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Alba Arnova
Alba Arnova (15 March 1930 – 11 March 2018) was an Italian-Argentine ballerina and film actress. Life and career Born in Buenos Aires as Alba Fossati, daughter of two Italian emigrants, Arnova studied piano at the Conservatory and enrolled in the university at the medical faculty. She became the principal classical dancer of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and changed her surname first to Ars Nova and then to Arnova. She left Argentina in 1948, for a six months stage tour, and eventually remained in Rome, where she worked first in theater as a classical dancer and as a revue and avanspettacolo soubrette. She began acting in films in 1949, though usually in minor roles. In 1956 Arnova created a controversy when she appeared on the RAI television variety show ''La piazzetta'' wearing a tight leotard that made her appear semi-nude because of the lighting effects and the black-and-white system. The show was suspended and she was subsequently fired and banned from Italian t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary), while ''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' and '' Il giardino dei Finzi Contini'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Indeed, the great critical success of ''Sciuscià'' (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and ''Bicycle Thieves'' helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Award. These two films are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. ''Bicycle Thieves'' was deemed the greatest film of all time by ''Sight & Sound'' magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1958, and was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history. De Sica was also nominated for the 1957 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for playing M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life Is Yours
''My Life Is Yours'' (Italian: ''La mia vita è tua'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Masini and starring Armando Francioli and Patricia Roc.Hodgson p.152 Cast * Armando Francioli as Marco Ridolfi * Patricia Roc as Laura * Alba Arnova as Silvia * Lucien Gallas as Don Antonio * Achille Togliani * Mino Doro as Il medico * Roberto Bruni * Giulio Calì * Gemma Bolognesi * Nietta Zocchi * Renato Chiantoni * Fedele Gentile Fedele Gentile (1908–1993) was an Italian film actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.187 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''Fedora'' (1942) * ''B ... * Maria Grazia Monaci * Cesare Sindaci * Franco Franchi * Sandro Pistolini References Bibliography * Hodgson, Michael. ''Patricia Roc''. 2013. External links * 1954 films 1950s Italian-language films 1954 drama films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemente Fracassi
Clemente Fracassi (5 March 1917 – 2 February 1993) was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter. His career spanned from 1939 to 1967. Selected filmography * '' To Live in Peace'' (1947 - producer) * ''Senza pietà'' (1948 - producer) * ''A Dog's Life'' (1950 - producer) * '' Barefoot Savage'' (1952 - director, writer) * ''Aida'' (1953 - director) * ''Andrea Chénier ''Andrea Chénier'' () is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed on 28 March 1896 at La Scala, Milan. The story is based loosely on the life of the French poet Andr ...'' (1955 - director) External links * 1917 births 1993 deaths Italian film producers Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aida (1953 Film)
''Aida'' is a 1953 Italian film version of the opera ''Aida'' by Giuseppe Verdi. It was directed by Clemente Fracassi and produced by Gregor Rabinovitch and Federico Teti. The screenplay was adapted by Fracassi, Carlo Castelli, , and Giorgio Salviucci from the libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. The cinematography was by Piero Portalupi, the production design by Flavio Mogherini and the costume design by Maria De Matteis. The RAI National Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Giuseppe Morelli, the ballet was choreographed by Margherita Wallmann. The film was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Cast Yvette Chauviré and Léonide Massine are the dancers in the ballet with the Rome Opera Ballet. Production notes Renata Tebaldi was originally cast to play Aida, but she decided not to appear in the film. Gina Lollobrigida Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (born 4 July 1927) is an Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician. She was one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Grieco
Sergio Grieco (13 January 1917 – 30 March 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Sergio's father was the Italian Communist Ruggero Grieco. Grieco first started in film in the Soviet Union in 1931, working as an assistant to Nikolai Ekk on the first Soviet sound film '' Road to Life''. He began his Italian film career as a script supervisor in 1939, working his way up to an assistant director the following year. In 1949 he worked as an assistant to René Clément on his film ''The Walls of Malapaga'' (1949). His directorial debut was ''Il sentiero dell'odio'' (1950), beginning a prolific career in a variety of genres. He met his wife Teresa Terrone (renamed Susan Terry by her agent), who appeared in several of his films, beginning with ''The Mysterious Swordsman''/''Lo spadaccino misterioso'' in 1955. He directed nearly 40 films between 1950 and 1977, often also writing his own screenplays. Grieco is best known for his adventure, swashbuckler, sword ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loving You Is My Sin
