Three Coins in the Fountain (film)
Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Rossano Brazzi, and Maggie McNamara. Written by John Patrick, the film is about three American women working in Rome who dream of finding romance in the Eternal City.
A young American secretary, Maria Williams Maggie McNamara, arrives in Rome and is greeted by Anita Hutchins Jean Peters, the woman she is replacing at the United States Distribution Agency. They drive to the Villa Eden Anita shares with Miss Frances Dorothy McGuire, the longtime secretary of the American author John Frederick Shadwell Clifton Webb, an expatriate living in Rome for the past fifteen years. On their way into town, the three women stop at the famous Trevi Fountain. Frances and Anita tell Maria that according to legend, if she throws a coin in the fountain and makes a wish to return to Rome, she will. Maria and Francis throw in their coins, but Anita, who is returning to the United States to marry, declines.Anita takes Maria to the agency and introduces her to Giorgio Bianchi Rossano Brazzi, a translator with whom she works. Maria senses that Anita and Giorgio are attracted to each other, though Anita states that the agency forbids its American and Italian employees to fraternize. Later that evening at a party, Maria is attracted by the handsome Prince Dino di Cessi Louis Jourdan, despite being warned by Frances and Anita about him being a notorious womanizer. His girlfriends become known as Venice girls after he takes them to Venice for romantic trysts. Dino charms Maria, telling her to ignore what shes heard about him. ........
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