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starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortesedirected by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304056868
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6304056869
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: June 25, 1996
Running Time: 130 minutes
Sales Rank: 18132
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1954
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - OVER THE TOP
Usual Hollywood formula - rich boy finds poor but beautiful and talented girl, rich boy marries girl, beautiful and talented girl discovers that
rich husband has nothing working below the belt, rich boy finds wife and stable boy in barn together- and shoots them both...
Rating:  - Not Much Better Than Beat The Devil
I have always been a big fan of boggies, but some of his films were just plain bad, this is one of them. a real pot-boiler of a soap opera that will leave you saying .... so what ?
Rating:  - JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ, OPUS 13
***** 1954. Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Academy award and Golden Globe earned by Edmond O'Brien. Huge and incredibly intelligent movie featuring an idealistic Spanish dancer lost in Hollywood. Humphrey Bogart impersonates a Mankiewicz's clone having trouble with his producer. Every line of the screenplay being meaningful, THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA is a film to be seen several times to be appreciated to its full extent. Masterpiece.
Rating: - Wonderful rags to riches to ruin tale - Eva Gardner at her best
Bogie may have gotten first billing on this movie, but don't be misled, this is Eva Gardner's film. The story starts in Madrid where Bogie plays a film writer who is at a nightclub with two movie executives looking for new talent. They heard about this beautiful and talented singer/dancer and want to get a look for themselves. The singer, played by Gardner, stuns all three and they want to sign her to a long term contract. She could become the next big Hollywood star. Gardner's character comes ... Read More
Rating:  - Hollywood Show Business
It is a rainy day at the cemetery where Maria D'Amata is being interred. There is a statue marking her grave. Harry reminisces about her beginnings as a dancer in Spain. A rich heir was visiting Spain to look for a new face. Kirk Edwards is proud and arrogant. We learn a little about show business. [There is some unconscious humor here.] Harry must persuade Maria to do a screen test for Kirk. Maria tells Harry about herself and her life. Maria's screen test was successful, and she went to Hollywood. ... Read More
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