''Loving You Is My Sin'' (Italian: ''Amarti è il mio peccato (Suor Celeste)'') is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Jacques Sernas, Luisa Rossi and Elisa Cegani.Morreale p.134 Cast * Jacques Sernas as Count Giorgio Danieli * Luisa Rossi as Elena Galassi Monti * Elisa Cegani as Countess Danieli - Giorgio's mother * Alba Arnova as Valeria Ferri - Elena's friend * Jole Fierro as Sister Luisa * Patrizia Lari as Countess Laura Danieli - Giorgio's sister * Pina Piovani as The Mother Superior * Carlo Tamberlani as Monti - Elena's father * Giulio Battiferri as Tanzi - the police commissioner * Gino Bramieri as Guidi - Valeria's wooer * Víctor Ferrari * Giuseppe Taffarel as Mario Natali - the blind captain * Sandro Pistolini Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given name, often a diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander. It is also a surname. Sandro may refer to: Given name or nickname Sports * Sandro (footballer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Amendola
Mario Natalino Concetto Amendola (8 December 1910 – 22 December 1993) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and dramatist. Biography Amendola was born in Recco, which is located in Genova to parents from Rome. He began his career on stage in 1931 as a writer for avanspettacolo shows. During that time, he wrote dialogue for Erminio Macario, Totò and more. He ended this profession and moved to cinema in 1949. He wrote for 153 films between 1941 and 1987. He also directed 37 films between 1949 and 1975. Amendola collaborated with Bruno Corbucci on conceiving the Nico Giraldi film series starring Tomas Milian. Amendola died in 1993 from complications from diabetes. Selected filmography * ''The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945) * ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * '' Captain Demonio'' (1950) * ''The Transporter'' (1950) * '' Abbiamo vinto!'' (1951) * ''The Passaguai Family'' (1951) * ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * ''Beauties on Motor S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finalmente Libero
''Finalmente libero!'' (i. e. "Finally free!") is a 1953 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Amendola and Ruggero Maccari and starring Carlo Dapporto and Nadia Gray.Ezio Colombo. "Finalmente libero!" (review). ''Festival'' (71). 8 May 1954. Plot Cast * Carlo Dapporto as Enrico Rossi * Nadia Gray as Carla * Alba Arnova as Simona * Fulvia Franco as Giuditta * Luisa Rossi as Silvana * Marisa Merlini * Giacomo Rondinella * Irene Genna as Concetta * Adriana Facchetti as Margherita * Guglielmo Inglese * Enrico Glori * Ciccio Barbi * Alberto Sorrentino * Nino Marchesini Nino Marchesini (1895 – 13 January 1961) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1961. Filmography References External links * 1895 births 1961 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film- ... References External links * 1953 films Italian comedy films 1953 comedy films Films directed by Mario Amendola 1950s Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s. Early life Blasetti was born in Rome, where he also died. After studying law at university, Blasetti chose to become a journalist and film critic. He worked for several film magazines and led a campaign for national film production, which had largely ceased by this point. In 1919 he made a brief foray into acting when he appeared as an extra in Mario Caserini's ''Tortured Soul''. Director In 1929 Blasetti made his directorial debut with ''Sun (film), Sun'', a fictional story set against the ongoing draining of the Pontine Marshes. The film was well received at a time when there were few Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altri Tempi
''In Olden Days'' ( it, Altri tempi, link=no, also known as ''Times Gone By'' and ''Infidelity'') is a 1952 Italian anthology film. Plot The cart of old books A good-natured peddler of old books shows his customers some works from the past and is pranked by the rowdy son of a newsagent. Excelsior dance Filmed reconstruction of the Excelsior Ball, an allegorical late-century dance by the composer Romualdo Marenco performed for the first time at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 11 January 1881. Less than a day Two lovers, for contingent reasons, manage to see each other in a hotel room once a year, for a few hours, but due to some quarrels and jealousies they are unable to consume their relationship. The Sardinian drummer During the first war of independence fought against the Austrians, a very young drummer, delivering an important message to the Italian command, is hit and loses a leg (episode from the book "Cuore"). Matter of interest Two peasants scramble for p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati (17 November 1906 – 19 June 1999) was an cinema of Italy, Italian writer and film director. In 1954 he won the Strega Prize for ''Lettere da Capri.'' He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Italian actresses, such as Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. Biography A native of Turin, Soldati attended the ''Liceo Sociale'', a Society of Jesus, Jesuit school, and finished secondary school at age 17. He then studied humanities at the University of Turin. At that time, the University was a hotbed of intellectual activity and the young Soldati would meet and befriend the likes of activist and writer Carlo Levi and journalist Giacomo Debenedetti, who were his seniors. He later studied History of Art at the University of Rome. He started publishing novels in 1929. He achieved the widest notice with ''America primo amore'', published in 1935, a memoir of the time he spent teaching at Columbia University. He won literary awards for his work, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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