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Carlo Innocenzi
Carlo Innocenzi (29 April 1899 – 24 March 1962) was an Italian composer. Life and career Born in Monteleone di Spoleto, Innocenzi is best known as a composer of musical scores for films; he composed over 150 film scores since 1933.Boco Fedora. ''Gli Umbri: 99 biografie di donne e uomini illustri dalla Latinità al Novecento''. Perugia, 1999. . From 1958 till his death, he focused on peplum film scores. Innocenzi also composed several pop songs, and some of them were not only commercial hits but also became instant classics, notably "Mille lire al mese" and "Valeria ragazza poco seria". He was married to Sonia Pearlwing, who under the name of Marcella Rivi was the author of the lyrics for several songs composed by him. Selected filmography * ''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * '' Disturbance'' (1942) * '' Invisible Chains'' (1942) * '' Two Hearts'' (1943) * '' Un uomo ritorna'' (1946) * ''Anthony of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteleone Di Spoleto
Monteleone di Spoleto (in Antiquity, the Roman town of ''Brufa''), is a town and ''comune'' of Italy, in the province of Perugia in southeast Umbria at 978 meters (3209 ft) above sea-level overhanging the upper valley of the Corno River. It is one of the more remote towns in Umbria, on a mountain road from Norcia and Cascia (33 km and 12 km NNE respectively) to Leonessa and Rieti in the Lazio (10 km S and 51 km SSW). The population of the ''comune'' was 648 in 2010, with the town proper accounting for about half of that; the ''frazioni'' of Monteleone are Butino, Rescia, Ruscio, and Trivio. History Monteleone is famous for one of the world's great archaeological finds: a 6th‑century BC Etruscan chariot that quickly followed the path of money and by the early 20th century had already wound up in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. A copy of the chariot is on display in Monteleone. There remain, however, few if any traces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Girls From Rome
''Three Girls from Rome'' ( it, Le ragazze di Piazza Spagna, released as ''Girls of the Spanish Steps'' in the UK) is a 1952 Italian classic comedy drama film directed by Luciano Emmer. Cast *Lucia Bosè as Marisa *Cosetta Greco as Elena *Liliana Bonfatti as Lucia *Renato Salvatori as Augusto *Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello * Mario Silvani as Alberto *Ave Ninchi as Marisa's mother *Leda Gloria as Elena's mother *Eduardo De Filippo as Vittorio *Anna Maria Gugliari as Leda *Giorgio Bassani as the Narrator Remake In 1998 there was a remake for RAI2 television, a miniseries starring Romina Mondello, Vittoria Belvedere and Alice Evans Alice Evans (born 2 August 1968) is a former British-American actress. Early life Evans was born in Summit, New Jersey, to British parents, mathematician David Evans and teacher Janet Evans. She was raised in Bristol, and attended Henbury sch ... followed by a 180-minute movie ''Le Ragazze Di Piazza Di Spagna 2'' a year later. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince With The Red Mask
''The Prince with the Red Mask'' (Italian: ''Il principe dalla maschera rossa'') is a 1955 Italian historical adventure film directed by Leopoldo Savona and starring Frank Latimore, Maria Fiore and Yvonne Furneaux.Curti p.172 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Frank Latimore as Masuccio, il principe dalla maschera rossa * Maria Fiore as Isabella * Yvonne Furneaux as Laura * Elio Steiner as Il capitano Alberino * Camillo Pilotto as Ser Gaspare * Livio Lorenzon as Monaldo * Maria Gambarelli as Giselda * Mario Sailer * Vincent Barbi * Sante Simeone * Tony Angeli * Loris Bazzocchi * Luciano Benetti * Sergio Fantoni Sergio Fantoni (7 August 1930 – 17 April 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor and director. Biography Fantoni was born in Rome to the actor Cesare Fantoni. He began his career appearing in films, radio dramas, television and theatrical pro ... References Bibliography * Curti, Roberto. ''Riccardo Freda: The Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened At The Police Station
