"I
have everything I ever wanted or
any woman ever wanted. Now I want more of the same." –
Sophia Loren
 Injured at hospital Los Angeles Photo: Bud Fraker 02/04/59  Black Orchid American poster  Mikoyan's Visit Hollywood 13/01/59  Noi Donne (Italy) 18/05/59  Evening Gala Berlin Film Festival 04/07/59  A Breath of Scandal / Gavin 06/59  Academy Awards Los Angeles 06/04/59  That Kind of Woman American poster  It Started in Naples Photo: Pierluigi Praturlon 09/05/59  Houseboat German poster  Moulin Rouge / Louis Prima Hollywood 09/01/59  Avec Plaisir Lido de Paris 12/12/59  Schwechat Airport Vienna 02/06/59  True Romances 01/59  Arnold Fox store New York City 14/04/59  Victoire Award Paris 29/05/59 |
 Heller in Pink
Tights
USA, January - April A Breath of
Scandal
Austria, Italy, May - July It Started in
Naples
Italy, August - October FILM PROJECTS Carmen Ponti-Gerosi film production based on the Bizet opera with Spain locations 1960 to be directed by George Cukor is announced in February. The Kiss-Off Film to be shot in Naples with Spencer Tracy under the direction of Garson Kanin. MOVIE PREMIERES
USA
The Black Orchid New York City plaza February 12 That Kind of Woman New York City roxy September 11 Tempi Nostri New York City little carnegie September 28 (The Anatomy of Love) ITALY Houseboat Rome - August (Cinzia) WEST GERMANY Luci del varietà February 13 (Lichter des Varieté) The Black Orchid March 24 (Die schwarze Orchidee) Houseboat September 29 (Hausboot) FRANCE The Black Orchid Paris, April 24 (L'orchidée noire) Legend of the Lost Paris, July (La cité disparue) Houseboat Paris, October 2 (La péniche du bonheur) SPAIN Boy on a Dolphin Madrid lope de vega January 22 (La sirena y el delfín) AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Tokyo
Film Festival (Japan)
Best actress for The Key, Tokyo, April 1 Nuit de la Chancellerie (France) Victoire Award for Best Foreign actress, Paris, Palais de Chaillot, May 29 Honorary Texan (USA) Certificate of Honorary Citizen of the Empire of Texas received on the set of It Started in Naples, Rome, October 20 MAGAZINE COVERS
Italy Alta Tensione, Epoca, L'Europeo, Fiesta, Film, Mascotte, Meridiano, Il Musichiere, Noi Donne, Novella, Oggi, Le Ore, Quattroruote, Rotosei, La Settimana Incom Illustrata, Settimo Giorno, Tempo, Vie Nuove, Visto, I Vostri Film e  e West Germany Film Journal, Kristall, Münchner Illustrierte, Neue Illustrierte, Picnic, Revue, Star Revue, Der Stern e e France Almanach Cinémonde, Bonnes Soirées, Calypso, Ciné Album, Cinémonde, Elle, Festival, Les Films du Coeur, Jeunesse Cinéma, Jours de France, Marie-Claire, Noir et Blanc, Photo Cinéma, Radar, Télé-Ciné Révélation, TV Ciné Actualité Spain Cine Mundo, Destino, Gaceta Ilustrada, Lecturas, Mujer, Ondas, Triunfo e e UK ABC Film Review, Continental Film Review, Fans' Star Library, Picture Show, True Romance, What's on in London e e USA Coloroto Magazine, Inside Story, Parade, Silver Screen, Sir e e LATIN AMERICA Cine Album, Elegidos de la Fama, Estampa, Filmelândia, Idilio, El Lechero, Manchete, Mundo Uruguayo, Paquita, Revista de su Hogar PUBLICITY - ENDORSEMENTS
Lux
Max Factor Full-color magazine ads for the American cosmetics firm which started as a beauty salon in Hollywood. Max Factor has been associated for a long with the world of movie make-up. PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Moulin Rouge in Hollywood - January 3
Now an American jazz fan Sophia attends a Louis Prima performance at Moulin Rouge in Hollywood. She meets him backstage to take an impromptu lesson in trumpet. Academy Awards - April 6 Sophia is invited for the second time to attend the Oscar ceremonies, which take place at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, where she presents Best Song Award to Dean Martin. Cannes Film Festival - May Sophia attends the most famous film festival in the world for the fourth time. She is with Carlo for the screening of Nella città l'inferno on May 13 starring Anna Magnani and Giuletta Masina. Reception given by Cannes mayor Bernard Cornut-Gentille at Napoule Castle in Mandelieu. Festival dates: April 30 through May 15. Watch the video Nuit de la Chancellerie - May 29 Sophia attends the Nuit de la Chancellerie at Palais de Chaillot in Paris where she receives her Victoire Award for Best Foreign actress from General Charles De Gaulle. Old flame Cary Grant, Yul Brynner, William Holden and Maurice Chevalier are also present at the ceremonies. Austrian Derby - June 9 Sophia attends the Austrian Derby in Vienna while she is still filming A Breath of Scandal. Berlin Film Festival - July 4 After stopping in Frankfurt, uptight Sophia flies to Berlin where she attends West Germany's main festival and meets with gallant city's Mayor Willy Brandt at city hall. she signs a "golden book" for distinguished visitors and accepts a white porcelain replica of the city's freedom bell whose original hangs in the city hall tower. Sophia and Carlo attend the traditional Film Ball at the Palais am Funkturm, a highlight of the festival. David di Donatello - July 26 Sophia and Carlo meet in Sicilia for a discrete vacation and Sophia attends the presentation of the David di Donatello in Taormina. A Night at the Lido - December 12 Sophia, who has been on a diet for a few weeks, attends with Carlo a new variety show called Avec Plaisir at the Lido de Paris. Carrousel aux images - February 17 Interview on Belgian TV with Selim Sasson INSIDER'S NOTES
