The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) on Netflix
Approved19611h 43mDramaRomance
Karen Stone, a stage actress, flies to Rome with her husband; he dies on the plane. She stays in Italy, and the Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales introduces her to a young Italian, Paolo.
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Karen Stone is an American stage actress who shuts down her latest play, As You Like It, because she considers herself too old to play Rosalind. She and her wealthy businessman husband set off on a holiday to Rome, and during the flight he dies of a heart attack. Karen stays in Italy and rents a luxury apartment, since nothing draws her back home. A year later the Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales, who procures young men for older women, introduces her to Paolo, a well-dressed young Italian. The Contessa tells Paolo that loneliness is new to Mrs. Stone. Paolo takes her to dinner and dancing.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
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- The Italian Ministry of Culture objected to the script's portrayal of "café society vice", so producer Louis de Rochemont, refusing to change the script, moved the shoot from Rome to Elstree Studios in England and had outdoor scenes rewritten as indoor ones.
- Director José Quintero said Warren Beatty was "never popular with the crew" and "arrogant and huffy" to Vivien Leigh, but Peter Biskind's 2010 Beatty biography disputes this, quoting screenwriter Gavin Lambert calling Beatty polite and saying Leigh was taken with him.
- Lotte Lenya said Vivien Leigh had "a tremendous crush" on Warren Beatty, and that it left Leigh so preoccupied that Lenya was able to steal their most important scenes together.
- In casting the film, the first actor offered the part of the countess was Elisabeth Bergner, and she turned the offer down.
