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Aldo De Benedetti
Aldo De Benedetti (13 August 1892 – 19 January 1970) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 110 films between 1920 and 1958. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' Marco Visconti'' (1925) * ''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932) * ''Mr. Desire'' (1934) * ''Just Married'' (1934) * '' The Countess of Parma'' (1936) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * ''Thirty Seconds of Love'' (1936) * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''The Carnival Is Here Again'' (1937) * ''Mother Song'' (1937) * '' These Children'' (1937) * '' Triumph of Love'' (1938) * ''Nonna Felicità'' (1938) * ''They've Kidnapped a Man'' (1938) *''The House of Shame'' (1938) * ''The Lady in White'' (1938) * ''The Faceless Voice'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Sisters'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) * ''Unjustified Absence'' (1939) * '' Mille chilometri al minuto'' (1939) * ''Red Roses'' (1940) * ''Red Tavern'' (1940) * '' Two on a Vac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady In White
''The Lady in White'' (Italian: ''La dama bianca'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Enrico Viarisio.Clarke & Doel p.37 The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. Cast * Elsa Merlini as Marina Gualandi * Nino Besozzi as Giulio Gualandi * Enrico Viarisio as Savelli * Vincenzo Scarpetta as Virgilio Ottolano * Arnaldo Martelli as Francesco * Paolo Stoppa as Il direttore dell'hotel a Cervinia * Ada Cristina Almirante as Isabella Schetti Marazzani * Giuliana Gianni as Ginevra * Ivana Claar as Corinna * Aristide Baghetti as Il medico * Fanny Marchio as La signora al vagone ristorante * Giovanna Galletti as Un'amica di Ginevra * Lisl Ander as Gianna * Checco Rissone as L'autista del pullman a Cervinia * Alba Ferrarotti ''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music On The Run
''Music on the Run'' (Italian: ''Fuga a due voci'') is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" musical comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Gino Bechi, Irasema Dilián and Guglielmo Barnabò.Burke p.381 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfredo Montori and Mario Rappini. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios. Cast * Gino Bechi as The baritone Giulio Moris * Irasema Dilián as Maria Santelli * Guglielmo Barnabò as The industrialist Santelli, his father * Aroldo Tieri as Piero, Maria's beau * Paolo Stoppa as Fogliatti, the producer * Carlo Campanini as Count Matteo * Gildo Bocci as The vagabond * Gero Zambuto as Berelli, the director * Tina Mannozzi as Rina, the actress * Armando Migliari as The commissioner * Vasco Creti as The conductor on the train * Franco Cuppini * Paolo Ferrara as The director of the "Buona Fortuna" inn * Pina Gallini as The Lady with the White Dog * Enrico Luzi as The first screenwriter * Polidor as The stationmaster * Pep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stasera Niente Di Nuovo
''Stasera niente di nuovo'' (literally: ''Tonight nothing is new'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli. Plot Cesare, a journalist, recognizes among some prostitutes arrested by the police, the young woman that saved his life some time earlier, without his having learned her identity. He tries to help the woman, Maria, and convince her to change her life, but without success. Later on, Maria asks Cesare for his help. She is dying in a hospital, but cannot tell her parents, because, some time earlier, she had told them that she was married. So, in the last hours of her life, Cesare marries Maria, and then calls for her family to be with her. Cast * Alida Valli - Maria * Carlo Ninchi - Cesare Manti * Antonio Gandusio - Il dottore Moriesi * Giuditta Rissone - Clelia, la padrona di casa * Dina Galli - La portinaia * Armando Migliari - Il direttore del giornale * Aldo Rubens - Giorgio, il ballerino * Paolo Bonecchi - Il fattorino del g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Steps In The Clouds
''Four Steps in the Clouds'' () is a 1942 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Gino Cervi and Adriana Benetti. It tells the story of a married man who agrees to act as the husband of a young pregnant woman who has been abandoned by her boyfriend. Aesthetically, it is close to Italian neorealism. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. It was nominated for BAFTA as Best Film from any Source. The movie was remade several times, including as '' A Walk in the Clouds'' in 1995. Plot The story deals with a married agent for a candy manufacturer, played by Gino Cervi. He leads a stable, if somewhat boring, family life in a large unnamed city in the North of Italy. While travelling on a South bound train on company business, he sees a young woman about to be put off by the conductor. She has no ticket and cannot afford to buy one. The agent helps her stay on the train, and she asks if he could do one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labbra Serrate
''Labbra serrate'' is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Annette Bach. Cast * Annette Bach - La contessa Lydia Lamsky * Andrea Checchi - Carlo Massani * Fosco Giachetti - Ruggero D'Anzi * Vera Carmi - Anna Massani * Giulio Donadio - Il giudice Massani * Carlo Campanini - Camillo Pardini * Tino Scotti - Francesco Ugoletti * Armida Bonocore - Laura Croci / Antonietta Marradi (as Oliva Egli) * Nino Pavese - Il direttore del carcere * Armando Migliari Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934 ... - Il commissario References External links * 1942 films 1942 drama films 1940s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Mattoli Italian drama films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invisible Chains (film)
