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Aldo Vergano
Aldo Vergano (1891–1957) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist. He was the father of actress Serena Vergano. Biography Born in Rome, was son of Sebastiano Lodovico Vergano and Eleonora Zuddas. Vergano was the co-founder with Alessandro Blasetti of the magazine ''Cinematografo''. He made his film debut with the screenplay of Blasetti's ''Sun'', one of the most important films of the Italian silent cinema. In the thirties, though persecuted by fascism for his political views, he was a prolific screenwriter of Telefoni Bianchi films. He made his debut as a director with the patriotic drama '' Pietro Micca''. Vergano is probably best known for the film '' The Sun Still Rises'', produced by the PNA, (the National Association of Italian Partisans), which is considered "one of the cornerstones of neorealism".Paolo Mereghetti. ''Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei Film 2008''. Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore, 2007. . Selected filmography ;Director * '' Pietro Micca'' ... [...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 Assembl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Fleet
''L'Armata Azzurra'' (English: ''The Blue Army'' or ''The Blue Fleet'' AKA ''The Winged Armada'' and ''Italy Speaks'') is a 1932 Italian aviation docu-drama and adventure film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Germana Paolieri and Ennio Cerlesi. It was Italy's first aviation drama film, with a fictional story that celebrated the Italian Air Force.Moliterno 2009, p. 78. Plot Commander Mario Spada (Alfredo Moretti) and Carlo Banti Ennio Cerlesi are pilots and best friends in the '' Regia Aeronautica Italiana'' (Italian Air Force). The air armadas that are flying on military exercises show off the air power of Italy. The two friends find that their minds are not on flying, they have something that comes between them – a woman. Spada's sister, Elena (Germana Paolieri) is being pursued by Banti. Spada sees his friend as a womanizer and does not like the advances being made on his sister. Banti attempts an altitude record in an aircraft prepared by Spada. When he crashes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Deaths
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 2 – A. L. Drummond of New York is appointed Chief of the Treasury Secret Service. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a declaration regarding the famine in the western counties of Ireland. * January 5 **The Australian shearers' strike, that leads indirectly to the foundation of the Australian Labor Party, begins. **A fight between the United States and Indians breaks out near Pine Ridge agency. **Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. **A fight between railway strikers and police breaks out at Motherwell, Scotland. * January 6 – Encounters continue, between strikers and the authorities at Glasgow. * January 7 ** General Miles' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In The Dark (1947 Film)
''Lost in the Dark'' ( it, Sperduti nel buio) is a 1947 Italian melodrama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. The film was based on a 1901 play of the same title by Roberto Bracco which had earlier been made into a 1914 silent film.Mancini p.13 The film's sets were designed by the futurist architect Virgilio Marchi. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Nunzio * Fiorella Betti as Paolina * Jacqueline Plessis as Livia * Enrico Glori as Paolo Nardone * Olga Solbelli as Emilia * Anna Corinto as Lolotta * Luigi Pavese as Frantz Cardillo * Giuseppe Porelli as Giovanni * Pietro Bigerna * Leo Dale * Primo Di Gennaro * Augusto Di Giovanni * Claudio Ermelli * Pupella Maggio * Annielo Mele * Tina Pica * Maria Luisa Reda * Alfredo Rizzo * Sandro Ruffini * Agostino Salvietti * Domenico Serra Domenico Serra (1899–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. He made more than sixty films, many of them during the silent era including Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John, The Beheaded
''Saint John, the Beheaded'' (Italian: ''San Giovanni decollato'') is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and Giorgio Bianchi and starring Totò, Titina De Filippo and Silvana Jachino.Moliterno p.316 It was based on a play by Nino Martoglio. The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Plot In a town, near Naples, in 1900, the cobbler Agostino Miciacio is accused by tenants of his apartment building to be crazy. In fact Agostino is a lively man, mocked by everyone because he is messy. He is very devoted to John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ..., so Agostino lights a candle every night in a small chapel in the courtyard. But some of the oil in the wax necessary for the luminary, disappears every night. It is a fact that Agosti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cavalier From Kruja
