Photos of Sophia Loren that I DON'T Like

Believe it or not, there are actually photos of Sophia Loren that I do not care for.  It is not because I don't think Miss Loren is beautiful in them, but instead because I think that Sophia is much better than what the picture is.  Take for instance the above photo.  Few, if any, would disagree that Sophia Loren is strikingly beautiful.  The woman simply possesses unforgetable beauty.  Sophia would look sexy as all heck wearing a burlap sack.  Sophia does not need to resort to photos like this in order to draw attention to herself and the fact that she has a gorgeous figure.  Sophia Loren is obviously very comfortable in her own skin and sexuality and that is a good thing.  I just feel that certain types of photos gives off a different kind of message.  Sophia Loren's beauty is classic so I simply see these types of photos as dishonoring the woman that she truly is.  If you are a man you probably disagree with me though (for obvious reasons)...heehee

One has to give Miss Loren a hand for having such a beautiful figure.

Those were the days when actresses had bodies like the women they were.  Marilyn Monroe and many other actresses from back in the day were voluptuous and curvy, even if they were slim.  Now a days actresses are so skinny without a feminine figure.        

Here is a lovely photo of Miss Loren not showing any boobs but still tastefully beautiful and sexy. 



Here is Miss Loren again looking gorgeous and sexy without being suggestive.  The dress has a classic design which accentuates her womanly curves. 

 I dare you to say that Sophia is not sexy and beautiful in this photo. 

A beautiful classic look.  Some of you are rolling yours eyes at me aren't you? 

Classic Sophia; still sexy without being suggestive.  The sexpot image has not done anything for women in general.  If anything it has harmed us. 

 You could not pay me to walk out of my house like this.

Or this.....

This I would wear because it is more tasteful

...and so is this.

Sunflower

I streamed the movie Sunflower last Sunday.  Sunflower stars Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastoianni as first lovers and then husband and wife.  The movie is directed by Italian director Vittorio De Sica.  It was released on March 14, 1970.  Sophia Loren playes Giovanna, Marcello Mastroianni plays Antonio (Anto), Anna Carena plays Antonio's mother, Lyudmila Savelyeva plays Masha (Maria).  The movie is in Italian with English subtitles.

At the start of this film Giovanna tries to find out if her husband is still alive after the end of WWII.  Giovanna is accompanied by Anto's mother who is standing behind her in the above screen cap.  Giovanna is frustrated because no one can tell her if Anto is still alive.  he is simply among the missing in action.  Giovanna returns home believing in her heart that Anto is still alive, even though it has been several years since the war ended.  Giovanna promises Anto's mother that she will not rest until she finds her son.  From there the movie tells the story of how Anto and Giovanna got together in flashbacks. 

Anto and Giovanna are very amorous lovers. 
 

On the set and getting ready to film a scene in Sunflower.
 

After just getting out of bed Anto makes an omlette using twenty four eggs.  Both devour the omlette with a glass of wine.  While Anto and Giovanni are having a good time together WWII breaks out. 

Giovanna and Anto get married to delay his having to go off and fight in the war.  The delay is only for twelve says though.
 

Anto and Giovanna come up with a scheme to make people think he is crazy in order to keep him out of the war altogether.  Anto pretends to be attacking Giovanna in the street in front of a huge crowd of people.

Giovanna tells military officers that Anto seems to have lost his mind.  Anto is declared nuts and is sent to a sanitarium.  While Giovanna is visiting Anto at the Sanitarium their scheme to discovered and Anto is given the choice of being court marshaled or Sent to the Russian front to fight.

Giovanna sees her husband off to war.

The war is finally over but Anto has not returned from the war.  Giovanna has remained faithful to him and never gives up the belief that her husband is alive.  Since the military has not been able to tell Giovanna if her husband is dead or alive, she travels to Russia herself in search of him.  

After Giovanna arrives in Russia she shows a picture of Anto to everyone in hopes that they have seen him.
 

Giovanna even checks all the names in a cemetary in Russia where Italian soldiers were buried.  Eventually Giovanna shows Anto's picture to two women who recognize him and knows where to find him.

Gioavanna is devasted to find out that while she has been faithful to her husband all those years, Anto went on to marry and have a child with the woman who rescued him during the war.  If it were not for Masha, Anto would have froze to death out in the Russian fields.  Feeling hurt, Giovanna returns to Italy without her husband.

Anto still cares for Giovanni and remembers his love for her, so years later he returns to Italy to explain what the war did to him and how it changed him.  Anto also asks Giovanna to return to Russia with him.  Anto learns that Giovanna finally moved on with her own life and had a child with another man.  Giovanna is thankful to Anto for coming to explain why he did not return tgo her, but she tells him to go back to Russia without her for the sake of both of their children.  Anto does return to Russia and his life with Masha and their daughter.

I enjoyed this movie very much.  It showed very clearly how war can change you and the entire rest of your life.  It was also very sad that Giovanna lost the love of her life too.  The only thing that kind of threw me was the bond they supposedly had because  to me their relationship seemed to be based on being lovers and not anything really concrete beyond that.  Anto and Giovanna could not keep their hands off of one another.  Strong relationship bonds usually go way beyond that.  

Style Icon - Sophia Loren

One of my favorite actresses of all time is Sophia Loren.  I've seen some of her movies over the years and I may even check netflix this weekend to see if there are any available for streaming.  Sophia Loren is also gorgeous.  Her Mediterranean beauty is exotic and unlike what Hollywood usually promotes as beauty.  When Sophia's career started out she was advised to get her nosed fixed to make it smaller.  I think that Sophia ignored that advise and kept the nose she was born with.  Sophia's asymmetrical features are beautifully unique to her and why would she want to look like everyone else.  Looking different is not a crime. 

Sophia was born Sofia Villani Scicolone on September 20, 1934 in Rome, Italy.  She is the daughter of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone.  I read Sophia Loren's autobiography many years ago in 1979.  It is a very interesting story and I could not put the book down.   After I read her book I admired Sophia even more as person and actress. 

 

 

 

Sophia's high cheekbones and large brown doe eyes are some of the main hallmarks of her good looks.

    

I have a lot of respect for actresses who do not succumb to that bottle of peroxide.  There is beauty in all hair colors. 

 

 

Sophia Loren as Jimena in "El Cid".
 

 

I would imagine that Sophia's facial features are a makeup artist's and photographer's dream subject.  There is so much beauty to bring out in her.  
 

Sophia Loren with Charlie Chaplin.  

Sophia Loren also had great legs.  I never met her in person but she seems to have a large bone structure.  

  

Sophia darker Mediterranean beauty set many American men on fire.  Cary Grant was mesmerized by her and asked her to marry him.  Sophia married Carlo Ponti instead and many people who knew Cary Grant believe that he never got over Sophia.  Carlo Ponti passed away in 2007.  Sophia was asked if she would ever marry again and she said no, never, because it would be impossible fo her love anyone else.  Isn't that sweet?  I would love to meet the great love of my life and feel the same way about him.

Sophia was definitely a sexpot in her heyday and she always seemed comfortable with it.  There is no way I would personally leave the house with half my boobs showing. 
 

Sophia's makeup always plays up her best facial features which are obviously her beautiful eyes.

 

Sophia Loren today.  At  the time of this post Sophia just turned 78 years old.

Sophia Loren's autobiography

This book is such a great read.  It is no longer being published but there are copies available from private sellers on Amazon.  Sophia Loren is an incredible woman.