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Loren became an international film star following her five-picture contract with Paramount Pictures in 1958.

Among her films at this time were Desire Under the Elms with Anthony Perkins, based upon the Eugene O ' Neill play ; Houseboat, a romantic comedy co-starring Cary Grant ; and George Cukor's Heller in Pink Tights, in which she appeared as a blonde for the first time.