The Barefoot Contessa

The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 film about a Spanish dancer named Maria Vargas who becomes a Hollywood movie star with the help of washed-up director Harry Dawes. Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Harry Dawes Life, every now and then, behaves as though it had seen too many bad movies, when everything fits too well - the beginning, the middle, the end - from fade-in to fade-out. Alberto Bravano To make a hundred dollars into a hundred and ten dollars - this is work. To make a hundred million into a hundred and ten million, this is inevitable. Dialogue Drunken, envious blonde [of Maria]: She hasn't even got what I've got. Jerry: What she's got, you couldn't spell...and what you've got, you used to have. Maria Vargas: In Hollywood, it is not easy to become a star. Harry Dawes: Ah, where is it easy? Cast Humphrey Bogart - Harry Dawes Ava Gardner - Maria Vargas Marius Goring - Alberto Bravano Elizabeth Sellars - Jerry Dawes Diana Decker - Drunken Blonde External links Category:1954 English-language films Category:1954 American films Category:Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz Category:1954 Italian films Category:Films about actors Category:Films about film directors and producers Category:Films set in Los Angeles Category:Films set in Madrid Category:Films set in Rome Category:Spanish-language American films