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Alec Guinness Venice Film Award

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Alec Guinness Venice Film Award
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Alec Guinness' 1958 Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) Volpi Cup. The award, named for the festival's founder, is presented to the year's best actor and actress. Guinness won for ''The Horse's Mouth,'' a film which also earned him an Academy Award for Best Writing nomination for adapting the screenplay. A plaque, inscribed in Italian, is attached to the 7'' square marble base. Standing 18.25'' high and weighing 13 pounds, award shows minor corrosion to the metal cup, else very good.