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Cesare Zoppetti
Cesare Zoppetti (January 1, 1876 – March 15, 1940) was an Italian stage and film actor. Zoppetti was a prolific film actor of the 1930s, appearing in nearly fifty productions between 1930 and his death in 1940 including the comedy ''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932).Landy p.85-86 Selected filmography * ''The Private Secretary'' (1931) * ''Television'' (1931) * ''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932). * ''The Table of the Poor'' (1932) * '' Your Money or Your Life'' (1932) * ''The Blue Fleet'' (1932) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * ''Tourist Train'' (1933) * ''Seconda B'' (1934) * '' The Old Guard'' (1934) * ''1860'' (1934) * ''Mr. Desire'' (1934) * '' The Wedding March'' (1934) * '' Three Cornered Hat'' (1935) * '' The Wedding March'' (1936) * '' I'll Give a Million'' (1936) * ''Bayonet'' (1936) * ''Joe the Red'' (1936) * ''The Dance of Time'' (1936) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * ''The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * '' Departure'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Scoundrels Men Are!
''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' ( it, Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!) is a 1932 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini. The film was a great success, De Sica and Lia Franca became stars and the song ''Parlami d'amore Mariù'' was a hit. Rare in Italian film history, it was filmed on real Milan locations, nowadays it is a sort of documentary on what Milan was like in the 1930s. It was produced by Cines with film sets designed by the art director Gastone Medin. The film was remade in 1953 by Glauco Pellegrini. Cast * Lia Franca as Mariuccia * Vittorio De Sica as Bruno * Cesare Zoppetti as Tadino * Aldo Moschino as Count Piazzi * Carola Lotti as Gina * Anna D'Adria as Letizia * Gemma Schirato as Widow * Maria Montesano as Candies woman * Tino Erler as Mario Castelli * María Denis María Denis (22 November 1916 – 15 April 2004) was an Argentine-born actress in Italian made films. Denis moved to Italy in 1932 when she was 16, and appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Guard (1934 Film)
''The Old Guard'' (Italian: ''Vecchia guardia'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gianfranco Giachetti, Mino Doro, and Franco Brambilla. It was one several pro- Fascist films made by Blasetti during the era. The film is set in a small Italian town in 1922, where a local group of Fascist blackshirts battle against rival socialists who have called a strike at the hospital. Mario, the young son of Doctor Cardini, is killed in the fighting. The film ends with the March on Rome that brought Benito Mussolini to power. Although intended as sympathetic to the regime, and the methods by which it came to power, the film was not popular with the Fascist hierarchy who felt its portrayal of violence undermined the respectable image the party was now trying to cultivate.Moliterno p.41 Cast * Gianfranco Giachetti as Dott. Claudio Cardini * Mino Doro as Roberto * Franco Brambilla as Mario * Maria Puccini as La moglie * Barbara Monis as La mae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight At Eleven
''Tonight at Eleven'' (Italian: ''Stasera alle undici'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" mystery film directed by Oreste Biancoli and starring John Lodge, Francesca Braggiotti and Ivana Claar.Chiti & Poppi p.430. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. Cast * John Lodge as Jack Morris *Francesca Braggiotti as Lady Elena Norton * Ivana Claar as Ivana * Bianca Stagno Bellincioni as La marchesa di Fondi *Enrico Glori as Gabry, il gangster *Piero Pastore as Willy *Memo Benassi as L'ambasciatore Leopoldo Norton *Sergio Tofano as Il colonnello Muffon * Clara Padoa as Dorothy *Cesare Zoppetti as Severino *Vittorio Vaser as Walter *Renato Chiantoni as Il delatore del "Luna Bar" *Arturo Bragaglia as Il pianista del "Luna Bar" *Emilio Petacci as Il maggiordomo del ministero del Commercio *Cesare Polacco as Il benzinaio *Ugo Sasso as Leone * Paolo Varna as Max * Liolà Bonfili *Nino Marchetti as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Tarakanova (1938 Film)
