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Arrigo Colombo
Arrigo Colombo (1916–1998) was an Italian film producer. He founded Jolly Film with Giorgio Papi, which produced ''Duello nel Texas'' (1963). Arrigo Colombo and Giorgio Papi hired Sergio Leone to direct ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964) with a budget of 200.000 dollars. He was the only one who accepted the project by Giuliano Montaldo '' Sacco e Vanzetti'' (1971). Filmography As producer As writer As director * ''Black Magic Black magic, also known as dark magic, has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes, specifically the seven magical arts prohibited by canon law, as expounded by Johannes Hartlieb in 145 ...'' (1949) References External links * 1916 births 1998 deaths Italian film producers {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, directing, editing, and arranging financing. The producer is responsible for finding and selecting promising material for development. Unless the film is based on an existing script, the producer hires a screenwriter and oversees the script's development. These activities culminate with the pitch, led by the producer, to secure the financial backing that enables production to begin. If all succeeds, the project is "greenlighted". The producer also supervises the pre-production, principal photography and post-production stages of filmmaking. A producer is also responsible for hiring a director for the film, as well as other key crew members. Whereas the director makes the creative decisions during the production, the producer typically ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violent City
''Violent City'' ( it, Città violenta, also released as ''The Family'') is a 1970 crime thriller film directed by Sergio Sollima from a screenplay co-written with Lina Wertmüller, starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, and Telly Savalas. Bronson plays a former hitman framed by a former boss and left for dead. He seeks revenge, but realizes his real enemy may be closer than he thinks. The Italian-French co-production was filmed in New Orleans, the U.S Virgin Islands, and Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Plot Professional assassin Jeff Heston and his lover Vanessa are holidaying in the Virgin Islands, when they are set upon by thugs led by Jeff's former associate Jerry Coogan. Jeff is shot and left for dead, while Vanessa seemingly runs off with Coogan. Jeff is imprisoned for the shooting and visited by Steve, a lawyer for crime boss Al Weber, Jeff's previous boss. Jeff refuses to disclose Vanessa's involvement as a potential exonerating witness, even if it means a longer sentence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Births
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign: The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive: Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in present-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi (1916), Battle of Wadi: Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German Empire, German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. February * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Magic (1949 Film)
''Black Magic'' is a 1949 film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel ''Joseph Balsamo''. It was directed by Gregory Ratoff. Set in the 18th century, the film stars Orson Welles in the lead role as Joseph Balsamo, a hypnotist, magician, and charlatan who also goes by the alias of Count Cagliostro, and Nancy Guild as Lorenza/Marie Antoinette. Akim Tamiroff has a featured role as Gitano. The film received mixed reviews. Plot Alexandre Dumas, Sr. (Berry Kroeger) tells his son Alexandre Dumas, Jr. (Raymond Burr) the story of Joseph Balsamo (Orson Welles) aka Cagliostro. Through flashbacks we learn that Balsamo was a French gypsy boy who endured much hardship. He was tortured under the command of Viscount de Montaigne ( Stephen Bekassy) and his parents were ordered to hang. He was rescued by some gypsies led by Gitano and swears revenge on de Montagne. Some years later, he learns the secrets of hypnosis from Dr. Mesmer (Charles Goldner). Ignoring the doctor's advice that he use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Southern Cross (1938 Film)
''Under the Southern Cross'' (Italian: ''Sotto la croce del sud'') is a 1938 Italian drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonio Centa, Doris Duranti and Enrico Glori. The film is set in Italian-occupied Abyssinia following the recent Italian victory there. It was one of a sequence of eight films set in Italy's African Empire during the Fascist era that were released between 1936 and 1939.Palumbo p.294 The film is a propaganda piece designed to support Fascist policy on empire and concerns about inter-racial romances. It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios in Tuscany and on location in the Galla Territory of Italian Ethiopia. Synopsis Marco the owner of a coffee plantation in Abyssinia, is trying to play his part in building the new Italian Empire. He becomes concerned however that his Italian staff, in the absence of their wives and families, are becoming overly attracted to native woman. His junior partner Paolo has to resist the allures of Mailù, an attr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requiem For A Gringo
''Requiem for a Gringo'' ( it, Requiem per un gringo, es, Réquiem para el gringo, also known as ''Duel in the Eclipse'') is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Eugenio Martín and José Luis Merino and starring Lang Jeffries, Fernando Sancho and Femi Benussi. It is most known for the gore and psychedelic elements. It is the only western film of the Eurospy and peplum film genre star Lang Jeffries. The film is partially based on Masaki Kobayashi's film ''Harakiri''. Plot Spaghetti western starring Lang Jeffries. A man with special knowledge of the heavens looks to avenge his brother's murder. He targets a gang of Mexican bandits who have occupied a hacienda and picks the day of an eclipse to bring his pan to fruition. Cast * Lang Jeffries as Ross Logan / Django * Femi Benussi as Alma (as Femy Benussi) * Fernando Sancho as Porfirio Carranza * Carlo Gaddi as Ted Corbin * Rubén Rojo as Tom Leader * Carlo Simoni as Dan * Aldo Sambrell as Charley Fair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Dollars For The MacGregors
