Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) - (Movie Clip) We Came To Madrid

Barefoot Contessa, The - (Original Trailer)

A Spanish dancer becomes an international star but still longs to get her feet in the dirt in The Barefoot Contessa (1954) starring Ava Gardner.

Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Maria's Funeral

The distinctive opening of writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa, 1954, starring Ava Gardner, and the initial narration by Humphrey Bogart, as writer-director "Harry Dawes."

Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Can Teach You

The first appearance by Maria (Ava Gardner) with Harry (Humphrey Bogart) narrating from her funeral, sent by his masters, finding her in fact shoeless, back stage, where they talk about Hollywood, early in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa, 1954.

Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) You Cannot Rent A Prince

Movie star Maria (Ava Gardner), unhappy at a cafe society party, summons Harry (Humphrey Bogart) to complain about her needs, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa, 1954.

Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Two Dozen Nobodies

Back at the funeral, Dawes (Humphrey Bogart) standing by, narration by Oscar (Edmond O'Brien) begins, covering the launch of Maria (Ava Gardner) on the world stage, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa, 1954.