''It Happened at the Police Station'' (Italian: ''Accadde al commissariato'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi and Walter Chiari.Lanzoni p.18 Cast * Nino Taranto as Police Commissioner * Alberto Sordi as Alberto Tadini * Walter Chiari as Luigi Giovetti * Lucia Bosè as Stefania Rocca, wife of Luigi * Riccardo Billi as Riccardo, 1st tram driver * Mario Riva as 2nd tram driver * Carlo Dapporto as Antonio Badimenti * Lauretta Masiero as Silvana Moretti * Mara Berni as Arnalda Bazzini * Turi Pandolfini as Cannizzaro, the old man * Mario Abbate as Lucio Davila, the singer * Bruna Corrà as Street walker * Natale Cirino as Marshal (Italy), Marshal Cannavò * Andreina Paul as The maid * Carlo Romano as Thief's victim * Anna Campori as The woman protesting against the strike * Alberto Sorrentino as Comic actor * Ignazio Balsamo as Taxi driver * Teresa Werlen as Enrichetta Biagioli * Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boatman Of Amalfi
''The Boatman of Amalfi'' (Italian: ''Il barcaiolo di Amalfi'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Mino Roli and starring Mario Vitale, Franca Marzi and Guido Celano.Lancia p.203 The film's sets were designed by the art director Massimiliano Capriccioli. It is based on the 1883 novel of the same title by Francesco Mastriani. Cast * Mario Vitale as Aspreno Selva * Franca Marzi as Cristina * Guido Celano as Antonio Selva * Leda Gloria as Rita Selva * Fiorella Ferrero as Mery * Margherita Bagni as Serafina * Luigi Cimara as Sir White - the consul * Oscar Blando as Toto' * Valeria Moriconi as Martina * Alessandra Panaro * Roberto Bruni as Don Costanzo * Augusto Di Giovanni as Avv. difensore * Nino Marchesini * Filippo Scelzo Filippo Scelzo (19 April 1900 – 9 October 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than forty films including '' Red Passport'' in which he played the male lead.Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Island Monster
''The Island Monster'' (Italian: ''Il mostro dell'isola''/ ''The Monster of the Island'') is a 1954 Italian thriller film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi and Germana Paolieri. It was made at Cinecitta Studios with location shooting taking place on the island of Ischia. Plot Don Gaetano, an apparently respectable man but the leader of a gang of traffickers, kidnaps a little girl to force a policeman not to investigate; the latter, aided by a woman of the gang, frees the child and arrests the criminals. Cast *Boris Karloff as Don Gaetano * Franca Marzi as Gloria D'Auro * Renato Vicario as Ten. Mario Andreani * Patrizia Remiddi as Fiorella Andreani * Jole Fierro as Giulia * Carlo Duse as Foster * Germana Paolieri as Adalgisa * Giuseppe Chinnici as Maresciallo Antonio Carcani * Giulio Battiferri as Il rapitore * Domenico De Nimmo as Uomo di Pozzuoli * Clara Gamberini as La contessa * Salvatore Scibetta Salvatore may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Song (1954 Film)
''Love Song'' (Italian: ''Canzone d'amore'') is a 1954 Italian musical film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Claudio Villa, Maria Fiore and Walter Santesso.Chiti & Poppi p.77 The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio. Cast * Claudio Villa as Sandro * Maria Fiore as Lidia * Bruna Corrà as Ada * Walter Santesso as Mario * Silvio Noto * Beniamino Maggio * Maria Laura Rocca * Alberto Talegalli * Maria Zanoli * Giulio Battiferri * Aristide Catani * Milvia Chianelli * Rosetta D'Este * Cesare Fantoni * Armando Furlai * Ettore Jannetti * Gianni Luda * Vittoria Mongardi * Cristina Pall * Mario Passante * Emilia Ristori * Rita Simoni References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. External links * ''Love Song''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tears Of Love
