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A young Italian would-be writer comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets Camilla, who is hoping to marry a rich American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California.

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Corporate Authors: Paramount Classics (Firm), Capitol Films, VIP 3 Medienfonds, Ascendant Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions (Firm), Paramount Pictures Corporation
Other Authors: Towne, Robert, Cruise, Tom, 1962-, Wagner, Paula, Granger, Don, McCord, Jonas, Farrell, Colin, 1976- (Actor), Hayek, Salma, 1966- (Actor), Sutherland, Donald, 1935- (Actor), Atkins, Eileen (Actor), Menzel, Idina (Actor), Kirk, Justin (Actor), Fante, John, 1909-1983
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2006]
Subjects:
Fante, John, > 1909-1983 > Film adaptations.
Man-woman relationships > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Mexican American women > Cultural assimilation > Drama.
Italian Americans > Cultural assimilation > Drama.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Drama.
Nineteen thirties > Drama.
Feature films.
Melodrama, American.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Melodrama > Feature.
Romance > Feature.
Melodrama.
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by Fante, John, 1909-1983
Published 1980
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