Bigamy Case Opens - January 2
Rome's public prosecutor opens proceedings to determine whether bigamy charges can be brought against Sophia and Carlo. Russians Like Her Too - January 13 Sophia meets with Soviet Minister of Trade Anastas Mikoyan who is visiting Paramount studios in Hollywood. The contents of their brief encounter are soon published in Italian magazine Epoca as an interview with Sophia. Sophia Hurt in Heller Fight - April 2 Sophia is taken to a Hollywood hospital for a possible broken arm after Steve Forrest fell on her while they were wrestling during a scene for the film Heller in Pink Tights. New York City, Bürgenstock - April 14 Sophia flies from Los Angeles to Switzerland for a short holiday in Bürgenstock with a quick stop for a shopping spree in New York City, including a stop at Arnold Fox store on Seventh Avenue. Sophia Goes on a Slimming Course - May While trying on some clothes at Maison Nina Ricci in Paris Sophia realizes that zippers have exploded on the natural impulsion of her breast and hips. She decides to go on a severe diet in order to lose the extra weight and keep her glorious figure down to the trim demanded by Hollywood. De Sica Directs Sophia on the Q.T. - June Film director Michael Curtiz, who has a very thick Hungarian accent, cannot direct Sophia adequately so Ponti, without telling him, calls for Vittorio De Sica who takes care of a few scenes. He is not credited for his contribution to the movie. Humor for Peace - July 6 Sophia agrees to become chairman of a "Humor for Peace" committee. Aim of the committe is to use humor as a means of promoting all relaxation of world tension. Summit is to take place at the Venice Film Festival in September with British actor Alec Guinness, American comedian Danny Kaye, Russian clown Popov, and French director Jacques Tati. Return to Rome - July 22 Back in Rome
after a two-year absence Sophia unexpectedly finds a bunch of reporters
in the garage of her sister's house on Via di Villa Ada. She stays in
Rome a few days for the
shooting of A
Breath of Scandal's studio scenes at Titanus Appia where
she meets with Paramount's head man in Italy Pilde Nevi.
Carlo's Visit - August 7Church
Bans Marriage Carlo joins Sophia in Rome prior to her to departure for the island of Capri where the shooting of It Started in Naples is about to start. He leaves eleven days later a free man despite widespread speculation that his stay with Sophia would land him in jail on a bigamy charge. No bigamy action can be taken against Ponti and Sophia unless charges are filed by Ponti's first wife or Italy's Minister of Justice. The public prosecutor just happens to be on holidays. Bigamy Charge Filed - September 11 Sophia learns on the set of It Started in Naples that an Italian court has given the go-ahead to bigamy proceedings against her and Carlo. She works part of the day but everyone can tell is very upset. Sophia's birthday - September 19 Members of the movie crew toss a party for Sophia on the eve of her birthday. She blows out the 25 candles on her birthday cake. Although they have been careful to keep apart from one another in public, Carlo flies in Capri to present Sophia with a beautiful diamond and ruby necklace for her birthday. Visit to Pozzuoli - October 2 Sophia takes some time off and goes back to her home town Pozzuoli, which is just a few kilometers away, and meets with her family members she has not seen since she left for America. Paris Break - December 8 Sophia returns to Paris, where she and Carlo have an apartment on rue Rivoli, and stays there for about three months. Shopping spree at Dior, Maggy Rouff and Barthet houses and Christmas holidays with family and friends. |
 It
Started in Naples
Photo: Pierluigi Praturlon 09/59  Lux Soaps American publicity  Cannes Film Festival Photo: Kary Lasch 09/05/59  Cannes Film Festival Carlton Hotel Photo: Traverso 05/59  Holidays Bürgenstock Photo: Luc Fournol 04/59  Japanese Award / The Key Heller in Pink Tights set 01/04/59  Kloten Airport Zürich 17/04/59  Dior Collection Paris Photo: Nicolas Tikhomiroff 12/59  Max Factor French Publicity  A Breath of Scandal / Chevalier 06/59  Lux Soaps Mexican publicity  Orly Airport Paris 08/12/59  Cooking at Home Hollywood Photo: Sam Shaw 04/59  Dior Collection Paris Photo: Luc Fournol 12/59  Heller in Pink Tights Tucson 23/03/59  Meeting reporters in garage Rome 22/07/59 |
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