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Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster in The Rose Tattoo

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The Rose Tattoo

film by Mann [1955]

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cinematography by Howe

In James Wong Howe
…Awards for his work on The Rose Tattoo 1955) and Hud (1963).
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discussed in biography

In Daniel Mann
In 1955 Mann helmed The Rose Tattoo, with a screenplay by Williams. It featured Italian actress Anna Magnani, in her Hollywood debut, as a grieving widow; Lancaster was the truck driver who revives her passion. The film received an Academy Award nomination for best picture, and Magnani and cinematographer…
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Oscars to Magnani for best actress, to Howe for best cinematography, and to Larsen and Pereira for best art direction, 1955

role of Magnani

In Anna Magnani
Her first Hollywood film was The Rose Tattoo (1955). In a role written expressly for her by her close friend, the playwright Tennessee Williams, she played the robust widow of a truck driver whose encounter with a handsome new lodger (Burt Lancaster) sparks hope. The role earned her the Academy…
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