Golden Madonna

Golden Madonna
Directed by	Ladislao Vajda
Produced by	John Stafford Akos Tolnay
Written by	Akos Tolnay
Starring	Phyllis Calvert Tullio Carminati Michael Rennie
Production company	Independent Film Producers
Release dates	1949 (Italy) April 1949 (UK) September 15, 1949 (US)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy United Kingdom
Language	English Italian

Golden Madonna is a 1949 British drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Phyllis Calvert, Tullio Carminati and Michael Rennie.^[1] It is considered a lost film and is on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list.^[2] Filmed on location, a group of original negatives and contact prints^[3] taken by Francis Goodman are in the possession of London's National Portrait Gallery.

Plot

A young British woman who owns a villa in Italy offends the village she lives in by throwing away a painting that they consider lucky. To redeem herself she goes out in search to try to recover it.

Cast

• Phyllis Calvert as Patricia Chandler
• Tullio Carminati as Signor Migone
• Michael Rennie as Mike Christie
• David Greene as Johnny Lester
• Aldo Silvani as Don Vincenzo
• Pippo Bonucci as Pippo
• Francesca Biondi as Maria
• Franco Coop as Esposito
• Claudio Ermelli as Antonio

References

1. "Golden Madonna". British Film Institute.
2. "Golden Madonna / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute.
3. "Golden Madonna contact prints in the National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

External links

• BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
• The Golden Madonna at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of film at Variety