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Academy Award Music (Scoring) 1958 · Nominated
Hugo Friedhofer 's score was nominated for a Best Music Academy Award in 1958. Cinematography was by Milton Krasner. It was the first Hollywood film shot in Greece. Plot. Phaedra ( Sophia Loren) is a poor Greek sponge diver on the island of Hydra. She works from the boat of her boyfriend, Rhif ( Jorge Mistral ), an immigrant from Albania.
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
Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A Greek sponge diver discovers a beautiful antiquity at the sea's bottom on one of her dives, and then she becomes obsessed with selling it via the help of her scamming boyfriend. Cast & Crew. Read More. Jean Negulesco. Director. Alan Ladd. James Calder. Clifton Webb. Victor Parmalee.
- Jean Negulesco, Eli Dunn, Carlo Lastricati
- Alan Ladd
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.
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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.