
Release Date
Original Release
December 28, 1961
1h 43m
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
Overview
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
Director

José Quintero
Department: Directing
Cast

Vivien Leigh
Karen Stone

Warren Beatty
Paolo di Leo

Lotte Lenya
Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales

Coral Browne
Meg

Jill St. John
Barbara Bingham

Ernest Thesiger
Stefano

Jeremy Spenser
Young Man

Stella Bonheur
Mrs. Jamison-Walker

Bessie Love
Bunny

Josephine Brown
Lucia
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