Tag: Anna Magnani

Funny photo of Burt Lancaster and Anna Magnani on set.

Burt Lancaster eats Anna Magnani’s ice cream on set of “The Rose Tattoo” (1955, directed by Daniel Mann). 

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Check out Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner on set of “The Killers” right here

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Anna Magnani and Marlon Brando on set of The Fugitive Kind

Anna Magnani and Marlon Brando on set of The Fugitive Kind (1960, directed by Sidney Lumet, screenplay by Tennesse Williams).

And if you haven’t seen The Fugitive Kind, you’re missing out on a superb film, released by The Criterion Collection, hurry and get your copy! These photos were taken in 1959, during rehearsals. 

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Check out Anna Magnani looking gorgeous right here and Marlon Brando’ screentest for A Streetcar Named Desire right here

Anna Magnani and Marlon Brando in The Fugitive Kind, 1959. Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani during rehearsals for The Fugitive Kind

Ettore Garofolo, Anna Magnani and director Pier Paolo Pasolini during filming of Mamma Roma!

Ettore Garofolo, Anna Magnani and director Pier Paolo Pasolini during filming of Mamma Roma!

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Check out these superb sexy shots of Anna Magnani here

Ettore Garofolo, Anna Magnani and director Pier Paolo Pasolini during filming of Mamma Roma

Anna Magnani like you’ve never seen her. Portraits by Bob Collins.

Italian stage & film actress Anna Magnani (1908 – 1973) achieved international fame in Rossellini’s Rome, Open City (1945), Pasolini’s Mamma Roma (1962) and the Tennessee Williams adaptation of The Rose Tattoo (1955).
She is considered by Life Magazine to be “one of the most impressive actresses since Garbo” . Here she is shining in these 2 portraits by photographer Bob Collins.

Bob Collins, vintage print, circa 1954. Given by Rudolph John Acton, in 2003, to the National Portrait Gallery London.  All rights go to the NPG – London.