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Carlo Sposito
Carlo Sposito (1 May 1924 – 9 September 1984) was an Italian character actor, sometimes credited as Carletto Sposito. Born in Palermo, he was among the most active actors in the post-war Italian genre cinema. He was also pretty active on stage, radio and television. He died at 60 of myocardial infarction, in Rome. He was the brother of the playwright Faele. Selected filmography * ''For the Love of Mariastella'' (1946) - Rosalino * ''Difficult Years'' (1948) - Riccardo * ''Torna a Napoli'' (1949) - Vittorio * '' Flying Squadron'' (1949) - Allievo * ''Cintura di castità'' (1950) * '' Women Without Names'' (1950) - Ciulian the Albanian Ice-cream Maker * ''His Last Twelve Hours'' (1950) - Il duca Luca Sorino * ''Il monello della strada'' (1950) * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) - Il vice-commissario Sani * ''The Ungrateful Heart'' (1951) - Anselmo * ''The Young Caruso'' (1951) - Giovanni "Gianni" Palma * ''Paris Is Always Paris'' (1951) - Toto Mancuso * ''Una bruna indiavolata!'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is in the northwest of the island of Sicily, by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as ("flower"). Palermo then became a possession of Carthage. Two Greek colonies were established, known collectively as ; the Carthaginians used this name on their coins after the 5th centuryBC. As , the town became part of the Roman Republic and Empire for over a thousand years. From 831 to 1072 the city was under Arab rule in the Emirate of Sicily when the city became the capital of Sicily for the first time. During this time the city was known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovinezza (film)
''Giovinezza'' is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Delia Scala, Hélène Rémy and Franco Interlenghi.Spanogli p.68 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giovanni Sarazani. Cast * Delia Scala as Tamara * Hélène Rémy as Anna * Franco Interlenghi as Mario * Camillo Pilotto as Cesare * Carlo Sposito as Venditore ambulante * Virgilio Riento as Matteo * Eduardo Passarelli as Il brigadiere * Riccardo Billi as Venditore ambulante * Nilla Pizzi as Cantante * Enrico Luzi as Venditore ambulante * Alberto Sordi as Alberto * Alberto Sorrentino as Venditore ambulante * Gino Latilla as Cantante * Mario Riva as Venditore ambulante * Charles Trenet Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Italy
''Songs of Italy'' (Italian: ''Canzoni di tutta Italia'') is a 1955 Italian musical film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Marco Vicario, Rossana Podestà and Silvana Pampanini.Torriglia p.208 It was shot in Ferraniacolor. It was one of several musicarello directed by Paolella. Cast * Marco Vicario * Rossana Podestà * Silvana Pampanini * Fausto Tozzi * Anna Maria Ferrero * Tamara Lees * Giorgio De Lullo * Dante Maggio * Irène Galter * Lyla Rocco * Roberto Risso * Carlo Sposito * Armida De Pasquali * Italia Dini * Sandra Francis * Gisella Monaldi * Mercedes Mozart Mercedes may refer to: People * Mercedes (name), a Spanish feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or last name Automobile-related * Mercedes (marque), the pre-1926 brand name of German automobile m ... References Bibliography * Anna Maria Torriglia. ''Broken Time, Fragmented Space: A Cultural Map for Postwar Italy''. University of Toronto P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
''The Miller's Beautiful Wife'' ( it, La bella mugnaia) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini, that stars Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren and Vittorio de Sica. A remake of the director's 1934 film, 'Il capello a tre punte”, it is based on the Spanish novel El sombrero de tres picos that came out in 1874. Plot In the south of Italy under Spanish rule, the young miller Luca lives with his wife Carmela. A good-looking and sociable couple, they host lunches at their mill for local dignatories, including the Spanish governor Don Teofilo. When the governor makes advances to Carmela, she asks him for favours in return. His inept administration of the province leads to an outbreak of popular anger at the annual celebration of the town's patron saint and among the many arrested and detained is Luca. Donna Dolores, the governor's neglected wife, realises that he has gone too far in his handling of the inhabitants and begs him to release them all, which he does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Art Of Getting Along
''The Art of Getting Along'' ( it, L'arte di arrangiarsi) is a 1954 comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi. Following '' Difficult Years'' and ''Easy Years'', it is the third and final chapter in the trilogy about Italian politics under the continuing shadow of fascism conceived by Vitaliano Brancati. In the person of an unprincipled Sicilian rogue, it delivers a satirical portrait of Italian society from 1913 to 1953. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. Plot Sasà Scimoni, nephew and unpaid assistant of the mayor of Catania, adapts himself to any man who may be able to help him advance and to any woman he may be able to take advantage of. Falling for the wife of an honest socialist politician, he becomes an activist and through his machinations the husband gets five years in jail. By then the First World War, which Sasà avoids after feigning madness, has come and gone. Marrying a dim but rich heiress, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milanese In Naples
