Sophia Loren Archives - Chronicles 1974

"I can't live in Italy any longer. I'm afraid they'll kidnap my children." – Sophia Loren

Théatre Saint-Antoine
Paris
17/01/74

Epoca (Italy)
Cover: Tazio Secchiaroli
13/07/74

Sophia and son Edoardo
Villa Marino
Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli

Verdict
French poster

Dior collection
Paris
Photo: Alain Dejean
03/74

American Cancer Society
Publicity

Dior collection
Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli
03/74

La pupa del gangster / Mastroianni
Photo: Tazio Secchiaroli
11/74

Dalida di Lazzaro
Flesh for Frankenstein

Brief Encounter
Photo: Curt Gunther
07/74

FILMS AND FILMING

Il viaggio
Italy, October 1973 - January 1974

Verdict
France, February - April

Brief Encounter
UK, July - October

La pupa del gangster
Italy, October - November

MOVIE PREMIERES

ITALY
Il viaggio
Rome, March 11
Verdict
Rome, November 21 (L'accusa è: violenza carnale e omicidio)

WEST GERMANY
Verdict
October 25 (Das Urteil)
Il viaggio
October 31 (Die Reise nach Palermo)

FRANCE
Bianco, rosso e...
Paris, August 21 (Une bonne planque)
Verdict
Paris, September 11
Il viaggio
Paris, November 13 (Le voyage)

USA
Brief Encounter
NBC network, November 12

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

David di Donatello Award (Italy)
Best Actress in Il Viaggio, Teatro Greco, Taormina, July 20

Premio San Sebastian (Spain)
Best Actress award, Il Viaggio, San Sebastián, September 25

Heads of Fame Award (USA)
Sophia is on the list, for the third time, of Ten Best Coiffured Women selected published in December by the Helen Curtis Guild of Professional Beauticians for their well-coiffed heads and well-groomed looks.

ENDORSEMENTS

American Cancer Society
Publicity for the American Cancer Society with the slogan
"I want to live in a world without cancer."

PUBLIC APPEARANCES

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - January 21
Sophia attends the play "Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou" at Théâtre Antoine in Paris with Pierre Mondy as stage director.

Christian Dior Fashion Show - March

Sophia and her mother attend the fashion show in Paris. Sophia renews her wardrobe at the Maison Dior and follows a series of photography sessions in many European magazines in April.

Il viaggio Premiere - March
Sophia attends in Palermo the premiere of Il viaggio where she receives a special prize.

Memorial for French President Pompidou - April 6
Carlo and Sophia are among a huge crowd of international political personalities in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame for the memorial of Georges Pompidou, President of France since 1969 who died in office on April 2. Sophia considered him as a "persoanl friend".

Trip to Turkey - April 14
Sophia flies from Paris to Rome en route to Ankara where her new film
Il viaggio has its Turkish premiere.

San Sebastián Film Festival - September 14
Sophia and Richard Burton open the famous Spanish festival on September 14. Sophia also picks San Sebastián Award for Best Actress in Il Viaggio. Carlo has made the trip and accompanies the two actors during the Festival. Festival dates: September 14 through September 25.

De Sica's Funeral - November 16
Sophia attends funeral service of director, actor and friend Vittorio De Sica in Rome.

MAGAZINE COVERS

Blanco y Negro, Buenhogar, Bunte, Coronet, Los Domingos de ABC, Echo der Frau, Epoca, Flama, Frau / Die Aktuelle Illustrierte, Frau im Spiegel, Funk Uhr, Gaceta Ilustrada, Générique, Das Goldene Blatt, Hey, Hola, Ladies' Home Journal, Lecturas, Neue Post, Oggi, Panorama,
De Post, Semana, Le Soir Illustré, Sorrisi e Canzoni TV, Stars & Cinema, Stern, Super 8 Filmaker, Tele Radio, Télé 7 Jours, The TV Book,
TV Guide, TV News, Woman's Day

BOOKS

The Films of Sophia Loren - December
Release of Tony Crawley's book by LSP Books in the UK.

EDITOR'S NOTES

Facial Paralysis Rumors - April
OSome German magazines announce that Sophia is suffering from facial paralysis following hormone treatment. Carlo denies the news and states that his wife is only suffering from a severe flu.

Birthday in Rome - September 20
Sophia spends her birthday in Rome with Carlo and their two sons.

Sophia Settles in Paris - November
Once the shooting of La pepe del gangster is completed, Sophia packs up, leaves her beautiful Villa behind and moves with her two sons to her sumptuous Paris apartment on Avenue George V, bought ten years earlier, as she fears the kidnapping of her two sons.

Ciao Vittorio - November 13
Vittorio De Sica dies at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine from lung surgery the same day his new film Il viaggio opens in Paris theaters. Sophia, Carlo and Mastroianni attend the funerals in Rome on November 16. Once seated inside the church, Sophia becomes a captive target for the paparazzi. De Sica leaves his second wife, the Spanish actress Maria Mercader, whom he had married in 1968 after adopting French citizenship, just like Carlo and Sophia, to divorce his first wife. He also leaves two sons, Christian, a pop singer, and Manuel, a music composer who wrote the score for many films.

Dalida di Lazzaro and Carlo Ponti
Ponti signs young Italian actress Dalida di Lazzaro to a five-year contract after she appears in Flesh for Frankenstein in 1973, a movie he produced. While filming Il bestione (1974) she mentions in a press interview that she and Ponti are in love. She has a reduced role in La Pupa del gangster.

Burton and Loren's Liaison
At the same time rumours have Di Lazzaro hooked on Carlo, Sophia spends a lot of time with Richard Burton - they do two films together - and gossips say she is getting even with Carlo. Sophia denies that all those petty talks have anything to do with her decision to move alone to Paris with her two sons while Carlo is staying by himself at their villa in Marino.