''Invisible Chains'' (Italian: ''Catene invisibili'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli, Carlo Ninchi and Giuditta Rissone.Gundle p.236 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ottavio Scotti and Mario Rappini. Plot Following the death of her industrialist father, a young socialite inherits his business empire. Discovering that she has an illegitimate half-brother, she tries to assist him by finding him employment in the factory, but his criminal behaviour lets her down. Finally, she finds love and companionship in the engineer who runs the factory on her behalf. Cast * Alida Valli as Elena Silvagni * Carlo Ninchi as Carlo Danieli * Giuditta Rissone as La signora Matilde Silvagni * Andrea Checchi as Enrico Leni, il fratellastro * Jone Morino as La madre di Enrico * Carlo Campanini as Cesare Tani * Luigi Almirante as Un amico dei Silvagni * Ada Dondini as La fioraia * Arma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two On A Vacation
''Two on a Vacation'' (Italian: ''Pazza di gioia'') is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Vittorio De Sica, María Denis, and Umberto Melnati.Monaco p.208 It was a remake of the 1932 German film ''Two in a Car''. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Gastone Medin. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Il conte Corrado Valli * María Denis as Liliana Casali * Umberto Melnati as Aroldo Bianchi * Paolo Stoppa as Alvaro Monteiro, il capo reparto della ditta Do-re-mi * Enzo Biliotti as Peppino, il maggiordome del conte * Rosetta Tofano as Rosetta, la moglie di Peppino * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il principale della ditta Do-re-mi * Marcella Melnati as Rosalia * Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Il direttore d'orchestra * Olga von Kollar as Giulia * Aristide Garbini as Il proprietario della trattoria * Renato Malavasi as Un barbiere * Alfredo Martinelli as Il signore con la barba rasata a metà See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Tavern
''Red Tavern'' (Italian: ''Taverna rossa'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, André Mattoni, and Lauro Gazzolo. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome. A young woman eventually marries a count after a series of misunderstandings.Gundle p.226 Cast * Alida Valli as Susanna Sormani * André Mattoni as Il conte Carlo Torresi * Lauro Gazzolo as Il marchese Domenico Torresi, suo zio * Oreste Bilancia as Il signor Sormanni * Lilia Dale as Ninon * Umberto Sacripante as Il ladruncolo * Aristide Garbini as Cesarone, il maggiordomo * Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Il tenore Farelli * Anna Doré as Floriana * Livia Minelli as La commesa del negozio di dischi * Alfredo Martinelli as Un cliente del negozio di dischi * Rita Durnova as Lisetta * Paola Doria as Francesca * Ernesto Torrini as Il cameriere del locale * Armida Bonocore Armida is the fictional character of a Saracen sorceress, created by the Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Roses (1940 Film)
''Red Roses'' ( it, Rose scarlatte) is a 1940 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and Giuseppe Amato and starring De Sica, Renée Saint-Cyr, and Vivi Gioi. It was De Sica's List of directorial debuts, first film as a director. De Sica had previously appeared in a 1936 production of the stage play by Aldo De Benedetti on which it was based.Cardullo p.117 It was shot at the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Plot When Renée Saint-Cyr as Maria Verani, gets a delivery of a bunch of scarlet roses, it starts a series of events between the adulterers but the focus is on the spouses themselves. The husband Vittorio De Sica as Alberto Verani, test to see if she will betray him, but repents of his actions and goes back to her. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Alberto Verani * Renée Saint-Cyr as Maria Verani * Umberto Melnati as Tommaso Savelli * Vivi Gioi as Clara * Luisella Beghi as Rosi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mille Chilometri Al Minuto
''Mille chilometri al minuto!'' (or ''1000 km al minuto!'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Nino Besozzi. Cast * Nino Besozzi as Guido Renzi * Antonio Gandusio as L'avvocato * Mario Ersanilli as Lo scienziato * Vivi Gioi as Figlia del scienziato * Romolo Costa as Un altro scienziato * Franca Volpini as Una cameriera (as Flora Volpini) * Amelia Chellini Amelia Chellini (16 June 1880 – 31 May 1944), was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 38 films between 1912 and 1944. She was born in Florence, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' La segretaria per tutti'' (1933 ... as La moglie dell' avvocato External links * 1939 films Italian comedy films 1930s Italian-language films 1939 comedy films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Mattoli 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unjustified Absence
''Unjustified Absence'' (Italian: ''Assenza ingiustificata'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Lilia Silvi. A girl leaves school to marry a doctor, but becomes annoyed by his constant absences and decides to secretly resume her studies.Gundle p.226 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios with sets designed by the art director Gastone Medin Gastone Medin (1905–1973) was an Italian art director.Anile p.132 He worked on more than a hundred and fifty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''The Table of the P .... Cast References Bibliography *Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013. External links * 1939 films Italian comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1939 comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Max Neufeld Films shot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
