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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   954 votes
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Director:
Jean Negulesco
Writers:
John Patrick (screenplay)
John H. Secondari (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 June 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Romance | Drama more
Tagline:
You've Never Lived Until You've Loved in Rome!
Plot:
American girls dream of finding romance in Rome, but there is none for secretaries, Anita tells her replacement at the USDA... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Mm@M: I Try to Be Like Grace Kelly
 (From FilmExperience. 15 September 2009, 5:57 AM, PDT)

Mm@M: Joan Crawford, Caterpillar Woman
 (From FilmExperience. 30 August 2009, 7:00 PM, PDT)

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Rome, the eternal city of love more (25 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Clifton Webb ... John Frederick Shadwell
Dorothy McGuire ... Miss Frances
Jean Peters ... Anita Hutchins
Louis Jourdan ... Prince Dino di Cessi
Maggie McNamara ... Maria Williams
Rossano Brazzi ... Georgio Bianchi
Howard St. John ... Mr. Burgoyne
Kathryn Givney ... Mrs. Burgoyne
Cathleen Nesbitt ... La Principessa
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Merry Anders ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Larry Arnold ... Waiter (uncredited)
Maurice Brierre ... Pepe - Shadwell's Butler (uncredited)
Iphigenie Castiglioni ... Bit Part (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Charles La Torre ... Chauffeur (uncredited)
Celia Lovsky ... Baroness (uncredited)
Harold Miller ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Grazia Narciso ... Louisa, Shadwell's Maid (uncredited)
Luciana Paluzzi ... Angela Bianchi (uncredited)
Norma Varden ... Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
Willard Waterman ... Mr. Hoyt (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jean Negulesco 
 
Writing credits
John Patrick (screenplay)

John H. Secondari (novel)

Produced by
Sol C. Siegel .... producer
 
Original Music by
Victor Young 
 
Cinematography by
Milton R. Krasner (director of photography) (as Milton Krasner)
 
Film Editing by
William Reynolds 
 
Art Direction by
John DeCuir  (as John De Cuir)
Lyle R. Wheeler  (as Lyle Wheeler)
 
Set Decoration by
Paul S. Fox 
Walter M. Scott 
 
Costume Design by
Dorothy Jeakins 
 
Makeup Department
Ben Nye .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gaston Glass .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Italo Tomassi .... manager of art department (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Eugene Grossman .... sound
Roger Heman Sr. .... sound (as Roger Heman)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Le Maire .... wardrobe director
Sam Benson .... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Ken Darby .... vocal director
Edward B. Powell .... orchestrator
 
Other crew
Leonard Doss .... technicolor color consultant
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (magnetic prints)
Certification:
Australia:G | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #16697, General Audience) | Sweden:Btl | UK:U
Filming Locations:
Dolomite Mountains, Italy more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Although the movie title refers to three coins only two coins are actually thrown into the fountain. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the beginning of the final scene at the Trevi fountain, the fountain is dry and being cleaned. While the actors are there, the fountain begins flowing again. However, when the actors leave, the fountain is completely full, not a possibility given the size of the fountain and the period of time over which the scene occurs. more
Quotes:
Maria Williams: A pinch is a pinch in any man's language. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Leave It to Beaver: The All-Night Party (#6.36)" (1963) more
Soundtrack:
Three Coins in the Fountain more

FAQ

A Note Regarding Spoilers
Is throwing a coin in the Fountain of Trevi a tradition?
What was Dino's favorite dinner dish?
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16 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Rome, the eternal city of love, 15 March 2005
8/10
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

By the Fifties, the movie-going public was no longer satisfied with studio versions of far away places. They wanted to see the real thing and Hollywood had to give it to them. The year before Three Coins In a Fountain came out, Paramount had done another Rome based film in Roman Holiday. Though it had that winning romantic team of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, Paramount played it on the cheap and wouldn't splurge for color.

Not to be outdone by rivals, Darryl F. Zanuck went whole hog on terrific color cinematography and three romances. Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, and Maggie McNamara are three Americans sharing an apartment in Rome. Peters and McNamara work for a U.S. government agency and McGuire is secretary to expatriate novelist Clifton Webb.

The fountain of course is Rome's famous Fountain of Trevi where tourists are lured into throwing their pennies with the promise of good fortune and a return to the eternal city. Frank Sinatra sings the title song over the opening credits and the Four Aces also had a mega-hit out of that tune. I remember as a lad in the Fifties, hearing that constantly on the radio. It was a BIG factor in the success of this film and won an Oscar for composer Jule Styne and lyricist Sammy Cahn.

McNamara and Peters fall for Prince Louis Jourdan and aspiring lawyer and co-worker Rossano Brazzi respectively. They play the continental lovers effortlessly.

20th Century Fox during the 50s toned down Clifton Webb's acerbity in order to make him leading man material. They never quite succeeded, but Dorothy McGuire conveys that she has a deep and abiding affection for Webb.

The usual romantic complications occur, but it all works out in the end as it always does in these films.

But the star is Rome and even seeing it 50 years ago, you'll still want to a pack a bag and see the place after watching this film.

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