''More Dollars for the MacGregors'' (Italian:''Ancora dollari per i MacGregor'', Spanish:''La muerte busca un hombre'') is a 1970 Spaghetti Western film directed by José Luis Merino and starring Peter Lee Lawrence, Carlos Quiney and Malisa Longo.Weisser p.220 Cast * Peter Lee Lawrence as Robert McGregor / Blondie * Carlos Quiney as George Forsyte * Malisa Longo as Yuma * Stelvio Rosi as Ross Steward * Mariano Vidal Molina as Joe Saxon * María Salerno as Maticha * María Mahor as Gladys McGregor * Luis Marín as Pancho * Antonio Mayans as Young Man after Saxon * Dan van Husen as Frank Landon * Antonio Jiménez Escribano as Old Tradesman * José Jaspe as Sheriff of Jonesville * José Marco as Debuty sheriff * Stefano Caprioti * Enrique Ávila * Giancarlo Fantini * Enzo Fisichella * Renato Paracchi * Santiago Rivero * Claudio Trionfi References Bibliography * Thomas Weisser. ''Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm The Capataz
''I'm the Capataz'' (Italian: ''Io sono il capataz'') is a 1951 Italian western-comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Renato Rascel, Silvana Pampanini and Marilyn Buferd. It was shot at the Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arrigo Equini. The film was a commercial hit, earning around 421 million lira at the box office.Chiti & Poppi p.196 Cast *Renato Rascel as Uguccione / Rascelito Villa *Silvana Pampanini as Rosa de Fuego *Luigi Pavese as Erasmo *Marilyn Buferd as Moira *Bruno Corelli as Il Sarto Francese *Nino Crisman as Gonzales *Vittorio Duse as Puchero *Sophia Loren as Segretaria del Dittatore *Mario Pisu as Hurtado *Virgilio Riento as Il Guardiano *Vickie Henderson as Danzatrice *Kiki Urbani as Danzatrice Bianca *Carlo Delle Piane as giovane popolano *Alberto Sorrentino Alberto Sorrentino (16 February 1916 – 31 January 1994), was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 89 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Intruder (1956 Film)
''The Intruder'' ( it, L'intrusa) is a 1956 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Lea Padovani. It is loosely based on the stage drama ''La moglie del dottore'' by Silvio Zambaldi. Plot Doctor Carlo Conti, proven by the fact that his girlfriend has just died, moves to a small seaside town for work. Here he saves a girl who attempted suicide by poisoning herself: the young woman is called Luisa Marcelli and is a teacher. Luisa's deep depression was caused by her love affair with the young engineer Alberto Serpieri, who abandoned her after having "dishonored" her. The girl became pregnant but her pregnancy had an unfortunate outcome with a miscarriage: the girl will no longer be able to have children. Carlo decides to marry the young woman more out of tenderness than out of true love. One day the doctor has to help a young pregnant lady who has suffered a car accident. The woman's husband rushes: it is the engineer Serpie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam (1967 Film)
''Grand Slam'' (original title: ''Ad ogni costo'') is a 1967 Italian-Spanish-German heist film directed by Giuliano Montaldo and starring Edward G. Robinson, Klaus Kinski and Janet Leigh. Plot A seemingly mild-mannered teacher, Professor James Anders, is an American working in Rio de Janeiro. Bored with years of teaching, Anders retires and sets about putting together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival in Brazil. With the help of a youthhood friend, now a successful criminal, Anders recruits a team of four international experts to carry out the robbery: Gregg an English safecracking specialist, Agostino an Italian mechanical and electronics genius, Jean Paul a French playboy (whose job it is to seduce the only woman with a key to the building holding the diamonds, the lovely Mary Ann), and Erich a German ex-military man (at the movie's ending, it will become clear that Anders' young friend had ordered the German to kill the other members of the team after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master And Margaret (1972 Film)
''The Master and Margaret'' ( sh, Мајстор и Маргарита, Majstor i Margarita, it, Il maestro e Margherita), is a 1972 Italian-Yugoslav film directed by Aleksandar Petrović, loosely based on Mikhail Bulgakov's 1940 novel ''The Master and Margarita'', although it mainly focuses on the parts of the novel set in 1920s Moscow. It won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, with Bata Živojinović picking up the Golden Arena for Best Actor at the 1972 Pula Film Festival, and was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast See also * List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film This is the list of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category. The award i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Papi
Giorgio Papi (1917–2002) was an Italian film producer and production manager. He met Orson Welles in the set of ''Black Magic'' (1949), where he was the head of production, and they worked in ''Othello'' (1951). He produced along Arrigo Colombo ''Per un pugno di dollari'' (1964). Both hired Sergio Leone to direct the film with a budget of 200.000 dollars. In 1964 they founded Jolly Film, and they produced ''Duello nel Texas'' (1963), and ''Ad ogni costo'' (1967), between others. He was member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972. Filmography * '' Sacco & Vanzetti'' (1971) * ''Violent City'' (1970) * ''Grand Slam'' (1967) * ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964) * ''Inspector Maigret'' (1958) * '' The Intruder'' (1956) * ''Othello'' (1951) * ''Cagliostro'' (1949) * ''Te amaré siempre'' (1943) * ''Four Steps in the Clouds'' (1942) * ''Before the Postman ''There's Room Up Ahead'' (Italian: ''Avanti c'è posto'') is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
