The Barefoot Contessa
The world's most beautiful animal!
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$0
Box office
$6 600 000
Director
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Composer
Mario Nascimbene
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William Hornbeck
Whole Team (17)
Whole Team (17)
Short description
A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.
What's left behind the scenes
- Ava Gardner was under contract with the film company Metro-Goldwyn Mayers, in whose pavilions Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (1909-1993) completed filming the historical film "Julius Caesar" in 1953. When Mankiewicz asked the studio bosses for permission to film Gardner, he was told that the actress would cost him $200,000, i.e., twice the fee paid to Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) plus ten percent of the revenue. Thus, the actress cost Mankiewicz $1,000,000, while the film company itself paid Gardner only the amount stipulated in her contract weekly – $60,000.
- The statue of Ava Gardner shown in the film was sculpted by Bulgarian sculptor Asen Peykov (1908-1973). After filming was completed, the statue was purchased by Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) and placed on his estate in California.
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