Sophia Loren Archives - Chronicles 1964

1964

"If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful." – Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren in Rome
Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli
06/64

Matrimonio all'italiana
Photo: Elio Sorci
06/64

Stern
Cover: Bert Stern
20/09/64

Vittorio De Sica
Matrimonio all'italiana
Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli
05/64

Sophia Loren in Rome
American soundtrack

Carlton Hotel
Cannes Film Festival
Photo: Mario Marquet
05/64

Bunte (West Germany)
02/12/64

Operation Crossbow
Photo: Curt Gunther
11/64

Operation Crossbow
London Press Conference
Photo: Denis Cameron
01/11/64

Matrimonio all'italiana
Rome Premiere
18/12/64

Judith
Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli
09/64

Louvre Museum
Paris
21/02/64

Tel Aviv Airport
Arrival for the shooting of Judith
29/07/64

Villa Marino / Maria
Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt
06/64

Barthet Hat Collection
Paris
03/64

FILMS AND FILMING

Matrimonio all'italiana
Italy, April - June

Sophia Loren in Rome
Italy, June - July

Judith
Israel, August - October

Operation Crossbow
UK, November

Lady L
UK, France, Switzerland, December 1964 - March 1965

FILM PROJECTS

Dr. Zhivago
Carlo Ponti's original intention is to adapt Pasternak's novel as a vehicle for Sophia. Director David Lean convinces him that Sophia is not right for the role of Lara, saying she is too tall, but the real reason is that he cannot accept Sophia as a virgin for the early parts of the film. Julie Christie is cast for the role.

MOVIE PREMIERES

USA
Ieri, oggi, domani
New York City festival March 17 (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
New York City demille March 26
Matrimonio all'italiana
New York City festival December 20 (Marriage, Italian Style)

ITALY
The Fall of the Roman Empire
November (La caduta dell'impero romano)
Matrimonio all'italiana
Rome (Teatro dell'Opera), December 18

WEST GERMANY
The Fall of the Roman Empire
June 12 (Der Untergang des Romischen Reiches)
Ieri, oggi, domani
August 19 (Gestern, Heute und Moren)

FRANCE
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Cannes Film Festival, April 29 (La chute de l'empire romain)
Ieri, oggi, domani
Paris, May 15 (Hier, aujourd'hui et demain)
Matrimonio all'italiana
Paris, December 30 (Mariage à l'italienne)

UNITED KINGDOM
The Fall of the Roman Empire
London, March 24
Matrimonio all'italiana
London, December 19 (Marriage, Italian Style)

SPAIN
Matrimonio all'italiana
Madrid capitol December 28 (Matrimonio a la italiana)

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Golden Globe Awards (USA)
Henrietta Award for World Film Favorite, Los Angeles, March 11

Bravo Otto (West Germany)
Golden Award for most popular actress in Germany, April

Bambi Award (West Germany)
Most Popular Actress, Schwarzwaldhalle, Karlsruhe, April 24

David di Donatello (Italy)
Best Actress Award in Ieri, oggi, domani
Teatro Greco, Taormina, July 26
Ponti also receives a David for Best Producer

Grand Prix Internationaux du Cinéma (Belgium)
Most Popular Actress awarded by Ciné-Revue

Rome Tourism Organization (Italy)
Gold medal and certificate of merit "for bringing to the American public a greater knowledge of the more characteristic and interesting aspects of Rome".

PUBLICITY

Lux Soaps

PUBLIC APPEARANCES

A Day at the Louvre - February 21

Sophia visits the Louvre Museum in Paris where she has her picture taken next to Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. She is given on the same day by Monnaie de Paris a gold coin with the Mona Lisa on it.

Barthet Hat Collection - March 15

Sophia is in Paris for the presentation of new hat collection by French milliner Jean Barthet. Madame Maud of Jean Barthet says of Sophia that "she loves hats. She knows that a hat does something for her. And we love her, not only because she wears our hats, but because she is a great person. In the house, she is our queen.

Bambi Awards - April 24
Sophia is in Karlsruhe, West Germany, again to receive her fourth Bambi award in a row.

Cannes Film Festival - April 29
Sophia is greeted at the Nice airport by a gilded chariot drawn by four white steeds. She refuses to mount the carriage and is driven in a limo to Cannes where the Festival opens the same night with a showing of The Fall of the Roman Empire. Sophia is also the honored guest of a reception at the Winter Casino, the inaugural event of the film festival. Coins bearing her profile as Lucilla and minted in gold and silver by the French treasury are distributed. Festival dates: April 29 through May 14.

