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Release Date:
December 28, 1961
Original Title:
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Alternate Titles:
The Widow and the Gigolo
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Genres:
Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Seven Arts Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 US: NR
Runtime: 103
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
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Additional Writing:
Jan Read
Art Direction:
Herbert Smith
Assistant Hairdresser:
Daphne Vollmer
Assistant Makeup Artist:
Sidney Turner
Associate Producer:
Lothar Wolff
Casting:
Robert Lennard
Costume Design:
Pierre Balmain
Beatrice Dawson
Director:
José Quintero
Director of Photography:
Harry Waxman
Editor:
Ralph Kemplen
Hairstylist:
A. G. Scott
Makeup Artist:
Bob Lawrance
Novel:
Tennessee Williams
Original Music Composer:
Richard Addinsell
Producer:
Louis De Rochemont
Production Design:
Roger K. Furse
Screenplay:
Gavin Lambert
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