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Call Girls Of Rome
''Call Girls of Rome'' ( it, I piaceri del sabato notte, lit=The pleasures of Saturday night) is a 1960 Italian film directed by Daniele D'Anza and starring Andreina Pagnani, Jeanne Valérie, Scilla Gabel, and Elsa Martinelli. Jean Murat also appears. Plot Behind the facade of a fashion house in Milan, run by Arabella, lies an efficient high-class prostitution ring. Cast *Andreina Pagnani as Arabella *Jeanne Valérie as Paola Masetti *Maria Perschy as Claudia *Scilla Gabel as Patrizia *Elsa Martinelli as Marisa, model *Pierre Brice as Aldo, lawyer *Jean Murat as General Masetti, father of Paola and Silvana *Romolo Valli as Commissioner *Roberto Risso as Carlo Malpighi *Corrado Pani as Young Blackmailer *Renato Speziale as Luigi, Arabella's lover *Giuseppe Porelli as Commendator Paolo Iavecchia *Luigi Pavese as Baldoni *Maria Grazia Spina as Silvana *Marilù Tolo as Luigi's mistress *Carlo Pisacane (actor), Carlo Pisacane as Neapolitan old man *Paola Barbara as Mrs. Masetti, mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele D'Anza
Daniele D'Anza (20 April 1922 – 12 April 1984) was an Italian director, playwright and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Milan, D'Anza started his career on stage, in which he is best known for the direction of the antimilitarist play ''Venticinque metri di fango'' that he presented in Milan in 1946 raising several controversities as well as critical appreciation. Another of his works, the rivista '' Tempo di musica'', a satire of Italian history from the 19030s to the 1950s, was heavily censored, being first banned and later allowed only after having received heavy cuts. He is regarded as a pioneer of Italian television, for which he worked since the early 1950s, when RAI started experimental broadcasting before starting the regular TV service. He directed several successful TV-series, in particular '' Il segno del comando'' (1971) and ''L'amaro caso della Baronessa di Carini'' (1976). His last work, the TV miniseries ''La ragazza dell'addio'' was broadcast on RAI post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romolo Valli
Romolo Valli (7 February 1925 – 1 February 1980) was an Italian actor. Valli was born in Reggio Emilia. He was one of the best known Italian actors from the 1950s to his death. He worked for both the stage and the silver screen. Among the directors he collaborated with were Vittorio De Sica, Sergio Leone, Roman Polanski, Roger Vadim, and Luchino Visconti, who cast Valli in three feature films (''Il Gattopardo'', '' Morte a Venezia'', '' Gruppo di famiglia in un interno'') and the episode ''Il lavoro'' of '' Boccaccio '70''. Valli died in a car accident, less than one week before his 55th birthday. Theatre * Così è (se vi pare) (1974) Filmography *'' Policarpo ufficiale di scrittura'' (1959) - Commendator Egidio Marzi Laurenzi *''The Great War'' (1959) - Tenente Gallina *'' Jovanka e le altre'' (1960) - Mirko *'' Call Girls of Rome'' (1960) - Il commissario *'' Il carro armato dell'8 settembre'' (1960) *'' La ragazza con la valigia'' (1961) - Don Pietro Introna *'' La v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Ciccolini
Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to Roy as a variant in the Francophone world. In India, Roy is a variant of the surname ''Rai'',. likewise meaning "king".. It also arose independently in Scotland, an anglicisation from the Scottish Gaelic nickname ''ruadh'', meaning "red". Given name * Roy Acuff (1903–1992), American country music singer and fiddler * Roy Andersen (born 1955), runner * Roy Andersen (South Africa) (born 1948), South African businessman and military officer * Roy Anderson (American football) (born 1980), American football coach * Sir Roy M. Anderson (born 1947), British scientific adviser * Roy Andersson (born 1943), Swedish film director * Roy Andersson (footballer) (born 1949), footballer from Sweden * Roy Chapman Andrews (1884–1960), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Malaspina
Michele Malaspina (16 August 1908 – 13 January 1979) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Bolzaneto, Genoa, the son of two shopkeepers, since childhood Malaspina has a passion for theater and was an actor in a company of amateur actors. At 18 years old, he entered the stage company of Alfredo Sainati, and from then he was part of the major stage companies of the time, notably the ones held by Emma Gramatica, Ermete Zacconi, Dina Galli, Ruggero Ruggeri and Camillo Pilotto. He made his film debut in the early 1930s, and during his long career he was mainly cast in supporting roles, being often used for playing high society characters. He worked for a long time at EIAR as an actor of radio-plays, and was also active as a dubber. Selected filmography * '' The Knight of San Marco'' (1939) * ''Lucky Night'' (1941) * '' His Young Wife'' (1945) * '' Immigrants'' (1948) * '' Heaven over the Marshes'' (1949) * '' A Dog's Life'' (1950) * '' Last Meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldo Giuffrè
Aldo Giuffrè (10 April 1924 – 26 June 2010) was an Italian film actor and comedian who appeared in over 90 films between 1948 and 2001. He was born in Naples and was the brother of actor Carlo Giuffrè. He is known for his roles in '' The Four Days of Naples'', and as the alcoholic Captain Clinton of the Union Army in the Sergio Leone film '' The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' in 1966. Giuffrè died in Rome in 2010 of peritonitis. He is interred at Cimitero Flaminio in Rome. Selected filmography * '' Assunta Spina'' (1948) – Don Marcusio, la guardia * '' The Emperor of Capri'' (1949) – Omar Bey Kahn di Agapur * '' Napoli milionaria'' (1950) – Federico * ''The Cadets of Gascony'' (1950) – Un caporale * ''Totò Tarzan'' (1950) – Un paracadutista * ''Vita da cani'' (1950) – Il barista (uncredited) * ''Totò sceicco'' (1950) – Altro legionario * ''Totò terzo uomo'' (1951) – L'avvocato del sindaco * '' Filumena Marturano'' (1951) – Luigi * ''Il padrone del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Barbara
