Antonella Lualdi and her donkey

Milan, Italy: Carlo Cisventi, Circa 1955. Vintage borderless black-and-white press photograph of Italian actress Antonella Lualdi as she walks her donkey down the street. A curious man, perhaps a friend of Lualdi's, or her then-husband Franco Interlenghi, has decided to stop for a riding lesson. The photograph, taken by Carlo Cisventi (with his rubber stamps on the verso), was produced circa 1955, as indicated by the film poster seen in the background of the image. The poster is for the film "Una sera di maggio," an Italian film released in 1955.

Lualdi's notable film credits include Alberto Lattuada's "The Overcoat" (1952), Carmine Gallone's "Casta diva" (1954), Carlo Lizzani's "Chronicle of Poor Lovers" (1954, with Marcello Mastroianni), Claude Autant-Lara's "Rouge et noir" (1954), Giorgio Bianchi's "Non c'e amore piu grande" (1955, her first film with Franco Interlenghi), Mauro Bolognini's "Wild Love" (1955, also with Interlenghi), and Claude Chabrol's "Leda" (1959).

7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus, with toning, tape ghosts on the verso, and various press annotations on the recto and verso.

[Book #135630]