 Birth of Edoardo
Geneva Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli 01/73  Sophia and Edoardo
Geneva Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli 01/73  Hola (Spain) Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli 17/11/73  Rudulph Valentino Award Lecce 02/12/73  Wildlife Safari Park Bewdley, England 29/05/73 |
 Il viaggio
Italy - October 1973 - January 1974 MOVIE PREMIERES
ITALY
Man of La Mancha Rome, September 8 (L'uomo della Mancha) USA Bianco, rosso e... New York City (Colombia I) March 10 (White Sister) FRANCE Man of La Mancha Paris, September 27 (L'homme de La Manche) AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Rosa
de la Simpatia award (Spain)
Madrid, June
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum (UK) Sophia ranks Most Beautiful Woman of History Rudolph
Valentino Award (Italy)
Lecce, December 2 PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Safari Tour for Cipi - May 29
Sophia takes four-year old Cipi to the newly opened West Midland Safari Park in Bewdley, England. She is presented with a lion cub named Sophia. Rudolph Valentino Award - December 2 Sophia receives the award along with Anthony Quinn, in Lecce. The prize is given to personalities who have conquered the world the same way as Valentino. Initiated the year before, the trophy was awarded to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. MAGAZINE COVERS
Annabella, Bunte,
Círculo de Lectores, Domenica del Corriere, Epoca, Family
Circle, Films Illustrated, Films in Review, Films Quarterly,
Frau im Spiegel, Frau mit Herz, Gente, Hola, Ladies' Home Journal, Lecturas, McCall's, Motion Pictures, Movie Digest, National Enquirer, The National Police Gazette, Das Neue Blatt, Neue Post, Oggi, Pageant, Plateia, スクリーン, Semana, Tele Dia, Vanidades Continental, Woman's Homelife, Women's Weekly EDITOR'S NOTES
Birth of Edoardo - January 6 Sophia
checks in the Geneva's
Cantonal Hospital on January 5 and gives birth to her
second son, Edoardo, the next day. Like his older
brother, Carlo Ponti, Jr., Edoardo is delivered by Caesarean section. The Ponti family stays
in
Geneva for the winter. Doctor De Watteville announces to Sophia that
she cannot have more children or she might risks death to have another
child. She tells the press that "This is my last baby" and refers to
Caesarean sections in an interview for McCall's magazine as "having
major surgery with your eyes opened".
Burton and Taylor Richard Burton, who just starred in another Ponti movie, arrives at the Villa with his entourage in preparation of Il viaggio, in which he plays opposite Sophia. Elizabeth Taylor arrives at the Villa Ponti on July 20 and joins Burton after a 17-day separation. She is Rome to shoot The Driver's Seat. Sophia greets her guest at the front door wearing a Dior suit, a Dior handbag, Dior shoes and Dior gloves. Even Taylor is petrified. She leaves the villa on July 30 and checks in at the Grand Hotel. Valentino Party - July 20 Sophia, Carlo and the couple Taylor-Burton, who are staying at the Pontis', all attend a dinner party at Valentino's house on Via Appia, which is near the Marino Villa, after the designer presented his new collection in Rome. William Morris Agency Sophia's interests are represented by William Morris Agency, the largest talent and literary agency in the world. |
 Photo Session Villa Marino Photo: Peter Sellers  Annabella (Italy) 01/12/73  Il viaggio Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli 10/73  Man of La Mancha Italian poster  Tussaud Wax Museum Paris |
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