It Started in Naples (1960) DVD5 Untouched - Sophia Loren, Clark

It Started in Naples (1960) DVD5 Untouched - Sophia Loren, Clark Gable [DDr]

It Started in Naples is an American romantic comedy film made by Paramount Pictures and released in August 1960.
It was directed by Melville Shavelson and produced by Jack Rose from a screenplay by Suso Cecchi d'Amico based on the story by Michael Pertwee and Jack Davies.
The Technicolor cinematography was by Robert Surtees.
The film stars Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica and an Italian cast.

CAST:-
Clark Gable - Michael Hamilton
Sophia Loren - Lucia Curcio
Vittorio De Sica - Mario Vitale
Marietto - Nando Hamilton
Paolo Carlini - Renzo
Giovanni Filidoro - Gennariello
Claudio Ermelli - Luigi
Bob Cunningham - Don Mc Guire - Train Passenger
Marco Tulli
Carlo Rizzo
Yvonne Monlaur

Directed by Melville Shavelson
Produced by Jack Rose
Written by Suso Cecchi d'Amico (screenplay)
Music by Alessandro Cicognini
Running time 100 minutes

MOVIE PLOT:- It Started in Naples (1960)
Michael Hamilton (Gable), a Philadelphia lawyer, travels to Naples, Italy only a few days before his planned wedding to settle the estate of his late brother, Joseph with Italian lawyer Vitalli (De Sica). In the opening narration he states he "was here before with the 5th US Army" in World War II. In Naples, Michael discovers that his brother had a son, nine-year-old Nando, who is being cared for by his maternal aunt Lucia (Loren), a cabaret singer. Joseph never married Nando's mother but drowned with her in a boating accident. Joseph's actual wife, whom he left in 1950, is alive in Philadelphia. Michael discovers to his dismay that his brother spent a fortune on fireworks. After seeing Nando handing out racy photos of Lucia at 2 A.M., Michael wants to enroll Nando in the American School at Rome, but Lucia wins custody of the boy. Despite the age difference, romance soon blossoms between Michael and Lucia, and he decides to stay in Italy.

When American lawyer Michael Hamilton (Clark Gable) hears that his estranged younger brother and sister-in-law have died in a car accident, he flies to Naples, Italy, to settle their estate. Upon arriving, the xenophobic Hamilton meets his impish nephew, Nando (Marietto), for the first time, and decides he will bring the boy back with him to the United States. But when Nando's gorgeous aunt, Lucia Curcio (Sophia Loren), protests, a lengthy and heated custody battle ensues.

This was the last film to be released within Gable's lifetime (his final film, The Misfits, was released posthumously) and his last film in color. One of the highlights of the film is a tongue-in-cheek musical number by Loren called "Tu vuò fà l'americano" (You Want To Be Americano) written by famed Neapolitan composer Renato Carosone.

Filmed on location in Rome, Naples and Capri, It Started in Naples was nominated for an Academy Award for its art direction (Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Arrigo Breschi).

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:-
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Video Bitrate: 8084 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x480
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: English
RunTime 100 mins
Subtitles: NONE
Ripped by: Trinidad [DDR]