March 22, 1957. NYT ad for De Sica’s film doesn’t emphasize the buxom Sophia Loren (!) but instead a card game between a penniless count and the young son of the doorman who is the better player.
The US release is better. The Italian release is much too long and the US release ends with the stunning segment with Silvana Mangano. The Italian ends with a painfully unfunny segment about the Bronx cheer totally killing the great final image of the US version.
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This was the four-episode US release, minus two segments.
The US release is better. The Italian release is much too long and the US release ends with the stunning segment with Silvana Mangano. The Italian ends with a painfully unfunny segment about the Bronx cheer totally killing the great final image of the US version.