Editing Anthony Franciosa (section)

===Film star===
Franciosa supported [[Anna Magnani]] and [[Anthony Quinn]] in ''[[Wild Is the Wind (1957 film)|Wild Is the Wind]]'' (1957) directed by [[George Cukor]], produced by [[Hal B. Wallis]] who put Franciosa under a multi-film contract. He then appeared with [[Paul Newman]] and [[Joanne Woodward]] in ''[[The Long Hot Summer]]'' (1958), playing Jody Varner, the son of Will Varner ([[Orson Welles]]), directed by [[Martin Ritt]] at Fox.<ref>{{cite news |last=Parsons |first=Louella |author-link=Louella Parsons |date=August 14, 1957 |title=Anthony Franciosa Agrees to Try Faulkner Role |newspaper=[[The Washington Post|The Washington Post and Times-Herald]]}}</ref>

In December 1957, he spent 10 days in jail for hitting a press photographer in April of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor Anthony Franciosa Begins Jail Sentence |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 13, 1957}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Attack on Newsman Jails Shelley Winters' Fiance |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 20, 1957}}</ref> However he was much in demand: In an interview in December, he said he owed Fox and MGM three films each over five years, Kazan two more films, and Wallis one film a year over seven years.<ref name="times" />

He played [[Francisco Goya]] in MGM's ''[[The Naked Maja (film)|The Naked Maja]]'' (1958) with [[Ava Gardner]], which earned Franciosa $250,000 in acting fees due to production delays. He made a second film for Wallis, ''[[Career (1959 film)|Career]]'' (1959) with [[Dean Martin]] and [[Shirley MacLaine]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Beaufort |first=John |date=October 10, 1959 |title=Tale of Theater World Stars Anthony Franciosa |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hawkins |first=Robert F. |date=July 27, 1958 |title=GOYA AND HIS 'MAJA' FACE CAMERA; Artist's Film Biography Started After Many Delays -- Addenda |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/27/archives/goya-and-his-maja-face-camera-artists-film-biography-started-after.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> then ''[[The Story on Page One (film)|The Story on Page One]]'' (1959) with [[Rita Hayworth]] for [[Clifford Odets]] at Fox.

He was meant to star in ''[[Orpheus Descending]]'' (which became ''[[The Fugitive Kind]]'') with [[Anna Magnani]], but the producers decided to cast [[Marlon Brando]], and Franciosa was paid out $75,000. He was mentioned as a possibility for one of the roles in ''The Magnificent Seven'' and for the title role in a proposed [[Simon Bolivar]] biopic that [[Dino De Laurentiis]] was going to make.<ref>{{cite news |last=Scheuer |first=Philip K. |date=February 20, 1959 |title=Franciosa Strong 'Bolivar' Prospect: Busy Actor, Set in 10 Films, Gives Answer to Pessimists |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

In 1959, he served 30 days at an open-prison farm for possession of marijuana. The same year, he was in a car accident.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anthony Franciosa Injured |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/11/29/archives/anthony-franciosa-injured.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 29, 1959 |access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>

Franciosa returned to television to appear in ''Heaven Can Wait'', an adaptation of ''[[Here Comes Mr Jordan]]'' (1960), then in ''[[Cradle Song (TV film)|Cradle Song]]'' (1960).<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Robert |date=November 12, 1960 |title=SOUL IN SEARCH OF A BODY: Anthony Franciosa Has an Off-beat Role for His Return to Television |work=[[Chicago Tribune|Chicago Daily Tribune]]}}</ref> He supported [[Gina Lollobrigida]] in MGM's ''[[Go Naked in the World]]'' (1961), which lost money. He was top-billed in the Italian ''[[Careless (film)|Careless]]'' (1962) with [[Claudia Cardinale]] and MGM's ''[[Period of Adjustment (film)|Period of Adjustment]]'' (1962) with [[Jane Fonda]], Franciosa's first film for that studio which made a profit. In August 1963, he addressed a civil rights rally in Alabama alongside [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Paul Newman]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Four Actors Address Negro Rally in Alabama: RACIAL RALLY |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 23, 1963}}</ref>