The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Synopsis: Karen Stone is a lonely, aging, former actress, who moves to Rome after her husband's death. There she finds herself hounded by the young hustlers who make a living trading money for amour. Eventually, she begins a romance with one of these gigolos, Paolo, who convinces Karen that he really... Karen Stone is a lonely, aging, former actress, who moves to Rome after her husband's death. There she finds herself hounded by the young hustlers who make a living trading money for amour. Eventually, she begins a romance with one of these gigolos, Paolo, who convinces Karen that he really loves her. But when he abruptly takes off to exploit a new woman, Karen is left vulnerable and despondent. Unfortunately, it also makes her easy prey for a mysterious man who's been quietly stalking her... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya, Jill St. John, Jeremy Spencer
Producer: Louis de Rochemont
Screenwriter: Tennessee Williams
Composer: Richard Addinsell
DVD Info
Release:
May 2, 2006
DVD Features:
- Keep Case
- Widescreen 1.85
Audio:
- Mono 1.0 English
Additional Release Material:
- Featurette: Mrs. Stone: Looking for Love in All the Dark Corners
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The tagline says that they called it love and it was for sale, to which the appropriate response is that one hopes they kept the receipt.
The prose is so purple and the tone so overripe that ... what wants to be mature, sensual romance-novel boilerplate becomes instead a plodding exercise in intriguingly cast camp.
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