Boy on a Dolphin

Boy on a Dolphin

Movie |

Sponge Divers | Diving

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  • Genre(s): Romance, Adventure, Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Jean Negulesco, Carlo Lastricati, Eli Dunn
  • Cast(s): Alan Ladd, Sophia Loren, Clifton Webb, Alex Minotis, Jorge Mistral See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 51min
  • Music: Hugo Friedhofer,Harry M. Leonard,Edward B. Powell,Lionel Newman,W.D. Flick
  • Award(s): Boxoffice Blue Ribbon 1957 (Won)
    Oscar 1958 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: The Little Mermaid, The Mountain Between Us
  • Story:
    Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold stature of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.
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STORY

Story
Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold stature of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.

AWARDS

Won
Boxoffice Blue Ribbon Award

Best Picture of the Month for the Whole Family May | 1957

Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Music Scoring | 1958

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Whilst filming Boy on a Dolphin (1957), Sophia Loren was required to walk in a trench in order to give audiences the impression that her diminutive co-star, Alan Ladd, was taller than she.

Originally, the film was to star Cary Grant. It was four days into shooting in Greece when Grant canceled. His wife, Betsy Drake, had survived the sinking of the Andrea Doria ocean liner and he went to be with her. Robert Mitchum was then considered, before Spyros Foukas signed Alan Ladd.

Alan Ladd is clearly standing on a box in the museum. As he walks away, it is clear that he is stepping down; then the scene ends.

Clifton Webb's character in the film is named Victor Parmalee. Webb's real name was Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck.

This is Sophia Loren's American film debut, coming out in April of 1957. Some people have reported that The Pride and the Passion (1957) is actually her first film, but that film was released in July of 1957.

Popular Dialogues

"Monk at Meteora Monastery: [Upon meeting Parmalee, who has just ascended to the Meteora Monastery via a hand-operated "elevator"] Welcome to Meteora. Victor Parmalee: May I ask, who carries your insurance? Monk at Meteora Monastery: We put our trust in the Almighty. Victor Parmalee: A very safe company."

"Phaedra: He's important man, Mr. Calder, huh? Victor Parmalee: In his pedestrian way. "Incorruptible Jim," I call him. Phaedra: You know him a long time? Victor Parmalee: Our paths have crossed and re-crossed: in Dresden, Rotterdam, Florence - wherever the Nazis looted. Raphaels, Rembrandts, even down to a dreary little china pot, which belonged to Madame Pompadour... there was always Captain Jim Calder of the U.S. Army, restoring priceless objects to their rightful owners - a typical middle-class gesture."