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Checco Durante
Francesco "Checco" Durante (19 November 1893 – 5 January 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 59 films between 1931 and 1973. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1931) * ''The Amnesiac'' (1936) - L'allenatore Marinoni * ''The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) - Direttore del Teatro Vittoria * ''The Castiglioni Brothers'' (1937) - L'oste * ''I due barbieri'' (1937) * ''The Black Corsair'' (1938) - Carmeau - Korsar * ''Duetto vagabondo'' (1939) * ''Il piccolo re'' (1939) * ''La scuola dei timidi'' (1941) * ''Perdizione'' (1942) - Il padrone dell'autorimessa * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1942) - Il commendator Biondelli * ''Don Juan'' (1942) * ''Signorinette'' (1942) - Il padre di Iris * ''Il treno crociato'' (1943) - Il capo cuoco (uncredited) * ''L'innocente Casimiro'' (1945) * ''Down with Misery'' (1945) - Il fattorino del radiogrammofono * ''The Sun Still Rises'' (1946) * ''Peddlin' in Society'' (1946) - Un ... [...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 Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Sisters (1950 Film)
''The Two Sisters'' (Italian: ''Le due sorelle'') is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Volpe and starring Vera Carmi, Enzo Fiermonte and Checco Durante. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivo Battelli. It was made at the Palatino Studios while location shooting took place around Matera in Basilicata.Chiti & Poppi p.133 Cast *Vera Carmi as Franca *Enzo Fiermonte as Barone Enrico *Checco Durante as Fattore Cosimo * Jone Paoli as Almina *Fedele Gentile as Antonio *Sandro Ruffini as Padre Giovanni *Mara Landi as Gilda *Anita Durante as Agata *Gina Amendola as Chiarina *Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Decio *Amedeo Girardi as Il Dottore *Lora Silvani as Agnesina *Roberto Spiombi as Nicola *Ugo Urbino Ugo is the Italian form of Hugh (given name), Hugh, a widely used name of Germanic origin. Its diminutive form is Ugolino (other), Ugolino. It is also a Nigerian Igboid languages, Igbo first name. It may refer to: People * Vgo (stonema ... as Cecè Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Years
''Easy Years'' ( it, Anni facili) is a 1953 drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Nino Taranto. Cast *Nino Taranto as Professor Luigi De Francesco *Clelia Matania as Rosina, his wife *Giovanna Ralli as Teresa, his daughter *Gino Buzzanca as Baron Ferdinando La Prua *Armenia Balducci as Baroness La Prua *Salvatore Campochiaro as preside * Flirt Consalvo as Rosolino Loffredo * Gabriele Tinti as Piero Loffredo * Angiola Maria Faranda as Teresa Loffredo * Eleonora Tranchina as Assunta Loffredo *Checco Durante as doorman Ministero *Gildo Bocci as usciere al Ministero *Mara Berni as Vercesi, studentessa procace *Guglielmo Inglese as capo divisione al Ministero * Aldo Casino as comm. Larina *Alda Mangini as Fedora Larina *Giovanni Grasso as Mario Rapisarda *Turi Pandolfini as the veteran *Riccardo Billi as himself *Mario Riva as himself *Domenico Modugno Domenico Modugno (; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Don Camillo
''The Return of Don Camillo'' (Italian: ''Il ritorno di Don Camillo''; French: ''Le Retour de don Camillo'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Édouard Delmont. The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. It was the second of five films featuring Fernandel as the Italian priest Don Camillo and his struggles with Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi, the Communist Mayor of their rural town. Plot Don Camillo is exiled to a remote and bleak mountain parish by his bishop at the request of Peppone, the Communist mayor of a small Po Valley town named Brescello. But the mayor develops problems with the citizens of the town, who want Camillo back as parish priest. In addition, a flood threatens to destroy Brescello and its environs. So Peppone calls back the priest, and he tries to raise the money needed to prevent damage from the imminent flood. However, delays occur and the flood devastates the area. Don Camillo insists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Of Silence (1953 Film)
''Voice of Silence'' ( it, La voce del silenzio, french: La maison du silence) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by G. W. Pabst, written by Giuseppe Berto, starring Aldo Fabrizi and Jean Marais.Rentschler p.285 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy. Plot A group of people, to try to make sense of their existence, retreats to a convent because each has problems considered insurmountable: a war veteran who is given up for dead returns from captivity in a sensational way and once home he finds his wife married and happy with another man; a partisan, during a war action, causes the death of three people; a votive candle dealer is too selfish to practice his trade. Then a writer famous for his production of works for adults arrive at the convent through which, according to many detractors, he corrupts many young minds, and a young priest who, dismayed by such a tumult of souls, is seized by mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Figli Non Si Vendono
''I figli non si vendono'' (literally, ''Children must not be sold'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film by Mario Bonnard. Plot Cast * Lea Padovani as Anna * Jacques Sernas as Carlo Dazzeni / Roberto Dazzeni * Maria Grazia Francia as Luisa * Paola Barbara as Signora Elena Dazzeni * Antonella Lualdi as Daniela * Dario Michaelis as Gianni * Checco Durante as Paolo Dazzeni * Galeazzo Benti * Dina Sassoli * Dina Perbellini Dina Perbellini (14 January, 1901–2 April, 1984) was an Italian actress. She appeared in over sixty films and television series between 1934 and 1969 and was also a leading voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy. She made her ... References External links * 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Bonnard Italian drama films Italian black-and-white films 1952 drama films Melodrama films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Poison (film)
''Love and Poison'' (Italian: ''Amori e veleni'') is a 1950 Italian historical adventure film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Lois Maxwell and Marisa Merlini.Poppi p.87 It was released in America in 1952, and is sometimes dated by that year. The film was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Set in the mid-seventeenth century, it portrays a romance between Queen Christina of Sweden and an Italian during her stay in Rome. Cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Franco Santinelli * Lois Maxwell as Queen Christina * Marisa Merlini as Orsola * Olga Solbelli as Domitilla Baglioni * Giulio Donnini as Gelasio Baglioni * Massimo Sallusti as Carlo * Anna Nievo as Annamaria Di Cerri * Alfredo Varelli as Egidio d'Alvernia * Afro Poli as Duke Di Cerri * Italia Marchesini as Astrologa * Cesare Fantoni * Oscar Andriani * Ave Ninchi * Armando Furlai * Corrado Nardi * Riccardo Foti * Lia Murano * Amina Pirani Maggi * Checco Durante * Achille To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Il Cinema!
