Filmmaker Carlo Ponti; His Romance Riveted Italy ; Wed Sophia Loren in 1950s Scandal

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ROME Carlo Ponti, the film producer who discovered Sophia Loren, launched the movie icon's career and whose more than half-century romance endured threats of bigamy charges and excommunication, has died. He was 94.

Mr. Ponti produced more than 100 films, including "Doctor Zhivago," "The Firemen's Ball" and "The Great Day," which were nominated for Oscars. Other major films included "Blow-Up," "The Cassandra Crossing," "Zabriskie Point" and "The Squeeze."

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Filmmaker Carlo Ponti; His Romance Riveted Italy ; Wed Sophia Loren in 1950s Scandal

In 1956, the Federico Fellini film "La Strada," which he co- produced, won the Academy Award for Bes...

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