Coins in the Fountain 2 and a half stars by Hal Ericson of Allmovie. Coins in the Fountain Coins in the Fountain is a television film which was released on September 28, 1990. The film is based on the novel "Coins in the Fountain" by John H. Secondari, which was previously filmed in 1954 as "Three Coins in the Fountain". It was directed by Tony Wharmby and written by Lindsay Harrison. Filming took place in Rome and other parts of Italy during the summer of 1990. In the summer of 1990 in Los Angeles Leah (Loni Anderson) has just been named as the West
Three Coins in the Fountain (song) 1990, and used in the film "Coins in the Fountain" that same year. Steve Martin sings "Three Coins in a Fountain" when attempting a sing-along in the film, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". It was parodied in "The Goon Show", to the same tune, with the words "Three Goons in a fountain, which one will the fountain drown?" On October 8, 1966, Steve Smith sang "Three Coins in the Fountain" in a musical tour of Italy on ABC's "The Lawrence Welk Show". Three Coins in the Fountain (song) "Three Coins in the Fountain" is a popular song which received the Academy