Carlo Ponti has died
Carlo Ponti has died
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#1Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 10:20amFamed Italian director and producer (Doctor Zhivago) and husband to Sophia Loren has passed at age 94. Rest in peace and thanks for all the beauty you have given us.
TulitaPepsi
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/04
#2re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 10:31amI thought he died years ago.
#3re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 11:46am
Wow, lildogs is right. The beauty he gave the world was not limited to Doctor Zhivago...
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#4re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 11:52amTrue that - Carlo Jr. owns a home here in San Francisco, and is a frequent guest conducter with the Symphony. It's not unusual to see his mother in the gallery - I saw her at one performance a couple of years ago and have never been so star struck in all my life. To thi sday I can't tell you what the program was!
#5re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 11:53amThe one on the left is too beautiful to be real!
#6re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:03pm
God Bless the Italians! I swear, the only ugly people I saw in Italy were tourists. Everybody else (old/young, male/female) was unbelievable.
#7re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:06pmI think after my not-so-great experiences with The Chosen People, I may confine my search to the paisani.
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#8re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:12pm
"God Bless the Italians!"
Look Rath - that's us! 
#9re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:14pmWell, you're pretty cute, but I certainly couldn't compete with that Ponti family!
#10re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:16pm
The only downside is they never seem to cut the cord - Italian boys can do no wrong in the eyes of their mothers.
That, and because of those incredible genes we mentioned earlier, my 50+ year old MIL is hotter now than I ever will be.
#11re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:17pmMy Italian nana had three boys and one was CLEARLY her favorite. She definitely had no problem cutting the cord with my dad!
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#12re: Carlo Ponti has died
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:30pmI am out of that competition too - in fact I am pretty sure I am pre-dispositioned to the "Sophia Petrillo" gene.
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