Film of 'Love is’ family

Press, 12 November 1977, Page 2

Film of 'Love is’ family

NZPA staff correspondent London Kim Casali, a former Aucklander who created the “Love is . . cartoons, will be the subject of a two-hour television film. Mrs Casali, who drew world attention to the use of artificial insemination earlier this year when she had her husband’s third child 18 months after he died, told the N.Z.P.A. yesterday that next year she would go to California to advise C.B.S. television on the film. “I will not take an active part. I will be a story consultant,” she said. “I have had several film people wanting to do it, and I finally agreed. I have tried to retain my privacy. I refused to do the ‘David Frost Show’ — much to their surprise — because I am happy just having a family, without being a celebrity.” “I certainly did not want the publicity before Milo was bom,” Mrs Casali said. Next month, she will return to Auckland for a sixweek holiday.

“I never could return to live in New Zealand, though,” she said. “There is a lack of sophistication and I would miss being able to travel easily to Europe and America. It would also be impossible to conduct my business from New Zealand — American and English businessmen would not fly to New Zealand just to see me.” The “Love is ...” cartoons that Mrs Casali began drawing for her husband, Roberto, before they were married, are now syndicated in newspapers in North America, Europe, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.