
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Mambo is a 1954 Italian/American film directed by Robert Rossen. The film stars Silvana Mangano as Giovanna Masetti, a poor Venetian who is admired by the crafty croupier Mario Rossi (Vittorio Gassman) and the rich count Enrico Marisoni (Michael Rennie). Giovanna lives out a dream to become a dancer and moves to Rome. Returning 6 months later to the competing affections of Mario and Enrico, resulting in a choice between the two and the dramatic finale. Cast Silvana Mangano as Giovanna Masetti Michael Rennie as Enrico Marisoni Vittorio Gassman as Mario Rossi Shelley Winters as Toni Salerno Katherine Dunham as Dance teacher Mary Clare as Contessa Marisoni Eduardo Ciannelli as Padre di Giovanna Julie Robinson as Marisa Walter Zappolini Ottone Candiani Franco Caruso as Pio Mimi Dugini Giovanna Galletti Cecilia Maris as Barbara Martitia Palmer as Lena Masetti Sergio Parlato as Eduardo Catherine Zago Mambo is a film written and directed in 1952 to 1953 Robert Rossen and released in 1955. A mambo craze spread through the USA in the 1950s, and Rossen aimed to repairing his finances after almost two years without work since his 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee hearing. He later said, "Mambo was to be for fun only," but he "took it seriously, and it didn't come off." The New York Times found the plot contorted, the script long and incredible, and lead actress Silvana Mangano's performance laboriously, but praised Rossen's skilfully <b>...</b>
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