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Claudia Cardinale

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Did Claudia Cardinale and María Felix meet?

Yes, they met in June 1961 taking pictures with the singer Lady Patachou at the "Nuit de la chancellerie" gala in France but the Felix - Cardinale relationship was not and did not reach a friendship.

At the end of the following year director Henry Hathaway was looking for an older, experienced actress for his film "Circus World" for the role of "Lili Alfredo", the mother of Tony Alfredo (played by Claudia Cardinale), and here comes the problem. First they offered María Félix the role of "Lili Alfredo" playing the mother of "Tony" but the popular 'María Bonita' expressed herself saying: "I will not play the role of the mother of a novice actress" since she found out that Claudia would be the protagonist.

To María Felix's petulant refusal; the director Henry Hathaway did not know who to offer and this was known to John Wayne (father of Claudia/Tony in the film as Matt Masters) to whom the director gave his trust so that he would not leave his 'daughter' Tony "orphaned" and Wayne contacted his dear friend the iconic Rita Hayworth and she kindly accepted without any differences with the new young protagonist Claudia Cardinale.

Filming began in September 1963 and concluded in February 1964 in Madrid, Spain, premiering that same year, being a great success at the time!

"One day Rita came into my caravan and started crying, something that disconcerted me and she told me: 'I was beautiful too one day'. It hurt me a lot because for me she was a goddess"

-Claudia Cardinale in "Essere Claudia", 2007.

Credits:

📷 Photographs, date and location information by Élie Kagan. 🎬 Gifs of "Circus World home movie" in Spain, 1964. Black and white gif is Claudia's sister Blanche Cardinale as her assistant.

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claudia cardinale listening to ella fitzgerald records, 1959

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Claudia Cardinale, 1960s

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Claudia Cardinale, 1959.

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Claudia Cardinale on a chair - Rome, Italy. 1958. ph. by Giuseppe Dalat.

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Claudia Cardinale

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Claudia Cardinale on the set of Once Upon A Time in the West, 1968

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Claudia Cardinale

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"At the beginning of my career I had absolutely no idea about cinema or the Italian language, I naturally speak French. The first time I went to Italy I thought everyone was angry because everyone was talking shouting!"

-Claudia Cardinale in 'Porta a Porta' interview, 2017.

• Claudia Cardinale poses at her home in Rome, Italy, 1958.

📷 Courtesy Archivio Luce.

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Claudia Cardinale

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Claudia Cardinale, 1960s

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