''Tears of Love'' (Italian: ''Lacrime d'amore'') is a 1954 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Pino Mercanti and starring Achille Togliani, Katina Ranieri and Otello Toso.Chiti & Poppi p.201 Cast * Achille Togliani as Mario Benetti * Katina Ranieri as Grazia Montalto * Bianca Maria Fusari as Rosella * Otello Toso as Davide Montalto * Enrico Glori as Comm. Goebritz * Umberto Spadaro as Don Vincenzo Benetti * Rita Rosa * Inelda Meroni * Dina De Santis * Nadia Bianchi * Mimo Billi * Roberto Paoletti * John Kitzmiller * Carlo Romano * Nada Cortese * Piero Giagnoni * Giacomo Furia * Galeazzo Benti as Dominique * Giulio Calì * Marco Tulli * Anellina Furia * Alberto D'Amario * Renato Lupi Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means " born again" (natus = born). In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it exists in masculine and feminine forms: Renato and Renata. In French they have been translated to René and Renée. Renata is ... * Edoardo Nevola References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Of Life And Love
''Of Life and Love'' ( it, Questa è la vita) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi, Giorgio Pastina, Mario Soldati and Luigi Zampa. Plot The film tells four episodes from stories written by Luigi Pirandello (from the work: ''Novelle per un anno''). The jar A landowner ignorant and arrogant he is afraid that his big jar is broken because of a storm that is coming and he entrusts it to one of its employees silly that the rocks. The owner angrily dismisses the man and called Zi 'Dima, the master repairman to fix the jar, but they get stuck in there. Ventaglino A woman spends all his possessions for a fan and starts to play the role of a prostitute. The license Rosario chiarchiaro she won the enmity of his countrymen because he wants to settle the "license Evil Eye" so that his family can live in more favorable conditions. To do this, disguises herself as a true bearer of bad luck (think that Toto had a great fear for jettatori) finally getting his job Tight Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matrimonial Agency (1953 Film)
''Matrimonial Agency'' (Italian: ''Agenzia matrimoniale'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Delia Scala, Aroldo Tieri and Erminio Macario. It was based on a play by Eduardo Scarpetta.Goble p.665 Plot Ms. Elena runs a marriage agency in a big city. The most diverse people come to her: Mrs. Amalia doesn't stop complaining about the betrothed chosen for her nephew, Donato has dragged her friend Peppino, a passionate cyclist, there, so that he can finally find a wife. Elena believes that the ideal woman could be her client, Mara, who has a great passion for sport. When she learns that the rich industrialist who was to marry Mitzi, another client of hers, has died, Elena sends her collaborator Mario, so that he can inform Mitzi as tactfully as possible and propose another suitor. There is also great anticipation for the arrival of Lodolini and the bride found by Elena. Finally, the right time may have come for Mrs. Elena too. Cast * Delia Sca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Past Lovers
''Past Lovers'' (Italian: ''Amanti del passato'') is a 1953 Italian melodrama film that was directed by Adelchi Bianchi and starring Lia Amanda, Vittorio Sanipoli and Irene Genna."Amanti del passato". ''Segnalazioni Cinematografiche''. Vol. XXXIV, 1953. Main cast * Lia Amanda as Anna *Vittorio Sanipoli as Carlo *Irene Genna as Roberta *Lauro Gazzolo as Servitore *Michele Malaspina as Count Bernardo *Gino Leurini *Mirko Ellis Mirko Ellis (4 September 1923 – 11 September 2014) was a Swiss-Italian film, stage and television actor. Born Mirko Korcinsky in Locarno to a family of Lithuanian origin, Ellis moved, after his studies, to Italy, where he made his film debut i ... * Nino Milano References External links * 1953 films 1953 romantic drama films Italian romantic drama films Films directed by Adelchi Bianchi 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Melodrama films 1950s Italian films {{romantic-drama-film-stub ... [...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] |