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Carlo Mazzarella
Carlo Mazzarella (30 July 1919 – 7 March 1993) was an Italian actor and journalist. Life and career Born in Genoa, Mazzarella enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1942. Almost immediately he debuted on stage, working with Anna Proclemer and Sergio Tofano, among others. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Mazzarella started a prolific film career as a character actor. In 1955 he started a new career as a television journalist for RAI TV, specializing on news about costume, theater and cinema, and gradually abandoning his acting career. He retired in 1985. Mazzarella died of lung cancer at the age of 73. Partial filmography * '' His Young Wife'' (1945) - Paglieri, il notaio * ''The Models of Margutta'' (1946) - L'esattore * ''Felicità perduta'' (1946) * ''Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone'' (1947) * ''Christmas at Camp 119'' (1947) - Ignazio (uncredited) * ''Arrivederci papà'' (1948) * ''Bitter Rice'' (1949) - Gianetto * ''Viver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An American In Rome
''An American in Rome'' (originally ''Un americano a Roma'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The film consists in a satire of Americanization, and it was referred as "a milestone in the evolution of Italian self-identification". It starred Alberto Sordi, with a young Ursula Andress in a minor role. Overview Sordi reprises the character of Nando Mericoni he played a few months before in an episode of comedy film ''Un giorno in pretura''. The character eventually returned in Sergio Corbucci's ''Di che segno sei?'' (1975). Due to the continuous references of ''Nando'' to Kansas City, Alberto Sordi received in 1955 its honorary citizenship. ''Nando'' would really refer to the state of Kansas and not to the city (he spoke about the life in ''the'' Kansas City and referred to him as a sort of highway policeman of ''the'' K.C.). Plot summary Italy in the Fifties. The image of grandeur and opulence, brought by the arrival of American troops in 1944, still has its effe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Hours Of Trouble
''Seven Hours of Trouble'' (Italian: ''Sette ore di guai'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi and starring Totò, Isa Barzizza and Carlo Campanini.Goble p.958 Plot Toto De Pasquale (Toto) is the holder of a modest tailoring. The day of the baptism of his son, receives the visit of the Advocate Espinaci (Eduardo Passarelli), charge d'notice the seizure of his property because of a debt long overdue and unpaid. When the lawyer discovers that the wife of De Pasquale (Clelia Matania) is an old friend of his, he decides to postpone. Toto, to ingratiate himself further, he decides to do godfather, forgetting that he had already entrusted the task to brother Matthew (Nino Milano), incurable bully. A few minutes later Toto, the lawyer and Matthew discover that the nurse (Bice Valori) has lost the baby after a fight on the streets with her husband. Without saying anything to his wife, Toto goes to look for the child and, in order not to suspect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Disco Volante
''Il disco volante'' is a 1964 Italian comic science fiction film with mockumentary elements directed by Tinto Brass and starring Alberto Sordi. The film features the renowned comedian in four distinct roles as a dim-witted Carabinieri '' brigadiere'', a cheesepairing accountant, a decadent count, and an alcoholic priest. Involving characters from different social strata, ''Il disco volante'' is effectively a satire of the Italian society, particularly the people of Brass's adopted home region Veneto. Plot The sergeant of the Carabinieri of a Venetian village is charged with carrying out investigations on the arrival of a UFO of extraterrestrial origin. During the investigation he finds himself questioning a group of people who claim to have actually seen the Martians. In truth, only Vittoria, a poor widowed peasant with numerous children, manages to get hold of a Martian, which she sells to her effeminate master. His mother, however, suppresses the Martian, accuses the peasant wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genius Or Scoundrel
