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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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Marilyn Monroe in Niagara (1953)

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Marilyn Monroe with director Henry Hathaway on the set of Niagara, 1953.

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Marilyn Monroe. en el papel de Rose Loomis en la película "Niagara", dirigida por Henry Hathaway en 1953

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Rita Moreno-Victor Manuel Mendoza "El jardín del diablo" (Garden of evil) 1954, de Henry Hathaway.

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Director Henry Hathaway with Gene Tierney and Gary Cooper on set of SUNDOWN (1941)

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Niagara (1953) dir. Henry Hathaway Original Trailer insp.

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NOIRVEMBER '23 | Call Northside 777 (1948, dir. Henry Hathaway)

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Gary Cooper & Shirley Temple in

NOW AND FOREVER (1934)

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Marilyn Monroe in Niagara (1953) dir. Henry Hathaway

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Marilyn Monroe with director Henry Hathaway photographed by Jock Carroll (1952)

Re: Marilyn Monroe as Rose Loomis in Niagara (1953) dir. Henry Hathaway

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Marilyn Monroe in Niagara (1953)

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Gene Tierney / publicity photo for Henry Hathaway's China Girl (1942)

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Niagara (1953) dir. Henry Hathaway

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Suzanne Pleshette-Steve McQueen "Nevada Smith" 1966, de Henry Hathaway.

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Director Henry Hathaway, Marilyn Monroe, and Joseph Cotten on set of NIAGARA (1953)