''Princess Tarakanova'' (Italian: ''La principessa Tarakanova'') is a 1938 French-Italian historical film directed by Fyodor Otsep and Mario Soldati and starring Annie Vernay, Pierre Richard-Willm and Roger Karl.Moliterno p.303 It portrays the life of the 18th century pretender to the Russian throne Princess Tarakanova. The story has been turned into films a number of times including a 1930 film, ''Tarakanova''. The film's sets were designed by Andrej Andrejew, Guido Fiorini and Ettore Corsi. The film was released in the USA under the title ''Betrayal''. Cast * Annie Vernay as Élisabeth Tarakanova - la prétendante au trône de Russie * Pierre Richard-Willm as Il conte Alexis Orloff / Le comte Alexis Orloff - le favori de Catherine II * Roger Karl as Il principe Radziwill / Le prince Radziwill * Suzy Prim as L'imperatrice Caterina II / L'impératrice Catherine II * Memo Benassi as L'ambasciatore russo ''(In the Italian version)'' * Georges Paulais as L'ambassadeur ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departure (1938 Film)
''Departure'' (Italian: ''Partire'') is a 1938 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Vittorio De Sica, María Denis and Giovanni Barrella.Ben-Ghiat p.10 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Paolo Veronda * María Denis as Anna Diana * Giovanni Barrella as Anteo Diana * Cesare Zoppetti as Marsani * Carlo Romano as Giulio * Luigi Almirante as Baldassare - il nonno * as Miss Jane * Clelia Matania as Lolò - la dattilografa * Gianni Altieri as Giovanni Mattoni * Nicola Maldacea as L'usciere di Anteo * Elli Parvo as La contadina con il neonato * Emilio Cigoli as L'impiegato dell'agenzia marittima * Lilia Silvi as Una dattilografa * Rio Nobile as Mattia - l'autista * Checco Rissone as Il fattore * Mimma Rubino Rossini * Roberta Mari * Giulio Alfieri * Rosanna Schettina * Marisa Vernati * Gennaro Sabatano * Olga Ceretti * Lia Rosa * Norma Nova * Gemma Festa * Romolo Costa * Silvana Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Former Mattia Pascal
'' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (Italian: ''Il fu Mattia Pascal'') is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Irma Gramatica.Landy p.155 It is based on the 1904 novel '' Il fu Mattia Pascal'' by Luigi Pirandello. The film was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. A separate French-language version was also made, under the title '' The Man from Nowhere''. The film's art direction was by Guido Fiorini. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Mattia Pascal * Isa Miranda as Luisa Paleari * Irma Gramatica as La vedova Pescatore * Nella Maria Bonora as Romilda Pescatore Pascal * Olga Solbelli as Silvia Caporale * Enrico Glori as Il conte Papiano * Adele Garavaglia as Angelica Bonafede Pascal * Silvio Bagolini as Il portiere dell'hotel Luxor * Pina Gallini as Zia Scolastica * Luigi Pralavorio as Pomino * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il bibliotecario anziano * Luigi Zerbinati as L'idiota della pensione * Cesare Zoppetti as Paleari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ambassador (1936 Film)
''The Ambassador'' (Italian: ''L'ambasciatore'') is a 1936 Italian historical comedy film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Leda Gloria, Luisa Ferida and Maurizio D'Ancora.Chiti & Poppi p.25 It was shot at the Safa Palatino Studios in Rome. Cast *Leda Gloria as Marchesa di Savignano *Luisa Ferida as Isabella de Quevedo *Maurizio D'Ancora as Lelio Di Santelmo *Cesare Zoppetti as ambasciatore di Spagna *Enzo Biliotti as ambasciatore di Sassonia *Romolo Costa as Duca Paolo *Achille Majeroni as Granduca di Modena *Vasco Creti as segretario del Duca *Oreste Bilancia * Rosanna Schettina * Tina Lattanzi * Rosetta Calavetta Rosetta Calavetta (27 August 1914 – 3 February 1993) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography Born in Palermo, Calavetta made her breakthrough role as a teenager in the 1930 film ''Before the Jury'' in which she had a small role. ... References Bibliography * Roberto Chiti & Roberto Poppi. ''I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dance Of Time
