Three Coins in the Fountain (film)

Three Coins in the Fountain
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJean Negulesco
Screenplay byJohn Patrick
Based onCoins in the Fountain
by John H. Secondari
Produced bySol C. Siegel
Starring
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Edited byWilliam Reynolds
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • May 20, 1954 (1954-05-20) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
Budget$1.7 million[1][2]
Box office
  • $5 million (US rentals)[3][4]
  • $12 million (worldwide rentals)[5]

Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jean Negulesco from a screenplay by John Patrick, based on the 1952 novel Coins in the Fountain by John H. Secondari. It stars Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, and Maggie McNamara, with Rossano Brazzi, Howard St. John, Kathryn Givney, and Cathleen Nesbitt. The film follows three American women working in Rome who dream of finding romance in the Eternal City.[6] It was originally titled We Believe in Love.

The film's main title song "Three Coins in the Fountain", sung by an uncredited Frank Sinatra, went on to become an enduring standard. The film was made in Italy during the "Hollywood on the Tiber" era.

At the 27th Academy Awards in 1955, the film received two Academy Awards—for Best Cinematography and Best Song—and was nominated for Best Picture.[7]

  1. ^ Solomon 1989, p. 249.
  2. ^ "20th Blessing". Variety. 9 November 1955. p. 20.
  3. ^ Solomon 1989, p. 225.
  4. ^ "The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954". Variety. January 5, 1955.
  5. ^ "20th's Global C'scope Jackpot". Daily Variety. November 9, 1955. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Three Coins in the Fountain". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  7. ^ "Awards for Three Coins in the Fountain". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 25, 2012.

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