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The Angel Wore Red
''The Angel Wore Red'', also known as ''La sposa bella'' in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American MGM/Titanus coproduction war drama starring Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo Lombardo from a screenplay by Johnson based on the 1953 novel '' The Fair Bride'' by Bruce Marshall. Giorgio Prosperi wrote the dialogue for the Italian version. The music score for the American version was written by Bronislau Kaper and by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino for the Italian version. The cinematography was handled by Giuseppe Rotunno. Plot Young Catholic priest Arturo Carrera sympathizes with the poor in the Spanish Civil War but finds that his fellow priests have little concern for the poor because they support the Nationalist rebels. He resigns from the priesthood. Hours later, the city is bombarded and he takes shelter with a mysterious, beautiful woman named Soledad. As night falls, Loyalist speakers induce a mob to torch th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunnally Johnson
Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer, and playwright. As a filmmaker, he wrote the screenplays to more than fifty films in a career that spanned from 1927 to 1967. He also produced more than half of the films he wrote scripts for, and directed eight of those movies. In 1940 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''The Grapes of Wrath'', and in 1956 he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for '' The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit''. Some of his other notable films include '' Tobacco Road'' (1941), ''The Moon Is Down'' (1943), ''Casanova Brown'' (1944), ''The Keys of the Kingdom'' (1944), '' The Woman in the Window'' (1944), ''The Mudlark'' (1950), '' The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel'' (1951), ''My Cousin Rachel'' (1952), '' The Three Faces of Eve'' (1957), ''Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation'' (1962), and ''The Dirt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |