Boy on a Dolphin
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| Boy on a Dolphin | |
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 Original lobby card |
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| Directed by | Jean Negulesco |
| Produced by | Samuel G. Engel |
| Written by | Ivan Moffat Dwight Taylor David Divine (novel) |
| Starring | Alan Ladd Clifton Webb Sophia Loren |
| Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Editing by | William Mace |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) |  19 April 1957 |
| Running time | 111 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Boy on a Dolphin was a 1957 20th Century Fox romantic film made in CinemaScope. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Samuel G. Engel from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Dwight Taylor, based on the novel by David Divine.
The film stars Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb and Sophia Loren with Alexis Minotis and Laurence Naismith. Hugo Friedhofer was nominated for the 1958 Academy Award in Best Music, Scoring category for his work. The cinematography was by Milton R. Krasner.
[edit] Production notes
This film marked Sophia Loren's American film debut.[1]..
The film was shot at Cinecittà , Rome and on location on the island of Hydra one of the Saronic Islands in the Saronic Gulf.
Because of the disparity in the heights of Sophia Loren and Alan Ladd, their love scenes presented something of a problem for director Jean Negulesco and his crew. Ladd was 5' 4" (1.625m) and Loren was 5' 8" (1.73m), requiring him to stand on a box for two shots; for a scene where the two walked together along the beach, a trench had to be dug for Loren to walk in, so Ladd would appear taller.[2]
