IT STARTED IN NAPLES "A minor entry in the fabled careers of Clarg Gable and Sophia Loren, It Started in Naples is slight, but enhoyable fluff. As
the title indicates, the story begins in Naples, although the action takes place on the Isle of Capri. Michael (Gable in his penultimate performance)
is a lawer recently arrived from Philadelphia to put his late brother's affairs in order. The result of on of those "affairs" is ta street urchin named
Nado (Marietto), whose mother is also deceased. Her nightclug singer sister, Julia (Loren), is his lax, if loving caretaker. Straight-laced Michael,
who is engaged, believes Nado would be better off in the States. So he takes the matter to court, where he is represented by the dapper Mario
(Bittorio De Sica, who directed Loren to an Oscar in Two Women). The conclusion to this harmless bit of escapism is almost as charming as it is
inevitable." -- Kathleen C. Fennesy