Magnani, Anna Photo Print 1962 "The Rose Tattoo" Signed Autograph
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This item is an 8" X 11",black and white photo print of a charcoal etching portrait of actress Anna Magnani. The portrait is from 1962 and features Anna Magnani as she starred in the 1955 Hal Wallis Movie-"The Rose Tattoo".While the Italian film industry was already in a state of chaos throughout the course of World War II, the German occupation almost crippled it for good. Under extraordinarily difficult conditions, director Roberto Rossellini began work on Roma, Citt Aperta, filming clandestinely even as the Nazis were exiting the city. As a pregnant widow destined for tragedy at the hands of the Germans, Magnani delivered an extraordinarily powerful performance which helped spark the picture to international success, spearheading the Italian neorealist movement. Once regarded primarily as a comedienne, she now emerged across the world as a powerful dramatic actress, and her deliberate lack of movie-star glamour was much acclaimed by critics. While Tennessee Williams wrote his play The Rose Tattoo with Magnani in mind, she was afraid to perform the role on Broadway. She did, however, agree to star in Paramount's 1955 film adaptation, and her work won an Academy Award for Best Actress. After briefly returning to Italy to star in 1956's Suor Letizia, she went back to Hollywood to star in George Cukor's Wild Is the Wind. It was not
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