Doctor, Beware
La Magnani
May 18 - June 1, 2016
Before he went neorealist, Vittorio De Sica brought his compassionate sensibility to this sweetly romantic screwball farce. He plays a harried physician juggling three women, including Magnani’s gold-digging showgirl. De Sica himself called it the actress’s “true first film.”
Before he went neorealist a few years later, Vittorio De Sica brought his compassionate sensibility to this sweetly romantic screwball farce. He stars as a harried pediatrician (his prescription for any and all ailments: castor oil) juggling a failing medical practice with the advances of three women: an airheaded heiress (Irasema Dilián), a lovesick orphan (Adriana Benetti), and a gold-digging showgirl (Magnani). Though she only appears in a handful of scenes, Magnani handily steals them all (witness her sleepwalking disdainfully through a ridiculous dance number). De Sica himself called it the actress’s “true first film.” 35mm print from Istituto Luce Cinecittà.
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