Loren certainly was a star before that in Italy. Remember, she was around
1955 in _L' oro di Napoli_, _Pane, amore e..._, _Peccato che sia una
canaglia_, La bella mugnaia_. About the reception of these films in the UK
and/or US I'm not sure, but I do believe that around that time she was
spotted and subsequently offered a job in Hollywood. It might be interesting
to see when the films that made her a celebrity in Italy actually hit the
screen in the UK and US.
Boris Vidovic
Finnish Film Archive
PL 177
00151 Helsinki
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