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The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, and Edmond O'Brien. The plot focuses on social positioning and high-powered politics within the world of film and high society.
- $3.3 million (US and Canada rentals)
- Mario Nascimbene
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz (uncredited)
The Barefoot Contessa: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring. This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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- 2 min
Richard Brody New Yorker "The Barefoot Contessa" is perhaps the most elaborately structured Hollywood film since "Citizen Kane." Jul 31, 2021 Full Review Dave Kehr Chicago Reader An imperfect film ...
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- Humphrey Bogart
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Drama
While in the burial of Countess Torlato-Favrini, her friend Harry Dawes and the Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini recall parts of her past. When the wealthy Kirk Edwards hires director and screenplay writer Harry Dawes, they travel to Spain with the public relations Oscar Muldoon to see the dancer of a nightclub Maria Vargas and invite her for an audition, since they need a new face for their ...
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Jul 30, 2021 · In “Barefoot Contessa,” Bogart conveys that ambiguous burden with grizzled, worldly grace. Richard Brody began writing for The New Yorker in 1999. He writes about movies in his blog, The Front ...
Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Can Teach You The first appearance by Maria (Ava Gardner) with Harry (Humphrey Bogart) narrating from her funeral, sent by his masters, finding her in fact shoeless, back stage, where they talk about Hollywood, early in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa, 1954.
