Loves of Three Queens

Loves of Three Queens (1954)

L'amante di Paride

At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.

Date of release
1954-12-24
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
Director
Marc Allégret, Edgar G. Ulmer

Casting

  • Hedy Lamarr — Hedy Windsor / Elana di Troia / Empress Josephine / Geneviève de Brabant
  • Massimo Serato — Paride (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Alba Arnova — Venere (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Elli Parvo — Giunone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Cathy O'Donnell — Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Piero Pastore — Simone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Enrico Glori — Priamo (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Robert Beatty — Menelao (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Anna Amendola — Minerva (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Guido Celano — Giove (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Serena Michelotti — Cassandra (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
  • Cesare Danova — Il conte Sigfride (segment: I Cavalieri dell'illusione)

Interesting facts

Loves of Three Queens, also known as The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships, is a 1954 Italian anthology film. It was directed by Marc Allégret and Edgar G. Ulmer and stars Hedy Lamarr.

Production

The film had its genesis in a proposed television anthology series called Great Loves. Inspired by her success in Samson and Delilah, Hedy Lamarr and Victor Pahlen intended to produce the series about the love affairs of famous women throughout history. The episodes were to be directed by Edgar G. Ulmer who had collaborated with Hedy Lamarr in her production of The Strange Woman.

When the television series idea was shelved, three of the teleplays were put together as the film to be shot in Italy. The original director Edgar G. Ulmer had multiple disputes with Hedy Lamarr and walked off the film.

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