Operation Crossbow Press Conference - November 1
Sophia is at the Savoy Hotel in London with George Peppard to promote her new film. She denies she has adopted two children following a rumor she would be adopting a young girl from Naples. "Anyone who is capable of having children", Sophia says, "doesn't want to adopt other people's."

Matrimonio all'italiana Premieres - December

Sophia attends the premiere of her new movie in Rome (Teatro dell'Opera) on December 18, in London on the 19 and in Paris, with her Lady L entourage, on December 30.

MAGAZINE COVERS

Italy
L'Automobile, Cinefoto, Domenica del Corriere, Epoca, L'Europeo, Gente, Incom, Luna Park, Oggi, Le Ore, Settimana Radio TV, Settimo Giorno, Stop, Successo, Tempo, Vado e Torno, Vita, Vitalità
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West Germany
Bravo, Bunte Illustrierte, Constanze, ER, Freundin/Film Revue, Neue Illustrierte, Quick, Sonne, Stern
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France
Cinémonde, Le Hérisson, Marie-Claire

Spain
Blanco y Negro, Cine en 7 Días, Fotogramas, Gaceta Ilustrada, Garbo, Triunfo
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UK
Film Artiste, Films and Filming, Parade, Sunday Times Magazine, Titbits
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USA
Art Films International, Caper, Cinema, Confidential, Coronet, Ladies' Home Companion, Life, Life en Español, Monsanto, Movies Illustrated, The National Police Gazette, The Saturday Evening Post, Silver Screen, TV Digest, TV Magazine, Vice Squad
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LATIN AMERICA
Cine Avance Internacional, Ecran, Mi Vida, Panorama, Sétimo Céu, Vanidades Continental

TV SHOWS

Sophia in Rome - November 12
Broadcast of TV special on American ABC network, with Sophia wearing four different couture outfits from Marc Bohan's autumn Dior collection.

SONGS & LP'S

Secrets of Rome
(Barry)
from the Sophia Loren in Rome soundtrack

EDITOR'S NOTES

Wedding in Corsica

Rumor is out early during the year that Sophia and Carlo will marry in Pietroso, Corsica.

Bürgenstock - February

Sophia and Carlo leave from Rome Termini station en route to Switzerland where they spend a couple of weeks at their Bürgentstock chalet. Sophia's participation in the film Operation Crossbow is confirmed during her holidays.

Hairdo
Sophia's main hairdresser in 1964 is Italian Filippo di Roma on via Condotti.

Villa Showcase
Photo session at the Villa Marino by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt is featured in many magazines, including Life on September 18. According to Time magazine, "rumours ran rampant through the village during the villa's renovations, including one about an excavated golden statue. Many architectural treasures would have also been unearthed, including hidden staircases and catacombs.

Riccardo Scicolone under Investigation - July
Sophia's father is, with 17 other individuales, under investigation after a denunciation for fraud was made to the police in Rome.

Sophia to Adopt a Child - July
Enraged villagers from Pozzuoli beat the mother of a little girl whom newspapers wrongly claim Sophia is going to adopt. The story of the proposed adoption, first published in a French newspaper and then picked up by the Italian press, is denied by Carlo and Sophia several times. Sophia met the Greco Giarelli family and their little girl Concetta in Pozzuoli while she was shooting Matrimonio all'italiana just a few weeks before.

Sophia in Israel - July
Sophia arrives in Israel on July 29 and spends ten days getting to know the country before she begins work in Judith. She visits the Lochamei Hagetaot museum, which houses an exhibit of Nazi Jewish persecution, several kibbutzim and an army camp.

Sophia Threatened with Death - August
Sophia receives a death threat letter, slipped under her door at the Dan-Carmel Hotel in Haifa, stating that she will be killed if she does not cancel her participation in the filming Judith in shot in Israel. She is guarded 24 hours everywhere she goes.

New Apartment in Paris - September

Carlo buys for more than $1 million an ultra-modern apartment in Paris, on Avenue Georges-V, corner of Pierre-Charron. The apartment occupies 6,500 square feet on three floors. The seventh floor is for Sophia, the 8th for Ponti and the 9th for friends, with an immense terrace on top. The new Parisian nest is decorated by famous designer Isabelle Hebey.

Third Highest Income in Rome
Sophia's income ranks third in Rome at $ 560,000 according to income tax estimates published at the end of December in Italy.