Lady L (1966) (MOD)

Lady L (1966) (MOD)Actor writer director Peter Ustinov brings his eccentric comic genius to Romain Gary's popular novel of rogues, anarchists and lovers in turn of the century Europe. The result is a mad. Colourful extravaganza shaded with black comedy. that is. Adding spice to her customary beauty and splendid presence, Sophia Loren sparkles in the role of Louise. A simple laundress in a Paris bordello who, through a series of wildly unpredictable twists and turns of

eager to exploit the gossip and sell more dresses

Big laughs come from frequent Astaire-Rogers costars Helen Broderick

and a female civilian who was helping war refugees

George clones and the terror of the annual father-daughter dance

Some of Farmer's experiences in Flowing Gold were later dramatized in the biopic Frances

a wine tasting held during an operation

Although skeptical

incidentally

She Wrote") and Oscar-winner Donna Reed ("From Here to Eternity")

and soon-to~be gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as a Santa Barbara socialite

Jordan embarks with Rivera on a hazardous trek across hostile terrain

The 1937 original stars Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell with Dame May Whitty as Mrs