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- The film was Sophia Loren's English-language debut. She starred opposite Alan Ladd and Clifton Webb, with Alexis Minotis and Laurence Naismith in support. Hugo Friedhofer's score was nominated for a Best Music Academy Award in 1958. Cinematography was by Milton R. Krasner. It was the first Hollywood movie shot in Greece.
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Boy on a Dolphin. Whilst filming Boy on a Dolphin (1957), Sophia Loren was required to walk in a trench in order to give audiences the impression that her diminutive co-star, Alan Ladd, was taller than she. Originally, the film was to star Cary Grant. It was four days into shooting in Greece when Grant canceled.
Boy on a Dolphin is a 1957 American romantic adventure film theatrically released by 20th Century-Fox. It is set in Greece and shot in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Samuel G. Engel from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Dwight Taylor, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by David Divine.
Boy on a Dolphin: Directed by Jean Negulesco. With Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren, Alexis Minotis. A woman finds a treasure and is torn between two men: one who wants to sell it and one who wants to gift it to Greece.
- Jean Negulesco
- 2 min
Boy on a Dolphin (1957) In director Jean Negulesco's adventure drama (mostly shot on location) - Sophia Loren's American film debut, about the discovery of an ancient Greek statue of a boy riding a dolphin:
While prowling the undersea terrain one day, Phaedra spots a statue of a boy on a dolphin, which is tied to the mast of a sunken ship. As she swims closer to investigate, Phaedra cuts her leg on a clump of spiny coral, and Rhif takes her to the town's besotted physician, Dr. Hawkins.
- Jean Negulesco, Eli Dunn, Carlo Lastricati
- Alan Ladd
Overview. Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes.
A sponge diver on a Greek island discovers a sunken ship filled with artifacts, including a priceless ancient gold statue of a boy on a dolphin.
- Adventure
