The Barefoot Contessa
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The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Timing:
2:8 (128 min)
6.785/10
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6.693/10
1373
1373
6.9/10
14000
14000
Country
Genre
Drama
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Composer
Mario Nascimbene
Artist
Audition
Editing
William Hornbeck
All team (17)
All team (17)
Short description
Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy tycoon Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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.
- Ava Gardner was under contract with Metro-Goldwyn Mayers, in whose pavilions Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (1909-1993) finished 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.
- 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.
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