The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
The story of an American woman and her abandonment in Rome.
Overview
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
Cast
Vivien Leigh
Karen Stone
Warren Beatty
Paolo di Leo
Lotte Lenya
Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
Coral Browne
Meg
Jill St. John
Barbara Bingham
Ernest Thesiger
Stefano
Jeremy Spenser
Young Man
Stella Bonheur
Mrs. Jamison-Walker
Bessie Love
Bunny
Josephine Brown
Lucia
Peter Dyneley
Lloyd Greener
Carl Jaffe
Baron Waldheim