Paola Barbara (22 July 1912 – 2 October 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1935 and 1978. She was sometimes credited as Pauline Baards. Life and career Born in Rome as Paola Proto, after her film debut in a small role in ''Campo di Maggio'' (1935), in 1936 she produced and had the leading role in '' White Amazons'' by Gennaro Righelli; the film had a huge commercial success and launched her career. Barbara was one of the most requested and popular divas in the 1930s Italian cinema industry; in 1941 she met the director Primo Zeglio who later became her husband. In 1943, with the worsening of World War II, Barbara moved in Spain where she starred on several films. After the war she moved back in Italy where she failed to recover her popularity, even keeping on appearing in dozens of films, sometimes directed by her husband, usually in supporting roles. Selected filmography * ''The Ancestor'' (1936) * '' White Amazons'' (1936) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Pisacane (actor)
Carlo Pisacane (February 2, 1889 – June 9, 1974) was an Italian actor who performed in over 70 films, including spaghetti Westerns like '' Death Rides a Horse'' (1968) and parodies like ''For a Few Dollars Less'' (1966). He's best remembered for his appearances in comedic classics, such as ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' and its sequel '' Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'', where he played the elderly and gluttonous small-time crook Capannelle. He also is known for his role as the miserly Jewish merchant Abacuc in '' L'Armata Brancaleone''. Selected filmography * '' La Tavola dei Poveri'' (1932) * '' Paisà'' (1946) * ''Alarm Bells'' (1949) * '' Processo alla città'' (1952) * '' Un Ladro in Paradiso'' (1952) * '' ...e Napoli canta!'' (1953) * '' La bella mugnaia'' (1955) * ''The Man Who Wagged His Tail'' (1957) * ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1958) * '' Men and Noblemen'' (1959) * ''La sceriffa'' (1959) * ''Il raccomandato di ferro'' (1959) * ''Prepotenti più di prima'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilù Tolo
Marilù Tolo (born Maria Lucia Tolo; 16 January 1944) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1960 and 1985. Life and career Born in Rome, Tolo, at a very young age, worked as an assistant of Mario Riva in the RAI variety show '' Il Musichiere''. She made her film debut at 16 years old in Alberto Lattuada's '' Sweet Deceptions''. She was also a fashion model, and a close friend of Italian stylist Valentino. Valentino said in an interview to Italian newspaper ''La Repubblica'' that Tolo was the only woman he had ever really loved. Selected filmography * '' Howlers in the Dock'' (1960) - Marilù * ''I piaceri del sabato notte'' (1960) - La sartina - l'amante di Luigi * ''Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' (1960) - Amazzone * '' Sweet Deceptions'' (1960) - Margherita * ''Le ambiziose'' (1961) * '' Shéhérazade'' (1963) - Shirin * ''Adultero lui, adultera lei'' (1963) - Lina * '' The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules'' (1964) - Olympia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Grazia Spina
Maria Grazia Spina (born 3 June 1936) is an Italian television, film and stage actress. Life and career Born Maria Grazia Spinazzi in Venice, Spina debuted as an actress with the theatrical company Stabile di Trieste, then worked with the companies of Vittorio Gassman, Aroldo Tieri, Elisa Cegani, and Glauco Mauri. She also had a prolific film career, but despite a great number of appearances, especially in comedies and adventure films, she failed to emerge. Her television career was more rewarding, and she had the opportunities to star in roles of weight in successful TV-series. She hosted the 1965 edition of Sanremo Music Festival. Partial filmography *''La vita degli altri'' (1957) - Luisa *''Promesse di marinaio'' (1958) * ''The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (1958, TV series) - Maddalena Bray *'' Men and Noblemen'' (1959) - La ragazza dell'albergo *''La cento chilometri'' (1959) - The Flute Player Friend of Elena *'' Juke box urli d'amore'' (1959) *'' The Cossacks'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Pavese
Luigi Pavese (25 October 1897 – 13 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Asti, Pavese started his career in 1916 working as a silent film actor at 19 years of age. He then began his theatrical debut in 1921 and eventually worked his way up to becoming a film actor by the 1930s. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1916 and 1969. By the time World War II ended, Pavese's popularity as an actor increased. He often portrayed characters with certain professions such as clerks, lawyers, soldiers, officers and notaries in comedy films and made frequent collaborations with other actors such as Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Walter Chiari, Alberto Sordi, including his younger brother Nino Pavese. As a voice actor, Pavese dubbed the voices of characters into the Italian language. He was the official voice actor of Fernando Sancho, Robert Strauss and many more. He even provided the Italian voices of animated characters belonging to The Walt Disney Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Porelli
Giuseppe Porelli (24 November 1897 – 5 March 1982) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born Giuseppe Porcelli in Naples, he graduated from the Istituto Tecnico and became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato. While there, he spent his free time involved in amateur dramatics. In 1918 he left his job to accept employment as a professional actor in the company of Irma Gramatica. Porelli later entered some of the most important stage companies of the time, specializing as a sidekick in revue shows. Active on films since 1926, he had an intense career as a character actor, mostly cast in roles of elegant and fashionable gentlemen in comedy films. He was married to the actress Rinalda Marchetti. Selected filmography * '' Just Married'' (1934) * ''Unripe Fruit'' (1934) * ''Thirty Seconds of Love'' (1936) * '' Felicita Colombo'' (1937) * '' Naples of Olden Times'' (1938) *'' The House of Shame'' (1938) * ''Naples Will Never Die'' (1939) * '' Heartb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
