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Lollobrigida

posted 15 years ago by vickic531
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Maybe it just adds to the overall poor quality of the movie but Lollobrigida is terrible in this. Everytime she's shown close up, her eyebrows always scare the beejesus out of me. I asked my husband and he said she was really just a sex symbol, only known as an actress in her native Italy. Hard to imagine she's known as an actress anywhere based on seeing her in this. BLECH

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[–] BruiseLee 14 years ago

I have to agree she did absolutely nothing for me either in the acting or the sex department. I thought the only guy in the film who shined in his acting was McQueen, even though he had a small role.

[–] DM-DAAN 14 years ago

Haha, I had basically the same thing. Those eyebrows were scary, and her waist too! Brrr.

Her role was a completely unnecessary as well. The movie would've been way more entertaining if they just stuck to the jungle.

[–] LarrupinLou 10 years ago

Haha, I had basically the same thing. Those eyebrows were scary, and her waist too! Brrr.

Okay, I get the eyebrows (I never understood why women did that years ago), but her waist? She always had a flat stomach in any film I have ever seen her in.

No blah, blah, blah!

[–] Eric-1226 12 years ago

She did look a little odd, especially when we first meet her character -- Capt. Tom Reynolds, on the floor, looking up at her as she enters the nightclub. What with those eyebrows and her general countenance, she looked like a half-Vulcan war princess!

But I have to admit she kind of grew on me as the film went by. She really helped make this a "glam" war film, instead of an out and out gritty one. But I started to enjoy seeing her, I thought she looked pretty good. And I really got a kick out of the cat-and-mouse banter between her character, and Frank Sinatra's character. I liked her answer to his question, what do you want for Christmas? Carla: "A twelve-foot statue of your grandfather." LOL

[–] OnlyRocknRoll 11 years ago

The makeup artists in the 1950's generally overused eyebrow pencil on a lot of actresses. Shaving off the natural brow and drawing it up onto the forehead, or coloring it in so darkly that they looked like vampires. Who knows how that got started. Thank God that makeup trend went away, along with huge false eyelashes and blood red lipstick.

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[–] hisgrandmogulhighness 11 years ago

MGM found her suitable . . . as do I . . . she fits the character she's playing . . . of course, as you may not know, Ava Gardner was considered for the role of Carla . . . that didn't happen . . . for obvious reasons . . .

[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

"of course, as you may not know, Ava Gardner was considered for the role of Carla . . . that didn't happen . . . for obvious reasons . . . "

Pity Frank and her couldn't have put their differences aside for one last turn. I'm sure I would have much preferred Gardner to Lollobrigida whose wardrobe, make-up and general demeanour looked anything but early 1940's.

[–] Prismark10 9 years ago

Gina is certainly easy on the eye.

Its that man again!!

[–] RP_Mac_27 8 years ago

Pretty woman. Hot body.