The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

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Country: US
Technical: col 128m
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Rossano Brazzi, Marius Goring

Synopsis:

At her funeral, a film director muses on the tragic career of the actress he discovered in Spain years previously.

Review:

Mankiewicz tries to rework the trick of doing showbiz with his All About Eve brushstrokes, with a dash of Sunset Boulevard thrown in, but whether it's the international cast that queers it, or just that the principals aren't up to snuff, it never quite catches fire.

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Country: US
Technical: col 128m
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Rossano Brazzi, Marius Goring

Synopsis:

At her funeral, a film director muses on the tragic career of the actress he discovered in Spain years previously.

Review:

Mankiewicz tries to rework the trick of doing showbiz with his All About Eve brushstrokes, with a dash of Sunset Boulevard thrown in, but whether it's the international cast that queers it, or just that the principals aren't up to snuff, it never quite catches fire.


Country: US
Technical: col 128m
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Rossano Brazzi, Marius Goring

Synopsis:

At her funeral, a film director muses on the tragic career of the actress he discovered in Spain years previously.

Review:

Mankiewicz tries to rework the trick of doing showbiz with his All About Eve brushstrokes, with a dash of Sunset Boulevard thrown in, but whether it's the international cast that queers it, or just that the principals aren't up to snuff, it never quite catches fire.