"The Barefoot Contessa" quotes
This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry et al, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Production: N/A
Year: 1954
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 6.9
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 30 Sep 1954
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
126 video clips
00:22 Can you teach me to act
00:35 In a way
00:15 I never met a rich man yet
00:12 Take a drink my friend and say what you have in your heart
00:19 You've never done an honest day's work in your...
00:06 But to a girl with nothing
00:17 It is not easy to become a star
00:19 Who's she kiddin' She hasn't even got what...
00:10 Could you teach me to act Mr Dawes
00:17 How many millions have you in tax exempt bonds and oil wells
00:24 Remember how you used to say life wrote lousy scripts
00:13 You mean they're throwing punches
00:09 I have a sixth sense that any witch in the world would give...
00:19 It is time for the Torlato Favrinis to get off the world
00:04 I don't even believe you're playing pinochle
00:13 Well it's a great art we're doing business in...
00:09 The fact that you don't drink at all
00:31 My name is Harry Dawes
00:13 And don't worry about your souL
00:28 What Will be Will be
00:15 The blonde was made in Hollywood
00:26 You keep saying Told
00:10 I waste my money with pleasure
00:19 But what I tell Maria to do she will do
00:16 It is entirely possible that Maria Damata went to her grave
00:08 How much more like a dream
00:18 I hate shoes Mr Dawes
00:07 What's champagne in Spanish
00:08 Your bare feet are showing
00:18 We understand you got a lot of talent
00:23 In Hollywood it is not easy to become a star
00:19 I have heard of him
00:18 Something to eat
00:12 Why did not Mr Kirk Edwards come to ask me himself
00:14 The man with the sweat was more pleasant
00:18 Let that be a lesson to you
00:19 I do not say this with pride Mr Dawes
00:21 Afraid you'll be lonely
00:19 Like a baby who needs a light on in the dark
00:23 The light that shines only on you
00:17 Script girl Her name is Jerry
00:16 It is a kind of sickness
00:52 When I was a little girl like so many others
00:16 I have no fear of Mr Kirk Edwards
00:24 Do you think really that I could be a star
00:11 There's more to talking than just words
00:14 You can't get away with this
00:35 What are you afraid of
00:11 And you too Harry This is no time for you to be artistic
00:12 Many men must be in love with you
00:10 The difference between European and American movie magnates...
00:10 Maria Damata
00:34 Montague if there's one thing I know about it's Mr...
00:19 I am ready Mr Dawes
00:09 Always Kirk you choose exactly the wrong moment to play...
00:11 On the screen you get 'em all What about off
00:15 This I cannot figure
00:13 Where are you Maria
00:13 Just this once Kirk
00:17 But nothing could have helped
00:11 From Scarsdale to Singapore they loved her
00:09 Is any man rich enough to own a government
00:18 When I was 15 years old I had two choices
00:09 Well I'm just as normal as you are buster
00:09 But in the world of pretense
00:10 Because the world has become a changed place
00:09 I don't want this to be a shock to you
00:09 Are you still bewitched
00:26 Torlatos Favrinis and Torlato Favrinis
01:06 Once a year on the French Riviera
00:11 The single most difficult thing in the world
00:32 The last Contessa
00:06 It's not going to be easy
00:20 That's the unholy pity of it
00:21 You're beginning to realize
00:09 One thing you can't knock about southern California the...
00:23 I do not like Mr Kirk Edwards
00:07 While you Mr Kirk Edwards do them secretly You deny this
00:16 America is a very rich and powerful country
00:14 I'm sure you don't mean that Every mother should...
00:26 Harry I think that I should go home
00:20 Afraid you'll be lonely far away in Hollywood
00:13 And as for taxes how many millions have you
00:07 But to a girl with nothing a man with hundreds
00:08 But I have a sixth sense
00:08 But what I tell Maria to do she will do
00:10 Could you teach me to act Mr Dawes
00:10 Five months next Tuesday Let that be a lesson to you Myrna
00:26 Harry remember how you used to say life wrote lousy scripts
Cast
Harry Dawes - Humphrey Bogart
Maria Vargas - Ava Gardner
Oscar Muldoon - Edmond O'Brien
Alberto Bravano - Marius Goring
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini - Valentina Cortese
Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini - Rossano Brazzi
Jerry - Elizabeth Sellars
Kirk Edwards - Warren Stevens
Pedro Vargas - Franco Interlenghi
Myrna - Mari Aldon
Proprietor - Alberto Rabagliati
Busboy - Enzo Staiola
Maria's Mother - Maria Zanoli
Maria's Father - Renato Chiantoni
J. Montague Brown - Bill Fraser
Mr. Max Black - John Parrish
Mr. Blue - Jim Gérald
Drunken Blonde - Diana Decker
Gypsy Dancer - Riccardo Rioli
Pretender - Tonio Selwart
Pretender's Wife - Margaret Anderson
Lulu McGee - Gertrude Flynn
Hector Eubanks - John Horne
Mrs. Eubanks - Bessie Love
Eddie Blake - Robert Christopher
Chambermaid - Anna Maria Padoan
Chauffeur - Carlo Dale
Anna - Bianca Maria Fusari
Bit Role - Olga San Juan
Smoking man playing cards - Michal Waszynski