Michael Hamilton (Clark Gable) returns to Naples to settle his lazy dead no-good brother's affairs. When he was last there, he was a soldier in the army. Unbeknownst to him, his brother had a boy who is being raised by his aunt Lucia Curcio (Sophia Loren). When he discovers that she's a night club dancer, the puritanical American insists on taking the child back home.
Sophia Loren looks older than her 20s. Clark Gable looks all of his 60 years. It would be better if he is a clueless younger guy rather than a clueless old guy. A puritanical old white guy means something slightly different. I prefer the younger. I also don't like his pending marriage. It stalls out their romance during the middle part of the movie. The middle struggles to drive the sitcom premise. After a functional meet cute, he needs to fall head over heals for her. He's blocked by a woman who is never on the screen. He does have a nice connection with the boy but maybe they need more time together. There is some stuff to like but it's not anything great.
Sophia Loren looks older than her 20s. Clark Gable looks all of his 60 years. It would be better if he is a clueless younger guy rather than a clueless old guy. A puritanical old white guy means something slightly different. I prefer the younger. I also don't like his pending marriage. It stalls out their romance during the middle part of the movie. The middle struggles to drive the sitcom premise. After a functional meet cute, he needs to fall head over heals for her. He's blocked by a woman who is never on the screen. He does have a nice connection with the boy but maybe they need more time together. There is some stuff to like but it's not anything great.