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The Rose Tattoo

film by Mann [1955]

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cinematography by Howe

discussed in biography

  • Butterfield 8
    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

    • Anna 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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