Sophia Loren, the woman on the left of the photograph of her and Mansfield, was a famous Italian actress who had been the most photographed actor at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. In Europe, Loren had starred in many different films, which ultimately made her a huge success. She had starred in Town of the Bells (1954), A Day in Court (1954), Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954), The Anatomy of Love (1954), Neapolitan Carousel (1954), Pilgrim of Love (1954), The Gold of Naples (1954), Attila (1954), Too Bad She’s Bad (1954), The River Girl (1954), The Sign of Venus (1955), The Miller’s Beautiful Wife (1955), Scandal in Sorrento (1955), What a Woman! (1956), all of which were only a small part of her whole acting career. She also had the beauty to her that made her quite famous, which can be shown from her being the most photographed at the famous Cannes Film Festival. Because of her huge success in Europe, she had decided to go to Hollywood, for even bigger opportunities. Loren was welcomed to Hollywood by Paramount Pictures at a dinner party at Romanoff’s restaurant in Beverly Hills, which is where the iconic photograph had been taken. Since Loren was known for her beauty, and was considered THE sex symbol of Hollywood, you could only imagine how many photographers and journalists would want to come to photograph her and welcome her to Hollywood. 

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