I just adore the film Houseboat (1958). Cary Grant and Sophie Loren had amazing chemistry in all their scenes together. I don't know about you but after I watch a movie I love to find out tidbits about the movie that I never knew before.
Here are some things that you might not have known about Houseboat (1958):
Original screenplay was written by Besty Drake, Grant's third wife.
Grant originally wanted it to star her but his extra-marital affair with Sophia Loren complicated the project. Drake's script was drastically re-written by two other writers to accommodate Loren and bears little resemblance to Drake's concept.
Carlo Ponti obtained a Mexican divorce from his first wife and married Loren by proxy, while she was in Hollywood, filming Houseboat (1958) - and dating co-star Cary Grant.
It is said that Grant was devastated that Loren married Ponti. He had a difficult time filming especially the final scene of the film where the marry and kiss. He was a good sport though, he congratulated them both and shook Ponti's hand.
Parts of the movie, "Houseboat", were filmed in Fort Washington, Maryland on the Potomac River and Piscataway Creek at the present site of Fort Washington marina.
The eldest son of the character of Tom Winters (Grant) is Peter Peterson who also starred in The Donna Reed Show.
Melville Shavelson who directed this film also directed another favorite film of mine-Yours, Mine, and Ours.
All three child actors who worked with Grant and Loren said that they treated them with great care and kindness. Not all film actors take a liking to children-it was nice to hear that these two great stars were.
Edith Head designed Loren's stunning dresses. I mean the woman could wear a plastic bag over her body and she would still be gorgeous but Head's dresses really were divine.
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