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4 unusual facts about Portrait of Gina


Portrait of Gina

Around 30 minutes long, it follows a similar style to F for Fake and The Fountain of Youth.

In the late 1950s, Welles left the only copy of Viva Italia in his hotel room at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris.

It too was rejected as being incompetent, while a further programme made in 1956, The Fountain of Youth, was originally rejected on similar grounds (although it ended up getting a late-night screening in 1958, resulting in a Peabody Award).

It was intended to be the pilot for a television series called "Around the World with Orson Welles", which is also the name of a series Welles made for the BBC in 1955.



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