That Kind of Woman
| That Kind of Woman | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Written by | Robert Lowry Walter Bernstein |
| Produced by | Marcello Girosi Carlo Ponti |
| Starring | Sophia Loren Tab Hunter |
| Cinematography | Boris Kaufman |
| Edited by | Howard A. Smith |
| Music by | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1 million (est. US/Canada rentals)[1] |
That Kind of Woman (1959) is an American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, who was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] It stars Sophia Loren. The screenplay by Walter Bernstein, based on a short story by Robert Lowry ("Layover in El Paso"), is highly reminiscent of the 1938 film The Shopworn Angel.
The Paramount Pictures release was filmed on location in New York City and Long Beach, New York.[3][4]
Plot
The film is set during World War II. Kay is a sophisticated Italian woman, the mistress of a Manhattan millionaire industrialist known simply as The Man, who uses her to help him influence his contacts at The Pentagon. While en route from Miami to New York City by train, she and her friend Jane meet a considerably younger American paratrooper named Red and his sergeant George Kelly, and Kay and Red fall into a romantic relationship. Eventually the woman finds herself torn between her upscale life in a Sutton Place apartment and the prospect of true love with the GI.
Principal cast
- Sophia Loren ..... Kay
- Tab Hunter ..... Red
- Jack Warden ..... George
- Barbara Nichols ..... Jane
- Keenan Wynn ..... Harry Corwin
- George Sanders ..... The Man
Principal production credits
- Producers ..... Carlo Ponti, Marcello Girosi
- Original Music ..... Daniele Amfitheatrof
- Cinematography ..... Boris Kaufman
- Art Direction ..... Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson
- Costume Design ..... Edith Head
- Makeup ..... Wally Westmore
Critical reception
In his review in the New York Times, Bosley Crowther stated, "Walter Bernstein's screen play is a breezy, banal and bumptious thing, and Sidney Lumet has directed it with so many close-ups that it looks like a travesty of a "silent" style.[5] TV Guide describes it as "a ridiculously clichéd soap opera" with "the same kind of artificial shallowness that mars many of Loren's pictures." [6]
References
- ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 [ 34
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for That Kind of Woman". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ Sophia Loren - That Kind of Woman (1959)
- ^ Tracking Back in Time (photo). Long Beach Patch. November 9, 2010.
- ^ New York Times review
- ^ TV Guide review