Peter Lorre kisses the hand of Ms. Loren.
October 31, 2009
When Legends Gather #557
The Gunslinger Guide to Sophia Loren #2
Peter Lorre kisses the hand of Ms. Loren.
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And in the next shot he swallows it whole.
"it was de hand! de hand!" Sophia looks charmed - to her credit: I don't think i'd like him to kiss my hand - some other body part perhaps.
Something has caught his eye. The string of pearls or what's underneath
the pearls.
Or both.
..ohhh let me kiss det h'and!..oh...the pearls the pearls
The funny thing is, after I posted this I watched Lorre in Karl Freund's Mad Love, and he spends a lot of time kissing Frances Drake's hand, but with an obsessive glare that makes it look like he'd just as soon marinate and grill it.
Her smile is clear and strong. If this photo was taken in Hollywood, which is likely since that's where Lorre spent the last thirty years of his life and where Loren was doing some work by the late fifties, it may have just been that she was happy to meet a fellow European with some old-fashioned manners. Ot she might be being polite to a horny old man who is (at the time) more famous than she is.
"Hee-he--uh, is theees the hand you rubbed the kitten with? Oh, my..."
Lorre could be incredibly charming on screen when given the chance, and a decent script to work with. He could also be world weary and proto-Beat.
The photo was taken at a party that was thrown especially in her honour around the time of The Pride and the Passion. There are a couple other photos floating around from the event, one with Tony Perkins, some with Cary Grant, Jack Benny and Art Linkletter (Sinatra is conspicuous by his absence).
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