Come September filming locations are the coastal villages of Italy like Cinque Terre, Liguria and Portofino. The movie was entirely shot in Italy.
Come September is an American romantic comedy movie that was released in 1961. The movie stars big named movie stars such as Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin.
The movie entails the story of a rich wealthy industrialist from America named Robert Talbot. And every year, he comes to spend a month-long vacation at his luxurious Italian villa along the seaside with beautiful scenery.
But as soon as he arrives, he finds out that his major-domo has turned his villa into a posh hotel, the teenage ladies’ guests are trying to fend them against lascivious boys, and his Italian girlfriend is going to marry someone else.
With all the problems put in front of him, he must solve each and every problem with his cleverness and be quick about it.
The movie was directed by Robert Mulligan and written by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin and Stanley Roberts.
Come September Filming Locations
Come September was in different regions of Italy such as Lazio, Liguria and Lombardy. The movie was shot in 15 different places all over Italy.
The location includes iconic places such as Lake Albano, Piazza Navona, Basilica os Santa Maria del Popolo, Via Canneto Il Lungo and Palazzo Dell Arte.
Lazio
Lazio is one of the administrative states of Italy, which is situated in the central peninsula section of the country.
The coast of Lazio is composed mainly of sandy beaches, which makes it perfect for those places to shoot holiday houses and scenes.
The movie Come September was shot in different parts of Lazio like Lago di Albano, Ostia Antica, Rome, Castel Gandolfo, Grottaferrata, Marino and Rocca di Papa.
As most of these places were scenic and perfect for the shots of the movie, the locations were selected for the exterior scenes of the movie.
Other movies such as The Pope Exorcist, John Wick: Chapter 2, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and The Passion of the Christ were also filmed in these locations.
Liguria
Similar to Lazio, Liguria is also one of the administrative states of Italy. The state is roughly the coextensive of the former territory of the Republic of Genoa.
The state borders France to the west, Piedmont State to the north, Emilia-Romagna, and Tuscany to the east.
The movie takes place in Portofino in Genoa, Cinque Terre in La Spezia, and Santa Margherita Ligure in Genova. Cinque Terre is the location of the villa for the lead actor Rock where he drives in his Rolls Royce.
Movies filmed in the locations are The Wolf of Wall Street, Enchanted April, Beyond the Clouds, Secret Wars and The Barefoot Contessa.
Lombardy
Lombardy is the administrative region of Italy and is one of the dense population regions of Italy. The region is located between the Alps mountain range and tributaries of the Po River.
The region also has eleven sites registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites out of 58 all over Italy.
The movie has mainly been shot in the capital city of the region and different parts of Milan like Grattacielo Pirelli, Cimitero Monumentale and Piazza Duomo.
Though the city is now Europe’s most polluted city, before rapid industrialization, the city was one of the most beautiful places.
Meet The Cast Of Come September 1961
Come September cast includes Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida whose romantic storyline is one of the major aspects of the movie.
Rock Hudson as Robert Talbot
Rock Hudson plays the role of Robert in the movie. He is a wealthy businessman from America.
In Italy, he came to relax at his villa located at Cinque Terre and meet his Romanian mistress.
The real-life Rock Hudson was not a millionaire born. He came from a family whose mother was a homemaker and a telephone operator, and his father was an auto mechanic.
Only after changing his name, he started his film career. To date, the actor has played in 76 movies and series after starting his career in 1948 with a movie called Fighter Squadron.
Gina Lollobrigida as Lisa Helena Fellini
Gina plays the role of Lisa Helena Fellini, who has a relationship with her American businessman. But with his no intention to move forward with marriage, she left Robert to get married to her former fiance Spencer.
Actress Gina Lollobrigida was not only an actress, but she was also a model, a photojournalist, artist and politician.
Born to a furniture maker father and a housemaker mother, Gina spent her childhood days spent with her family and three sisters.
In her lifetime, the actress acted in over 65 films, almost reaching 70 movies and series. She started her acting career in movies in 1946.
Additional Cast Members
- Sandra Dee as Sandy Stevens,
- Bobby Darin as Tony,
- Walter Slezak as Maurice Clavell,
- Brenda de Banzie as Margret Allison,
- Rossana Rory as Anna and
- Ronald Howard as Spencer.
Come September Movie Review
Come September movie tells the story of a playboy businessman who goes out of his character to save the unknown girls saves them from them infidelity.
The movie shows the story of an American businessman who wants to escape his hectic days for some relaxation at the beaches of Italy.
There he has his state where he also has a mistress for him whenever he comes by for a holiday.
As his mistress Lisa is always available when he is there, he doesn’t appreciate her and thinks of moving their relationship beyond just his mistress.
But Lisa wants something more than a physical relationship. She wanted someone to be by her side.
Robert finds out that Majordomo has been using his mansion for a hotel. When he was about to send the guest of a group of teenage girls, an accident caused the departure delay.
Four guys who saw the young teenage girls in the mansion are passionately trying to court the girls.
Though the irony is he taught the girls about preserving the virtues, he is similar to those sleazebags who were trying to court the girls for his fun.
When Lisa hears about his lecture, she is disappointed with his double standards and departs to reunite with her former fiance.
The rest of the story entails both Robert and Lisa wanting to be very much with each other. When they finally meet each other, they reconcile and get married.
The movie received 86% from Tomatometer and 78% from the audience score on Rottentomatoes. Most of the reviews from the viewers are mostly good, and many like the romance and story of the movie.