''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (Italian:'' Il cavaliere di Kruja'') is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Doris Duranti, Antonio Centa and Leda Gloria. The film portrays the 1939 Italian invasion of Albania.Liehm p.29 It was made as a propaganda work in support of the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. Cast * Antonio Centa as Stafano Andriani * Doris Duranti as Eliana Haidar * Leda Gloria as Alidjé * Guido Celano as Hasslan Haidar * Nico Pepe as Mario Marini * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Essad Haidar * Vasco Creti as Ilias Haidar * Arnaldo Arnaldi as Mirko * Oscar Andriani as Il capo della polizia * Dino Di Luca as Osman * Carlo Duse as Argiropulos * Katiuscia Odinzova as Miss Parker * Emilio Petacci as L'operaio italiano Ferrero * Walter Lazzaro as Magnani * Luigi Carini * Noëlle Norman Noëlle Norman (January 7, 1921 – January 11, 1985) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films including '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of Tricks
''The Night of Tricks'' (Italian: ''La notte delle beffe'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Dria Paola and Maurizio D'Ancora.Moliterno p.10 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nino Maccarones. Cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Capatosta * Dria Paola as Giulietta * Maurizio D'Ancora as Filippo * Elli Parvo as Maria, la figlia dell'oste * Olga Capri as Assunta * Ernesto Almirante as Francesco Acquaviva * Achille Majeroni as Righetti * Giovanni Petti as Gennaro, l'oste * Andrea Checchi as Giorgio Albini * Arnaldo Arnaldi as Pallotta * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Pietro * Oscar Andriani as Un falso brigante * Lia Orlandini as Ersilia * Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Men Only (1938 Film)
''For Men Only'' (Italian:''Per uomini soli'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonio Gandusio, Carlo Buti and Paola Barbara.Masi & Lancia p.209 The film's sets were designed by Piero Filippone. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome. Cast * Antonio Gandusio as Barnaba Tamburini * Carlo Buti as Carlo Lupoli * Paola Barbara as Cecchina Spolveri * Fanny Marchiò as Herta Gerbins, l'attrice * Guido Riccioli as Ulisse Lupoli * Loris Gizzi as Ladislao Paszkowsky, il regista * Pina Renzi as Miss Betty Thompson * Virgilio Riento as Pasquale Pappalardo * Giulio Alfieri as Natalino Sperenza * Nino Altieri * Oreste Bilancia * Enzo Biliotti * Pasquale Braucci * Remo Brignardelli * Giorgio Capecchi * Giovanni Conforti * Luigi Erminio D'Olivo * Bianca Della Corte * Alba Ferrarotti *Giuseppe Gambardella * Renato Malavasi * Nicola Maldacea * Thea Martinero * Bebi Nucci * Massimo Pianforini Massimo Pian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Brechard
''The Count of Brechard'' (Italian: ''Il conte di Brechard'') is a 1938 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Luisa Ferida, and Ugo Ceseri.Klossner p.83 It was adapted from the Giovacchino Forzano play. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Main cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Francesco di Bréchard * Luisa Ferida as Maria * Ugo Ceseri as Pérault * Camillo Pilotto as Licurgo * Mario Ferrari as Socrate * Maria Donati as Euterpe * Romano Calò as Gastel * Carlo Tamberlani as Carlo, Visconte di Bréchard * Armando Migliari as Roberto * Franco Coop as Matteo * Tina Lattanzi as Queen Marie Antoinette * Febo Mari as Richard * Giorgio Capecchi as Gerly * Aristide Garbini as Grange * Floriana Morresi Floriana ( mt, Il-Furjana or ''Il-Floriana''), also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the South Eastern Region area of Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta. It has a popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcella (film)
''Marcella'' is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Emma Gramatica, Caterina Boratto and Antonio Centa. It is based on a play by Victorien Sardou.Goble p.858 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. Cast * Emma Gramatica as La baronessa Contuni * Caterina Boratto as Marcella * Antonio Centa as Oliviero * Mino Doro as Renato * Aristide Baghetti * Mario Ferrari * Paolo Stoppa * Guglielmo Barnabò * Giuseppe Addobbati Giuseppe Addobbati (31 December 1909 – 4 January 1986) was an Italian film actor known for his roles in Spaghetti Western and action films in the 1960s and 1970s. He was often billed as John MacDouglas for films released to an American audien ... * Nada Fiorelli * Gian Paolo Rosmino * Rina Molé * Luigi Pellegrini * Laura Redi References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1937 films Italian d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Carnival Is Here Again
''The Carnival Is Back'' or ''The Carnival Is Here Again'' (Italian: ''È tornato carnevale'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Armando Falconi, Clara Tabody and Franco Coop.Aprà p. 99 The film was based on a popular stage play in which Falconi had previously starred. It is now considered a lost film. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome and on location in the capital city and around the Gulf of Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Cast * Armando Falconi as Il duca Gualtiero di Fogliaverde * Clara Tabody as Kay * Franco Coop as Gennariello, servitore del duca * Mario Pisu as Fausto, il pittore * Nicola Maldacea as Romeo * Dora Menichelli as La contessa di Mont-Marsan * Hilda Springher as Concettina * Celeste Almieri as La marchesa di Pigna * Ugo Ceseri as Prosperone Lauria * Albino Principe as Max * Armando Anselmo as Il marchese di Pigna * Ornella Da V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
