Carla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.Carla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.Carla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.
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- 1 win & 4 nominations
- Lauren Young
- (as Marian Moses)
- Mamma Cappullino
- (uncredited)
- Hotel Concierge
- (uncredited)
- International Express Office Client
- (uncredited)
- Man at Reunion Party
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaMrs. Campbell's red sports car is a Fiat 1500 Cabrio. Gia's car is a Renault Caravelle. Each taxicab is a Fiat 600 Multipla.
- GoofsThe three men are said to have contributed average monthly payments of $85 (Walter), $115 (Phil), and $140 (Justin). While the actual number of years is not completely clear, Justin assumes 20 years. He states cumulative total payments the men paid to Carla, "over 20 years, compounded at 6% interest, would come to $197,000." They also say that Walter paid $41,000 and Phil $47,000 over that period.
None of the calculated figures are correct. Assuming that the monthly averages are correct, as listed above, then the annual/lifetime contributions are $1,020/$20,400 (Walter); $1,380/$27,600 (Phil); and $1,680/$33,600 (Justin) for a total of $81,600.
Justin goes further in calculating accrued interest. He cites an annual figure of 6%. While this would have been approximately correct at the time of filming, it did not represent the previous 20 years. An average interest rate for 1948-1968 is ~3.28%.
At 3.28% the invested total for each man's contribution is $28,737 (Walter), $38,880 (Phil), and $47,332 (Justin). For a total of $114,950. This is significantly less than Justin's $197,000 figure (which is too high even at 6%, which would have been $157,000). [Note that $114,950 in 1968 has an inflation adjusted value of $949,600 in 2022.]
However, these are all theoretical. Presumably Carla used their money to buy the winery and that's where she made her money.
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Justin Young: [Tallying up the amount of money they've collectively sent to Mrs. Campbell over the years] You averaged eighty-five a month, you, a hundred and fifteen, me, a hundred a forty... which, over twenty years, compounded at six percent interest, would come to a hundred and ninety seven thousand dollars.
Walter Braddock: [incredulous] A hundred and ninety seven *thousand*?... We paid more war damages than Germany!
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- SoundtracksSan Forino March
Music by Andrew Frank
Lyrics by Andrew Frank
[Sung by the people on the bus on their way to San Forino]
La Lollo plays the mother of the lovely Janet Margolin, whose American soldier father was supposedly killed during World War II. The thing is, Gina isn't sure who the father was, since she was friendly with three soldiers at the time, (played by Peter Lawford, Phil Silvers and Telly Savalas), and all are very much alive. Each of the three thinks he is the father and has been financially supporting the girl in secret for over 20 years. Trouble and hilarity ensue when the three men and their wives return to the Italian village for an Army reunion, and Gina has to juggle all six of them while keeping her daughter from finding out the truth.
It's a funny script that hearkens back to Hollywood's great screwball comedies, with especially good jobs from Silvers and Savalas and Shelley Winters and Lee Grant as their wives. But it's Gina who steals the show with her glamorous mugging.
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- Apr 11, 2005
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- Dobro vece, gospodjo Kempbel
- Filming locations
- Ariccia, Rome, Lazio, Italy(town of 'San Forino')
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- Gross worldwide
- $7,379
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1