Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Gina Lollobrigida delivers a bright comic turn in Melvin Frank's farce concerning Carla, an Italian woman who, during World War II, had affairs with three American soldiers who served in the U.S. Army Air Force -- Phil Newman (Phil Silvers), Justin Young (Peter Lawford), and Walter Braddock (Telly ...more

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell is a diverting, engaging little romp, even if it falls short of being a particularly good film. Don't blame Mrs. Campbell; as personified in the very personable person of Gina Lollobrigida, she's a delight and a joy. Lollobrigida, looking sensational, exudes a rare combination of warmth and sex appeal, and she picks the film up and carries it on her exquisite little shoulders as if it were no effort at all. But it is an effort, for even though Mrs. Campbell starts out ...more