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4 unusual facts about Portrait of Gina


Portrait of Gina

Around 30 minutes long, it follows a similar style to F for Fake and The Fountain of Youth.

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In the late 1950s, Welles left the only copy of Viva Italia in his hotel room at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris.

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It too was rejected as being incompetent, while a further programme made in 1956, The Fountain of Youth, was originally rejected on similar grounds (although it ended up getting a late-night screening in 1958, resulting in a Peabody Award).

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It was intended to be the pilot for a television series called "Around the World with Orson Welles", which is also the name of a series Welles made for the BBC in 1955.



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