The Rose Tattoo is a 1955 film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play by Williams and Hal Kanter and directed by Daniel Mann, with stars Anna Magnani (who won the Academy Award for Best Actress), Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan and Jo Van Fleet.
The Rose Tattoo tells the story of Serafina Delle Rose, an Italian-American widow in Louisiana who has allowed herself to withdraw from the world after her husband, Rosario Delle Rose is killed by police while smuggling, and tries to force her teenage daughter to do the same.
Serafina is tortured by rumors of Rosario's affair with another woman. In the dramatic scene on the following video, Serafina confronts Father DeLeo and asks him if anyone had confessed about having an affair with Rosario. The priest insists that he cannot divulge this information, but the look on his face says it all for Serafina. She insists that her husband did not "put the horns" on her as she is mocked by her female neighbors.
Ahhhhh but wait . . . along comes Alvaro, a handsome Italian truck driver who enters her life . . . you'll have to see the movie to see what happens!
The Rose Tattoo is one of my all time favorite movies that I didn't discover until the 1980's . . . it reminds me of my family . . . dramatic italians, what can I say? The way everyone is dressed and everything about this movie makes me nostalgic for the days of my childhood.
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I had forgotten all about that movie. I didn't see it at the theater but years later on TV. Bert Lancaster was a handsome devil wasn't he?
kt
I will have to look this up. Funny, lately I have been nostalgic for my Italian side of my family.
I know exactly what you mean. I feel the same way. It brings tears to my eyes. Such passion. Blessings, Catherine xo
Thanks for a great flashback! I love how those era films had such dramatic trailers. Anna Magnani was one of the greats. Williams wrote the play to showcase her in Magnani's first English-speaking role.
Thats a very old stuff, thats something worth to remember.lol
WOW! That's an O-L-D movie :-)
Good though ...
Thanks for posting and jogging the old gray matter; LOL
~Val
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I haven't seen a full length black and white movie. But these are interesting eh. Might check them out. :D
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Thanks for sharing that! I hadn't even heard of that one and will definatly watch for that one! One of my faves is "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" and I actually have a soap that I make in it's honor, it's called "Captain Gregg's Choice". I SO love old movies!
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