''Viva il cinema!'' is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Baldaccini and Enzo Trapani. Cast * Delia Scala as Palmina * Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Tonino * Virgilio Riento as Gambalesta * Corrado Alba as Ugo * Marilyn Buferd as Tina * Carlo Campanini as Sé stesso * Walter Chiari as Sé stesso * Bruno Corelli as Mario * Lianella Carell as Gertrude Edelweiss * Carlo Dapporto as Ferdinando D'Alba * Nyta Dover as Franca * Jole Fierro as Paola * Dante Maggio as Ciccillo * Nino Manfredi as Amico di Tonino * Lois Maxwell * Marisa Merlini as Jacqueline * Alberto Sorrentino as Giovanni * Silvana Pampanini as Herself * Enzo Cerusico * Checco Durante * Arnoldo Foà as Producer * Guglielmo Inglese * Luigi Pavese * Enrico Luzi * Enzo Maggio * Paul Muller * Rossana Podestà * Luisa Rivelli * Giacomo Rondinella * Gisella Sofio Gisella Sofio (19 February 1931 – 27 January 2017) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Sofio started he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cento Piccole Mamme
''Cento piccole mamme'' (t.l. ''One Hundred Littles Mums'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Giulio Morelli and Léonide Moguy. Cast * William Tubbs as Prof. Martino Prosperi * Lia Amanda Lia Amanda (born 2 September 1932) is an Italian former film actress. Life and career Born in Rome as Lia Molfesi, Amanda was the daughter of the character actor Mario Molfesi. She debuted at very young age with her real name in Mario Monicel ... as Anna * Clelia Matania as director Sampieri * Checco Durante as commissioner * Juan de Landa as Don Michele * Ugo D'Alessio See also * '' Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) * '' Forty Little Mothers'' (1940) References External links * 1952 films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-language films Italian remakes of French films Films directed by Léonide Moguy 1952 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Fire (film)
''Fuoco nero'' is a black-and-white 1951 Italian melodrama film. It was released as ''Black Fire'' in the U.S. Cast *Otello Toso *Franca Marzi *Delia Scala *Saro Urzì *Renato Valente * Charles Rutherford *Giovanna Scotto *Attilio Dottesio (credited as Aldo Dottesio) *Checco Durante *Elio Steiner *Renato Malavasi *Marilyn Buferd Marilyn Buferd (January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990) was an American film and television actress as well as the winner of both the Miss California and Miss America pageants of 1946. During the latter half of the 1940s and throughout the 1950s, sh ... External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films Italian drama films 1951 drama films Melodrama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome-Paris-Rome
''Rome-Paris-Rome'' ( it, Signori, in carrozza!) is a 1951 French-Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Sophie Desmarets and Peppino De Filippo. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome and on location in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrico Ciampi. Plot Vicenzo works as an attendant on the sleeping cars between Rome and Paris. For several years he has had two families, a wife and scrounging Neapolitan brother-in-law in Rome and an attractive widow with a young daughter in Paris whose existence he has managed to keep secret from the other. When he is offered the chance to work permanently at one location he chooses Paris, but complications ensue when his brother-in-law follows him to the French capital. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Vincenzo Nardi * Sophie Desmarets as Ginette * Vera Nandi as Signora Nardi * Peppino De Filippo as Gennaro * Barbara Florian as Mirella * Noël Roquevert as Robert * Maso Lotti as Enrico Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguri E Figli Maschi!
''Auguri e figli maschi!'' is a 1951 Italian film directed by Giorgio Simonelli. Plot A marshal's daughters are engaged to three boys, but they can't get married because they can't find apartments to live in on their own. The boys finally find a place to live in peace, but a scammer tricks them into getting married quietly. The boys later found themselves amazed at the ruin of the house. The three couples try them all: from a beauty pageant to a dating house and finally choosing the definitive accommodation in their father-in-law's house. Cast * Delia Scala: Silvana * Maria Grazia Francia: Miranda * Giovanna Pala: sister of Silvana * Ugo Tognazzi: Mario * Aroldo Tieri: Ruggero * Enrico Luzi: Carmine * Carlo Croccolo: Antoniotto * Franca Tamantini: Paciottini's lover * Guglielmo Inglese: Vincenzo * Checco Durante: controllore * Nico Pepe Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