''The Dance of Time'' or more literally ''The Dance of the Clock Hands'' (Italian: ''La danza delle lancette'') is a 1936 Italian sports comedy film directed by Mario Baffico and starring Marcello Spada, Ugo Ceseri and Luigi Almirante. It was one of only three films which the leading lady Barbara Monis appeared in.Lancia & Poppi p.248 It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti. Synopsis A young nobleman takes up motor racing despite the disapproval of his father. After a number of obstacles are overcome, he eventually triumphs at the Tripoli Grand Prix in Italian Libya Libya ( it, Libia; ar, ليبيا, Lībyā al-Īṭālīya) was a colony of the Fascist Italy located in North Africa, in what is now modern Libya, between 1934 and 1943. It was formed from the unification of the colonies of Italian Cyrenaica .... In the process he has met the girl of his dreams. Cast References Bibliography * Enrico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe The Red
''Joe the Red'' (Italian: ''Joe il rosso'') is a 1936 Italian comedy crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Armando Falconi, Luisa Garella and Ada Dondini.Apra p.99 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Cast * Armando Falconi as Joe Mark / Joe il Rosso * Luisa Garella as Marta Sandelle-Lafitte * Ada Dondini as Duchess Sofia di Sandelle-Lafitte * Barbara Monis as Annamaria * Aristide Baghetti as Gontrano Sandelle.Lafitte * María Denis as Marietta Clavel * Luigi Pavese as Stefano Sandelle-Lafitte * Angelo Bizzari as Giuliano lo spagnolo * Maria Dominiani as Ziska * Cesare Zoppetti as Ruggero d'Arment * Emilio Petacci as The detective * Remo Lotti as Germano il maggiordomo * 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayonet (1936 Film)
''Bayonet'' (Italian:''Arma bianca'') is a 1936 Italian historical adventure film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Nerio Bernardi, Leda Gloria and Mimì Aylmer.Moliterno p.258 It portrays the life of Giacomo Casanova. Cast * Nerio Bernardi as Giacomo Casanova *Leda Gloria as Manon, la ballerina *Mimì Aylmer as Agata *Romolo Costa as il duca di Parma *Tina Lattanzi as la duchessa di Parma *Antonio Centa as il servitore di Casanova *Enzo Biliotti as conte Paliski *Oreste Bilancia as cav. Kauffmann * Cesare Zoppetti as magg. Bertolan *Giuseppe Pierozzi as proprietario osteria *Lydia Simoneschi as Marina, la figlia dell'oste *Gino Viotti as Dubois *Mauro Serra as carceriere *Andrea Checchi Andrea Checchi (21 October 1916 – 29 March 1974) was a prolific Italian film actor. Biography Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter, ... as attendente del duca Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Give A Million (1936 Film)
''I'll Give a Million'' ( it, Darò un milione) is a 1935 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the first screenplay by Cesare Zavattini which tells the story of a disillusioned millionaire who, tired of the attempts of greedy friends and relatives to sponge off of him, becomes a bum in order to find a decent human being. It had an American remake in 1938, again titled '' I'll Give a Million'' and starring Warner Baxter as the millionaire. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Plot A millionaire is about to commit suicide by leaping off of his yacht into the sea. He is just about to go when he spies a bum attempting suicide himself. The rich man saves the bum and tells him of his frustration with his friends and relatives who are always seeking a handout. He then claims that he will give a million francs to the first person to treat him kindly without thinking about his wealth. The next day, the tramp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding March (1936 Film)
''The Wedding March'' (Italian: ''La marcia nuziale'') is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Tullio Carminati, Cesare Bettarini, and Assia Noris.Goble p.858 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. A French-language version with Madeleine Renaud Lucie Madeleine Renaud (; 21 February 1900 – 23 September 1994) was a French actress best remembered for her work in the theatre. She did though appear in several films directed by Jean Grémillon including ''Remorques'' (''Stormy Waters'' ... was also released. Cast See also * '' The Wedding March'' (1915) * '' The Wedding March'' (1929) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1934 films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Bonnard 1934 comedy films Italian comedy films Italian black-and-white films Italian multilingual films Sound film remakes of si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |