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Ada Dondini
Ada Dondini (18 March 1883 – 3 January 1958) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 48 films between 1916 and 1954. She was born in Cosenza, Italy and died in Chieti, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Just Married'' (1934) * ''Mr. Desire'' (1934) * '' I Love You Only'' (1935) * ''Joe the Red'' (1936) * ''Piccolo mondo antico'' (1941) * ''Schoolgirl Diary'' (1941) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * '' Invisible Chains'' (1942) * '' Malombra'' (1942) * ''Luisa Sanfelice'' (1942) * ''La valle del diavolo'' (1943) * ''The Za-Bum Circus'' (1944) * ''The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) * ''The Ten Commandments'' (1945) * ''The Ways of Sin'' (1946) * ''Un giorno nella vita'' (1946) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1947) * ''Fear and Sand'' (1948) * ''Little Lady'' ( 1949) * ''The Cadets of Gascony'' (1950) * ''Women and Brigands'' (1950) * ''Toto the Sheik'' ( 1950) * '' Honeymoon Deferred'' (1951) * ''Toto the Third Man'' (1951) * ''Tragic Spell'' (1951) * '' Sunda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ughetto Bertucci
Ughetto Bertucci (18 October 1907 – 25 June 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1945 and 1960. Life and career He was born and died in Rome, Italy. A fruit vendor in a Roman market square, he was noticed by the director Mario Mattoli who cast him as a fruit vendor in his comedy-drama ''Life Begins Anew''. Following the commercial success of the film, without abandoning his market stall, Bertucci started a prodigious career as a character actor, usually cast in humorous roles. He also made occasionally appearances in avanspettacolo. Partial filmography * ''Life Begins Anew'' (1945) - Righetto * ''Before Him All Rome Trembled'' (1946) - Mechanic Remo (uncredited) * '' Last Love'' (1947) * ''L'onorevole Angelina'' (1947) - Benedetto Zampaglione * '' The Two Orphans'' (1947) - Il generale (uncredited) * ''Fear and Sand'' (1948) - Chauffeur * ''Toto Tours Italy'' (1948) - Armando * ''The Firemen of Viggiù'' (1949) - Un pomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malombra (1942 Film)
''Malombra'' is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Isa Miranda, Andrea Checchi and Irasema Dilián. It is based on the novel '' Malombra'' by Antonio Fogazzaro,Gundle p.139 which had previously been adapted into a 1917 silent film of the same title. It was made at Cinecittà with sets designed by Gino Brosio. It was produced by Riccardo Gualino's Lux Film. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. The film is a gothic melodrama, set in the castle on the edge of Lake Como during the Nineteenth century. Cast * Isa Miranda as Marina di Malombra * Andrea Checchi as Corrado Silla * Irasema Dilián as Edith Steinegge * Gualtiero Tumiati as Il conte Cesare d'Ormengo * Nino Crisman as Nepo Salvador * Enzo Biliotti as Il commendator Napoleone Vezza * Ada Dondini as Fosca Salvador * Giacinto Molteni as Andrea Steinegge * Corrado Racca as Padre Tosi * Luigi Pavese as Il professore Binda * Nando Tamberlani as Don Innocenzo * Dorett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear And Sand
''Fear and Sand'' ( it, Fifa e arena) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot Nicolino is a kitchen boy who works in a small pharmacy in the country, run by a woman unbearably rude. So Nicolino really wants to leave his job, when he discovers that you are looking for a murderess with the same face to his. Nicolino so disguises himself as a woman and flees with the first plane is: leave for Sevilla. In Spain Nicolino is always found involved in misunderstandings and terrible mess because it is always considered a murderess until he runs into some people who mistake him for a famous bullfighter ready for his next battle against the bull to be held in bullfight in a few rounds. Nicolino in spite of being trained and prepared for the race and also falls in love with the beautiful Patricia, who encourages him to fight. Nicolino is wittily nicknamed "Nicolete" and is faced with the bull but it breaks down. In the hospital Nicolete prove their ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 In Film
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, ''It Happened on Fifth Avenue''. *May 22 – ''Great Expectations'' is premiered in New York. *August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival. *November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten". *November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Orphans (1947 Film)
''The Two Orphans'' ( it, I Due Orfanelli) is a 1947 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. It is based on the 1874 play of the same title by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon. Plot The story is set in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. Caspar (Totò) and the Baptist (Campanini) are two poor homeless staying in an orphanage, not knowing where to stay. One day the two orphans are called by the director to solve a very special case: Susanne, a girl from the orphanage would like to marry a rich young but his father is against it because he does not know anything about the origins of his girlfriend. So Gasparre has the bright idea to cut a lock of hair to swap it with that of Susanne and so the father of the rich man discovers that the owner of the hair is of noble origins and thus a relative. Caspar along with the Baptist enters the new family but the nobles Parisians have in mind to delete the new emperor Napoleon III of France and the two tramps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 In Film
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February 14 - Charles Vidor's ''Gilda'' starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford shows audiences one of the most famous scenes of the 20th century: Rita Hayworth singing "Put The Blame On Mame". *November 21 – William Wyler's ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell. *December 20 – Frank Capra's ''It's a Wonderful Life'', featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell opens in New York. Awards Notable films released in 1946 United States unless stated A * '' Angel on My Shoulder'' * '' Anna and the King of Siam'', starring Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison and Linda Darnell * ''Aru yo no Tonosama'' B * ''Bad Bascomb'', starring Walla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Giorno Nella Vita
''Un giorno nella vita'' ("A Day in Life") is a 1946 Italian war film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. American title: "A Day In the Life". This film was screened in 2009 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's retrospective "Life Lessons" Italian Neorealism and the birth of modern cinema. Plot A group of partisans seek refuge in a cloistered convent. The sisters reluctantly aid the ailing men, but not without terrible consequences. A day in the life offers an image of a big tent Italy, in which the differences that had earlier cleaved society, especially between the church and the political Left, are temporarily tabled for the higher cause of national unity. Cast * Enzo Biliotti - Don Eusebio * Elisa Cegani - Suor Maria * Ada Colangeli - Suor Gaetana * Ada Dondini - Madre Superiora * Arnoldo Foà - Brusan * Massimo Girotti - Luigi Monotti * Flavia Grande - Suor Luisa * Mariella Lotti - Suor Bianca * Dante Maggio - Carlo * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ways Of Sin
''The Ways of Sin'' (Italian: ''Le vie del peccato'') is a 1946 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Leonardo Cortese and Carlo Ninchi. The film is a melodrama set in Sardinia at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is based on a novel by Grazia Deledda. The film was shot in the Apennine Mountains rather than Sardinia.Urban p.576 Cast * Jacqueline Laurent as Ilaria * Leonardo Cortese as Don Roberto * Carlo Ninchi as Don Sebastiano Pinna * Ada Dondini as Eufemia Pinna * Laura Gore as Carla Pinna * Gualtiero Tumiati as Don Salvatore * Andrea Checchi as Rocco * Lauro Gazzolo as Il farmacista * Umberto Sacripante as Fausto, Il pastore * Michele Riccardini as Il sacerdote * Nino Pavese as Il brigadiere * Franco Coop as Il notaio * Dante Maggio as La guardia carceraria * Rinalda Marchetti as L'amante di Don Sebastiano * Amalia Pellegrini as La domestica dei Pinna * Aldo Silvani Aldo Silvani (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ten Commandments (1945 Film)
''The Ten Commandments'' (Italian: ''I dieci comandamenti'') is a 1945 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Walter Chili. It features an ensemble of Italian actors in episodes based on the Ten Commandments. It was made during the German occupation of Rome, which brought a halt to all ongoing work at Italian film studios. Only two films made with Holy See, Vatican support went into production at the time, providing employment for actors and technicians. The other film was Vittorio De Sica's ''The Gates of Heaven''. Their work on the films enabled them to refuse demands that they relocate north to work in the Venice-based film industry of the puppet Italian Social Republic.Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013. The lengthy production process meant that it wasn't released until long after Rome had been liberated by Allied forces. Cast * Marina Berti as (segment "Non desiderare la roba d'altri") * Carlo Campanini as (se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Innocent Casimiro
''The Innocent Casimiro'' (Italian: ''L'innocente Casimiro'') is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Erminio Macario, Lea Padovani and Olinto Cristina. It is based on a play ''Scandalo al Collegio'' by Mario Amendola, and was mainly shot in 1943. However it was disrupted by wartime events and was not released until 1945. It was the first release to be distributed by Lux Film following the Liberation. Critics were generally disappointed with the film, made in the traditional pre-war style of "schoolgirl comedies". The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Gino Brosio. Cast *Erminio Macario as Casimiro Pelagatti *Lea Padovani as Marcella *Olinto Cristina as principal *Enzo Biliotti as Dr. Raglia *Ada Dondini as Zia Tecla * a Miss Pannelli *Baby Donall as Paola *Lauro Gazzolo as Pietro *Loris Gizzi as Gustavo Corra *Alberto Sordi as Corra's driver * Adriana Serra as Silvia *Paola Veneroni as Emilia *Vinicio Sofia as Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 In Film
The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning ''Going My Way'' plus popular murder mysteries such as ''Double Indemnity'', ''Gaslight'' and '' Laura''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1944 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *March 10 – MGM's ''A Guy Named Joe'', starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, is released nationally in the United States. *May 3 – The film ''Going My Way'', directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald, premieres in New York City. The highest-grossing picture of the year, it goes on to win a total of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for McCary, Best Actor for Crosby and Best Original Song for "Swinging on a Star". *May 13 – Dale Evans appears in her first film with future husband, Roy Rogers – '' Cowboy and the Senorita''. *July 20 – ''Since You Went Away'' is released. *August 16–September 11 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Za-Bum Circus
''The Za-Bum Circus'' ( it, Circo equestre Za-bum) is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Galeazzo Benti. Cast * Galeazzo Benti (segment "Galop finale al circo") * Carlo Campanini(segment "Gelosia") * Vera Carmi (segment "Galop finale al circo") * Ada Dondini (segment "Galop finale al circo") * Aldo Fabrizi as The postman (segments "Dalla finestra" and "Il postino") * Roldano Lupi (segments "Contatto telefonici", "Gelosia" and "Galop finale al circo") * Ave Ninchi (segment "Galop finale al circo") * Carlo Ninchi (segments "Contatto telefonici" and "Galop finale al circo") References External links * 1944 films 1944 comedy films Italian comedy films 1940s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Mattoli 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