Genius is a characteristic of original and exceptional insight in the performance of some art or endeavor that surpasses expectations, sets new standards for future works, establishes better methods of operation, or remains outside the capabilities of competitors. Genius is associated with intellectual ability and creative productivity, and may refer to a polymath who excels across diverse subjects. There is no scientifically precise definition of a genius. The term is also defined as the exceptional ability itself, as simply genius without the article. In that sense of the word, sometimes genius is associated with talent, but several authors such as Cesare Lombroso and Arthur Schopenhauer systematically distinguish these terms. Walter Isaacson, biographer of many well-known geniuses, explains that although high intelligence may be a prerequisite, the most common trait that actually defines a genius may be the extraordinary ability to apply creativity and imaginative thinking t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bigamist (1956 Film)
''The Bigamist'' ( it, Il bigamo) is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Emmer. Plot Mario De Santis, an enterprising trade representative who sells toothpastes, regularly married to Valeria, sees his life upset by the accusation of being bigamous. Accompanied to the police station, he is confronted with a certain Isolina Fornaciari, whom he would have married in Forlimpopoli a few years earlier. Mario, furious at the accusation, goes into de facto ways with Isolina's father, with whom he has a fight so much that he is put under arrest. Moreover, no one seems to believe in his innocence, not even his wife, who lets herself be negatively influenced by her sister and the family lawyer. When Mario is granted bail, his case is entrusted to an eccentric prince of the forum, talkative and extravagant. A friend of Mario's, met in prison, realizes that it could be a case of the same name and sets out to travel all over Rome in search of Isolina's real husband. When he finds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destination Piovarolo
''Destination Piovarolo'' ( it, Destinazione Piovarolo) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella. Plot summary In 1922, during Fascism, Antonio La Quaglia accepts the assignment to the station master in a remote town called Piovarolo, because that's where it always rains. Antonio soon realizes that life in the small village is sad, because the inhabitants are all old, deluded, dying, without hope. Antonio so hopefully he will be moved to a larger city; but the years pass and Antonio holds the same job. One day he sees off the train a beautiful lady, who does the primary school teacher. Soon the two get married and start a family, but always Antonio wants to get away from Piovarolo, but politics and the ministry do not care at all about him. Cast *Totò: Antonio La Quaglia *Marisa Merlini: Sara *Irene Cefaro: Mariuccia La Quaglia *Tina Pica: Beppa *Ernesto Almirante: Ernesto *Arnoldo Foà: the Podestà *Enrico Viarisio: De Fassi *Paolo Stoppa: Marcello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bravissimo (film)
''Bravissimo'' is a 1955 Italian film, starring Alberto Sordi and directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico. Plot Ubaldo Impallato is a precarious elementary music teacher, for years in vain in search of a steady job, who to make ends meet with after school. Among the children entrusted to him there is also Gigetto, who unlike the other companions has a singular characteristic: at the age of six he can sing with a wonderful baritone voice. The teacher, who in the meantime has become his tutor in spite of himself since his father ended up in prison, accidentally realizes this extraordinary gift of the little one hearing him interpret The barber of Seville (Ubaldo at first thinks he hears a singer on the radio) and decides to seize the opportunity. Thanks to an excellent performance in a television program for young talents, Gigetto is an immediate success and promises to become a real gold mine. With the help of a theatrical impresario, he is even offered Verdi's Rigoletto, in the role o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Hero Of Our Times
''A Hero of Our Times'' ( it, Un eroe dei nostri tempi) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Alberto Sordi. Plot Alberto is an employee who is the Italian average of society of the Fifties. Alberto is a go-getter, attached only to his work, and believes that everyone meets him wants to bring Alberto bad luck. Alberto refuses every contact with other people, but soon finds himself caught in misunderstandings and so the people, to take revenge on him and his meanness, force him to change his identity. Cast * Alberto Sordi as Alberto Menichetti * Franca Valeri as Vedova De Ritis * Giovanna Ralli as Marcella * Tina Pica as Clotilde * Mario Carotenuto as Gustavo * Leopoldo Trieste as Aurelio * Alberto Lattuada as * Bud Spencer as Fernando (as Carlo Pedersoli) * Pina Bottin as Secretary * Lina Bonivento as Aunt Giovanna * Mino Doro as Prof. Bracci * Giulio Calì Giulio Calì (26 March 1895 – 20 January 1967) was an Italian film actor. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neapolitan Carousel
