While filming "The Story of Three Loves" (1953), Angeli began a relationship with costar Kirk Douglas. She next appeared in "Sombrero", in which she replaced an indisposed Ava Gardner, then "Flame and the Flesh" (1954). After discovering Leslie Caron, another European ingénue, MGM lent Angeli to other studios. She went to Warner Bros. for both "The Silver Chalice" (1954), which marked the debut of Paul Newman, and "Oh No, Mam'zelle" ("Mam'zelle Nitouche]]", also 1954). For Paramount, she was in contention for the role of Anna Magnani's daughter in "The Rose Tattoo" (1955), but the role went to Marisa Pavan, her twin sister. MGM lent her to Columbia for "Port Afrique" (1956). She returned to MGM for "Somebody Up There Likes Me" (1956) as Paul Newman's long-suffering wife (Angeli's former lover, James Dean, was to play the starring role, which went to Newman after Dean's death). She then appeared in "The Vintage" (1957) and finished her MGM contract in "Merry Andrew" (1958).