It Started in Naples

It Started in Naples
Directed byMelville Shavelson
Written bySuso Cecchi d'Amico (screenplay)
Michael Pertwee
Jack Davies (story)
Produced byJack Rose
StarringClark Gable
Sophia Loren
Vittorio De Sica
CinematographyRobert Surtees
Edited byFrank Bracht
Music byAlessandro Cicognini
Carlo Savina
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 7, 1960 (1960-08-07)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.3 million (US/ Canada Rentals)[1]

It Started in Naples is a 1960 American romantic comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson and produced by Jack Rose from a screenplay by Suso Cecchi d'Amico, based on the story by Michael Pertwee and Jack Davies. The Technicolor cinematography was directed by Robert Surtees. The film stars Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica and an Italian cast. This was Gable's final film to be released within his lifetime and his last film in color.

Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer and Arrigo Breschi were nominated for an Oscar for its art direction

The film was released by Paramount Pictures on August 7, 1960.

  1. ^ "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.

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