''Neapolitan Carousel'' ( it, Carosello napoletano) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Giannini and starring Léonide Massine, Achille Millo and Agostino Salvietti. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, winning its ''International Prize''. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari. Cast * Léonide Massine as Antonio 'Pulcinella' Petito * Achille Millo as Pulcinella's son * Agostino Salvietti as Prompter * Clelia Matania as Donna Concetta * Paolo Stoppa as Salvatore Esposito * Maria Fiore as Donna Brigida * Tina Pica as Capera * Maria-Pia Casilio as Nannina * Giacomo Rondinella as Luigino * Sophia Loren as Sisina * Dolores Palumbo as Sisina's mother * Loris Gizzi as Erik Gustaffson * Alberto Bonucci as Lyricist #1 * Vittorio Caprioli as Lyricist #2 * Carlo Mazzarella as Baron * Vera Nandi as Lilì Kangy * Yvette Chauviré as Margherita * Folco Lulli as Don Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eager To Live
''Eager to Live'' ( it, Febbre di vivere) is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Claudio Gora. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. Plot Massimo lives in luxury, but in reality he is overwhelmed by debts and is tight in the shady business of the racing hall that he manages. To support his illusory rich life, he is forced to turn to usurers. He spends his days with a group of other snobbish and idle young people. Her partner Elena loves her, but he has no qualms about betraying her. His friend Daniele is released from prison, where he ended up despite being innocent, and discovers that Massimo, in order to pocket a derisory sum, had bribed the lawyer who defended Daniele and plotted so that his friend was sentenced. Elena is pregnant and a scam, discovered in her racing room, creates new problems for Massimo. To silence Daniele, Massimo arranges a meeting with Lucia, her ex-girlfriend, but the girl no longer wants to know about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Chose Love
''I Chose Love'' (French: ''J'ai choisi l'amour'', Italian: ''Ho scelto l'amore'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Renato Rascel and Marisa Pavan. It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. Plot Boris Popovic, third class undersecretary, accompanies the head of the delegation Ivan Ivanovic and two other delegates to Italy to participate in the Feast of the Brotherhood. Fearful and suspicious of anyone, he has with him a precious "symbol" to be absolutely hidden from the eyes of the curious, a white dove locked in a cage. During a stop on the train, a gust of wind takes away his hat where he has hidden all his money: he goes down to retrieve it, but his sudden departure separates him from the rest of the delegation. The hat with the money is recovered by Mario, an aspiring sacristan accompanied by a priest in the convent, who chases it in vain to try to return it: thanks to a ride in the car, he ends up in Venice but finds himself lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unfaithfuls
''The Unfaithfuls'' ( it, Le infedeli) is a 1953 Italian comedy drama film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno and starring Gina Lollobrigida. Cast * Gina Lollobrigida as Lulla Possenti * May Britt as Liliana Rogers * Pierre Cressoy as Osvaldo Dal Prà * Tina Lattanzi as Carla Bellaris * Carlo Romano as Giovanni Azzali * Irene Papas as Luisa Azzali * Charles Fawcett as Henry Rogers (as Charles Fawcet) * Paolo Ferrara as Il commissario * Giulio Calì as Cantagalli - il proprietario dell'agenzia Lince * Margherita Bagni as La madre di Marisa * Tania Weber as L'amica di Lulla * Carlo Lamas as Carlo, l'autista - amante di Luisa * Marina Vlady as Marisa (as Marina Wladi) * Anna Maria Ferrero as Cesarina * Carlo Mazzarella Carlo Mazzarella (30 July 1919 – 7 March 1993) was an Italian actor and journalist. Life and career Born in Genoa, Mazzarella enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1942. Almost immediately he debuted on s ... as Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
