola (April 7, 1939)
• Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) 
• Mario Bava (31 July 1914 – 27 April 1980)
• Tinto Brass (born 26 March 1933)
• Charles Vidor (July 27, 1900 – June 4, 1959)
• René Clément (18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) 
• Federico Fellini  (20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) 

Fellini's birthday stands out due to the following from my previous post:

•  And so what are the chances... We now have a "January 20(x3)" pattern-cluster

And then note from the post before that, Candle & Cradle:

• "March 16, 17(x2), 18(x3)/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.   

And then note Clement died one day before his March 18 birthday, and so expanding the cluster:

• "March 16, 17(x3), 18(x4)/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.   

And note the three dates that fall on the 27... a sad day when you consider the 27 club.  Altogether they generate a "April 27, May 27, __, July 27/ 27th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster.

• 1999 – Georgios Papadopoulos (5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999)169th PM of Greece 
• 2000 – Pierre Pflimlin (5 February 1907 – 27 June 2000)  PM of France  
• 1888 – Antoinette Perry (June 27, 1888 – June 28, 1946) actress and director 

And then one who just caught my "inner" eye/I:

• 2009 – Gale Storm (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009)American actress 

And so a "June __, 27, 28, __/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster, and a "February 5, __, April 5, May 5/ 5th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster.  And May 5 being 5/5, expands a recent cluster:

 "__, __, 3/3, 4/4(x2), 5/5(x4), 6/6, 7/7, 8/8, 9/9, __, 11/11, __/Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster

One of Triest's films stands out:

The White Sheik (1952) as Ivan Cavalli

It's an addition to 2 clusters: the "White" pattern cluster ; and the "Leader" pattern-cluster.  Note from the wiki page of one of the cast:

Enzo Maggio  (10 October 1902 - 13 July 1978) as Furi

Do note the character name ... a cryptic "fury".  His birthday bridges one of the gaps re:

• "__, __, 3/3, 4/4(x2), 5/5(x4), 6/6, 7/7, 8/8, 9/9, 10/10, 11/11, __/Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster

Note from the wiki pages of other cast/crew:

• Alberto Sordi ( 15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) as The White Sheik

• Leopoldo Trieste as Ivan Cavalli

• Brunella Bovo  (4 March 1932 – 21 February 2017)^[as Wanda Giardino Cavalli

• Giulietta Masina (22 February 1921 – 23 March 1994) as Cabiria, La prostituta

• Lilia Landi (born August 24, 1929) as Felga, La zingara del fotoromanzo

• Ernesto Almirante  (24 September 1877 - 13 December 1964)as Dottore Fortuna, il regista del fotoromanzo

• Fanny Marchiò  (June 1, 1904– September 6, 1980) as Marilena Alba Vellardi
• Federico Fellini (20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) 
• Luigi Rovere (June 30, 1908 – October 20, 1996
• Tullio Pinelli (24 June 1908 – 7 March 2009) 
• Ennio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972)
• Michelangelo Antonioni (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007), 
• Giovanni "Nino" Rota^[1] (3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979
• Arturo Gallea (18 September 1895 – 21 September 1959

Release date	6 September 1952 (VFF) 20 September 1952 (Italy) 25 April 1956 (USA

And check out the clusters ie: Flaiano's birthday  bridges the gap in  the above cluster, expanding it into a :

"February 5, March 5 , April 5, May 5/ 5th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster

And you can figure out the rest.

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Trist

v. t. & i.	1.	To trust. [imp. Triste.]
n.	1.	Trust.
	2.	A post, or station, in hunting.
	3.	A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst. George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he andthe cardinal agreed finally. - Letter dated Sept., 1543.
a.	1.	Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.