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Carlo Lombardi (actor)
Carlo Lombardi (2 January 1900 – 21 March 1984) was an Italian stage and film actor. Later in his career he often worked in television. He appeared in a number of films during the Fascist era, including a leading role in the historical epic ''Scipio Africanus'' (1937).Elley p.196 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * ''Giallo'' (1933) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * ''The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * ''Scipio Africanus'' (1937) * '' The Last Enemy'' (1938) * '' Star of the Sea'' (1938) * '' A Wife in Danger'' (1939) * '' The Castle Ball'' (1939) * ''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939) * '' The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * ''L'attore scomparso'' (1941) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''Headlights in the Fog'' (1942) * '' Torrents of Spring'' (1942) * ''Lively Teresa'' (1943) * ''The Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as one of the Italian's "Città d'arte" (Arts town), thanks to its intact Renaissance-era city walls and its very well preserved historic center, where, among other buildings and monuments, are located the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, which has its origins in the second half of the 1st century A.D. and the Guinigi Tower, a tower that dates from the 1300s. The city is also the birthplace of numerous world-class composers, including Giacomo Puccini, Alfredo Catalani, and Luigi Boccherini. Toponymy By the Romans, Lucca was known as ''Luca''. From more recent and concrete toponymic studies, the name Lucca has references that lead to "sacred wood" (Latin: ''lucus''), "to cut" (Latin: ''lucare'') and "luminous space" (''leuk'', a term used by the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castle Ball
''The Castle Ball'' or ''Ball at the Castle'' (Italian: ''Ballo al castello'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Antonio Centa and Carlo Lombardi.Nowell-Smith p.119 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Alida Valli as Greta Larsen * Antonio Centa as Tenente Paolo Karinsky * Carlo Lombardi as Giorgio * Sandra Ravel as Rita Valenti * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Ballet Master Petrovich * Corrado De Cenzo as Nicola * Vasco Creti as Sebastiano Larsen * Guido Notari Guido Notari (10 May 1893 - 21 January 1957) was an Italian actor and radio presenter. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1939 to 1956. Filmography References External links * 1893 births 1957 deaths Italian male film actors ... as Director of the Theatre References Bibliography * Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey & Hay, James & Volpi, Gianni. ''The Companion to Italian Cinema''. Cassell, 1996. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady Of The Camellias (1947 Film)
''The Lady of the Camellias'' (Italian: ''La signora dalle camelie'') is a 1947 Italian musical drama film directed by Nelly Corradi, Gino Mattera and Manfredi Polverosi. It is an adaptation of the 1853 opera '' La traviata'' by Giuseppe Verdi. In 1948 it was released in America by Columbia Pictures under the title ''The Lost One''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Costume design was by Georges Annenkov. Cast *Nelly Corradi as Violetta Valery *Gino Mattera as Alfredo Germont *Manfredi Polverosi as Georg Germont *Flora Marino as Flora Bervoix * Carlo Lombardi as Baron Douphol *Massimo Serato as Alexandre Dumas fils (prologue) *Nerio Bernardi as Giuseppe Verdi (prologue) *Onelia Fineschi as Singer: opera *Tito Gobbi Tito Gobbi (24 October 19135 March 1984) was an Italian operatic baritone with an international reputation. He made his operatic debut in Gubbio in 1935 as Count Rodolfo in Bellini's '' La sonnambula'' and quickly appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Gondola
''The Devil's Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola del diavolo'') is a 1946 Italian historical drama-crime film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Loredana, Carlo Lombardi, and Erminio Spalla.Klossner p.103 Made by Scalera Films, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in Venice during the wartime Italian Social Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Luigi Scaccianoce and Ottavio Scotti. Synopsis In the Venetian Republic a series of murders are carried out by a hooded man in black who always makes his escape through the city's waterways on a gondola. Cast * Loredana as Marina * Carlo Lombardi as messer Stelio Ricunis * Erminio Spalla as Marco, il gondoliere * Nino Pavese as Idillius, il bravo * Alfredo Varelli as Paolo Venier * Flora Marino as Imperia * Letizia Quaranta as Madre di Paolo * Carlo Micheluzzi as Il ministro di giustizia * Mario Sailer as Lorenzo * Giorgio Piamonti as Alvise Venier, padre di Paolo * Edgardo Pellegrini as B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tyrant Of Padua
''The Tyrant of Padua'' (Italian: ''Il tiranno di Padova'') is a 1946 Italian historical film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Clara Calamai, Carlo Lombardi and Elsa De Giorgi.Brunetta, p. 150. It is an adaptation of the 1835 play '' Angelo, Tyrant of Padua'' by Victor Hugo. It is set in Padua in the 1540s. Made by Scalera Films, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in Venice during the wartime Italian Social Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art director Luigi Scaccianoce and Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Carlo Lombardi as Angelo Malipieri * Clara Calamai as Tisbe * Elsa De Giorgi as Caterina Bragadin in Malipieri * Alfredo Varelli as Rodolfo degli Ezzelini * Nino Pavese as Una spia * Giorgio Piamonti as Omodei * Erminio Spalla as Un evaso * Carlo Micheluzzi as Il padre di Caterina * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as La madre di Tisbe * Memo Benassi as Cesare, il pittore * Andreina Carli as Reginella * Cristina Veronesi Cristina is a femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Priest's Hat
