Veering between the modern and the historical, the dialogue by Dunne is anachronistic, as when the Pope insists to know, “When will you make an end of it?” That said, Leon Shamroy’s color cinematography offers beautiful vistas as minor compensation.
Oscar Nominations: 5
Cinematography (color): Leon Shamroy
Art Direction-Set Decoration (color): John DeCuir and Jack Martin Smith; Dario Simoni
Sound: James P. Corcoran
Costume Design (color): Vittorio Nino Novares
Original Score: Alex North
Oscar Awards: None
Oscar Context:
Shamroy lost the Cinematography Oscar to Freddie Young, who won for David Lean’s “Doctor Zhivago,” a blockbuster that also won awards for Art Direction, for Maurice Jarre’s Score, and for Phyllis Dalton’s costumes. Robert Wise’s musical “The Sound of Music” swept most of the Oscars in 1965, including Sound.
