Three Coins in the Fountain (film)

Three Coins in the Fountain
Original movie poster
Directed by	Jean Negulesco
Produced by	Sol C. Siegel
Written by	John Patrick
Starring	Clifton Webb Dorothy McGuire Jean Peters Louis Jourdan Rossano Brazzi Maggie McNamara
Music by	Victor Young
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	20 May 1954
Running time	102 min.
Budget	$1.7 million
Box office	$5 million (US rentals)

Three Coins in the Fountain is the 1954 film that introduced the song of the same name, which became an enduring standard. It tells the story of three American girls looking for romance in Rome while employed at the American Embassy. It stars Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Maggie McNamara and Rossano Brazzi.

The film was adapted by John Patrick from the novel Coins in the Fountain by John H. Secondari, and was directed by Jean Negulesco. The fountain mentioned is the Trevi Fountain.

It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Color and Best Music, Song (for Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for "Three Coins in the Fountain"). It was nominated for Best Picture.

Three other films based on the same novel have been released. The first was the 1964 musical The Pleasure Seekers starring Ann-Margret and a second was the 1990 television film Coins in the Fountain starring Loni Anderson.

A third version was a 20th Century Fox film filmed in 1966 as the pilot for an unsold television series. Hal Kanter was the director; writers were Hal Kanter & Melville Sherelson. Stars were Cynthia Pepper, Yvonne Craig, and Joanna Moore. It was finally broadcast in 1970. Sergio Franchi sang the title song.

The 2010 film When in Rome tells the story of a woman who takes coins from a love fountain in Rome and finds unwanted love starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel.

External links

• Three Coins in the Fountain at the Internet Movie Database
• Three Coins in the Fountain at the TCM Movie Database
• Three Coins in the Fountain at AllRovi