''The Priest's Hat'' (Italian: ''Il cappello da prete'') is a 1944 Italian historical thriller drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Roldano Lupi, Lída Baarová and Luigi Almirante. It is based on the 1888 novel of the same title by Emilio De Marchi.Bondanella & Pacchioni p.54 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios with sets designed by the art director Gastone Simonetti. It was shot in the summer of 1943, but its release was delayed to ongoing war events and it only premiered in Rome after the city's liberation by the Allies. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo Calligrafismo (, "caligraphism") is an Italian style of filmmaking relating to some films made in Italy in the first half of the 1940s and endowed with an expressive complexity that isolates them from the general context. Calligrafismo is in a sh ... style. Cast References Bibliography * Peter Bondanella & Federico Pacchioni. ''A History of Italian Cinema''. Bloomsbury Publishing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lively Teresa
''Lively Teresa'' (Italian: ''La vispa Teresa'') is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Lilia Silvi, Roberto Villa and Carlo Ninchi. It was produced in the style of the White Telephone comedies popular during the Fascist era. The film was only fully released following the Liberation of Rome, alongside other equally innocuous films such as ''The Innocent Casimiro''. This provoked criticism from supporters of the emerging neorealist movement who wanted to promote what they regarded as more innovative films, while the major film companies such as Lux Film and Minverva preferred more populist offerings.Gundle p.268 It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Mario Rappini. Plot A wealthy engineer is disturbed when he discovers that his son Alberto has fallen in love with an ambitious manicurist Luisa. He arranges for him to go on holiday to Venice while he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrents Of Spring (1942 Film)
''Torrents of Spring'' (Italian: ''Acque di primavera'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Gino Cervi, Mariella Lotti and Vanna Vanni.Chiti & Lancia p.432 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfredo Montori and Mario Rappini. Cast * Gino Cervi as Francesco * Mariella Lotti as Ilse, sua moglie * Vanna Vanni as La dottoressa Anna Soldani * Paolo Stoppa as Il dottore Berni * Carlo Lombardi as Alberto Claubert * Annibale Betrone as Il professore Weber * Marina Doge as Lucia * Wanda Capodaglio as La zia di Ilse * Vittorina Benvenuti as La capo infermiera * Armando Migliari as Il nonno in attesa * Joop van Hulzen as La guida alpina nella baita * Edda Soligo Edda Soligo (1905–1984) was an Italian film and television actress.Verdone p.111 Selected filmography * '' Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * ''Il signor M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headlights In The Fog
''Headlights in the Fog'' (Italian: ''Fari nella nebbia'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Fosco Giachetti, Luisa Ferida and Antonio Centa. The film's art direction was by Camillo Del Signore. It was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome and on location in Piedmont and Liguria. The film follows the lives of a group of truck drivers. It is considered to be part of the development of Neorealism, which emerged around this time.Gundle p.204 Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Cesare * Luisa Ferida as Piera * Antonio Centa as Carlo detto "Brillantina" * Mariella Lotti as Anna * Mario Siletti as Gianni * Lauro Gazzolo as Egisto * Carlo Lombardi as Filippo * Nelly Corradi as Maria * Lia Orlandini as Evelina * Dhia Cristiani as Gemma * Arturo Bragaglia as Un ciabattino * Loris Gizzi as Rico * Massimo Turci Massimo, also Massimino, and Massimine () is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Massimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Lover
''The Secret Lover'' (Italian: ''L'amante segreta'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti and Vivi Gioi.Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57 It was made at Cinecittà in Rome. Plot After her tutor embezzles and squanders her inheritance, a young woman is forced to seek work in a series of different occupations. Cast * Alida Valli as Renata Croci * Fosco Giachetti as Giorgio Amholt * Vivi Gioi as Diana Ponzio * Osvaldo Valenti as Valentini * Luigi Almirante as Il pittore Riganti * Camillo Pilotto as Giacomo Mori * Ada Dondini as Antonia Mori * Bella Starace Sainati as La contessa Bianca Lotti * Anita Farra as Teresa Amholt * Luigi Pavese as Melchiorri * Carlo Lombardi as L'attore Mario Fulvi * Arturo Bragaglia as Il ragionere * Jacchi Gambino as Krick * Claudio Ermelli as Il cameriere Ottaviano * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Marini * Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Il barone * Marina Doge as Un'amica di Renata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'attore Scomparso
''L'attore scomparso'' ("The Actor Died") is a 1941 Italian film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vivi Gioi. It is a remake of the German film ''Was wird hier gespielt?'' (1940) based on the eponymous play by Theo Lingen. Cast * Vivi Gioi as L'attrice * María Mercader as L'attrice ingenua (as Maria Mercader) * Stefano Sibaldi as L'attore * Giulio Donadio as Il commissario de polizia * Carlo Campanini as L'altro attore * Lauro Gazzolo as L'impresario * Bianca Della Corte as La figlia * Maria Jacobini as La madre * Virgilio Riento as Il trovarobe * Arturo Bragaglia as Il suggeritore * Carlo Lombardi (actor), Carlo Lombardi as Il "grande" attore * Manoel Roero as Il regista (as Manuel D'Alzara) References External links * 1941 films 1940s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Luigi Zampa Italian remakes of foreign films Remakes of German films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light In The Darkness
''Light in the Darkness'' (Italian: ''Luce nelle tenebre'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Fosco Giachetti, Alida Valli and Clara Calamai.Gundle p.215 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Alberto Serrani * Alida Valli as Marina Ferri * Clara Calamai as Clara Ferri * Enzo Biliotti as Il professore Ferri * Carlo Campanini as Farelli * Carlo Lombardi as Il maestro Sartori * Guglielmo Sinaz as Un minatore * Ciro Berardi as Un ospite della pensione 'Iride' * Cesare Fantoni as Il direttore della profumeria * Nino Marchetti as L'impresario musicale * Emilio Petacci as Il portiere * Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso, born Domenico Pasquale Giuseppe Sasso (23 March 1910 - 21 July 1981), was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Turin, in the early 1930s Sasso moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia ... as Un i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