''Milanese in Naples'' (Italian: ''Milanesi a Napoli'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Enzo Di Gianni and starring Eva Nova, Ugo Tognazzi and Carlo Campanini.Marlow-Mann p.193 The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar D'Amico. Synopsis A northern industrialist arrives in Naples with the idea of building a factory to mass-produce the pizza specialities of the region, causing uproar from the locals. Eventually the two sides are reconciled through a double marriage. Cast * Eva Nova as Immacolata Santolillo * Ugo Tognazzi as Franco Baraldi * Carlo Campanini as Commendator Brambilla * Enrico Viarisio as Professor Clemente Simoni * Dolores Palumbo as Dottoressa Dora Vincenzi * Nino Taranto as Luigi Martiello * Carlo Sposito as Assistente del Prof. Simoni * Enzo Turco as 'Bersagliere', pizzaiolo fratello di Immacolata * Lilia Landi as Milly * Roberto Bruni as Ing, Velenzani * Loris Gizzi as Presidente della società * Amedeo Girardi as Attore ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Thieves
''The Three Thieves'' (Italian: ''I tre ladri'') is a 1954 Italian-French comedy film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Totò, Jean-Claude Pascal and Simone Simon Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon (23 April 1910 or 1911 – 22 February 2005) was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931. Early life Born in Marseille, France, she was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin Clair Simon, a French J ....Bìspuri p.143 Cast References Bibliography * Ennio Bìspuri. ''Totò: principe clown : tutti i film di Totò''. Guida Editori, 1997. External links * 1954 films 1954 comedy films French comedy films Italian comedy films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Lionello De Felice French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s French films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papà Pacifico
''Papà Pacifico'' is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonella Lualdi and Frank Latimore.Alberto Albertazzi. "Papà Pacifico" (review). ''Intermezzo''. 31 March 1954. It grossed 88 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot Cast * Antonella Lualdi as Luisella Ceccacci * Frank Latimore as Carlo Torquati * Nando Bruno as Augusto Ceccacci * Galeazzo Benti as Baron Alberto di Pontenero * Bice Valori as Gina * Carletto Sposito as The Toy Seller * Lucia Brusco as Maria Grazia * Agostino Salvietti as Raimondo Giorpani * Nerio Bernardi as The Prosecutor * Enzo Biliotti as The Judge * Marisa Valenti as Mara Lauri * Pino Locchi as Fofò * Angela Lavagna as Miss Giorpani * Franco Andrei as Pier Luigi Dodi * Cesarina Gheraldi as The Thief * Nino Milano as commissario * Luisella Boni as Donatella * Anita Durante as Ponte Nero's Doorkeeper * Ada Colangeli as Ceccacci's Doorkeeper * Anna Di Leo as Maria Teresa * Cicc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora, Slave Empress
''Theodora, Slave Empress'' ( it, Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio) is a 1954 film about Theodora, a former slave who married Justinian I, emperor of Byzantium in AD 527–565. It was directed by Riccardo Freda. Cast *Gianna Maria Canale as " Theodora" * Georges Marchal as "Justinian I" * Renato Baldini as "Arcal", Theodora's would-be lover *Henri Guisol as " Giovanni di Cappadocia" * Irene Papas as "Faida", Theodora's step-sister * Olga Solbelli as "Egina", Theodora's step-mother *Roger Pigaut as "Captain Andres" * Nerio Bernardi as "General Belisarius" *Carletto Sposito as "Scarpios" *Alessandro Fersen as "The Metropolitan" Release ''Theodora, Slave Empress'' was distributed theatrically in Italy on 29 September 1954 by Lux Film. It grossed a total of 592 million Italian lire on this domestic release. It was also distributed in France by Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France as ''Théodora, impératrice de Byzance''. The film was the first of director Riccardo Freda's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage (1954 Film)
''Marriage'' (Italian: ''Il matrimonio'') is a 1954 Italian historical comedy film directed by Antonio Petrucci and starring Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Pampanini and Alberto Sordi. It consists of three segments, based on three stage plays by Anton Chekhov. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori. Plot Grisna Smirnov Vittorio De Sica courts Elena Silvana Pampanini with almost fatal results. Cast *Vittorio De Sica as Grisna Smirnov *Silvana Pampanini as Elena Ivanovna Popova *Alberto Sordi as Ivan Vassilievic Lomov *Valentina Cortese as Natalia *Renato Rascel as Revunov *Guglielmo Barnabò as Stefan Ciubucov *Bice Valori as Levatrice *Ave Ninchi as Nastasia *Carlo Sposito as Epaminonda Massinovich * Franco Scandurra as Andrej Andrejevich Niunin * Pina Bottin as Daschenka, la sposa * Nino Milano as Kharlampy Marshmallopolis, il mercante greco * Vittorina Benvenuti as Maria, la domestica d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Processo Contro Ignoti
''Genoese Dragnet'' ( it, Processo contro ignoti) is a 1952 Italian crime-melodrama film. The movie relates the story of Michele, a man accused of murdering a kidnapped girl and his fight to prove his innocence. Plot Genoa. Two wealthy spouses have their little daughter kidnapped. The kidnappers ask for a ransom of twenty million: the father makes the payment but the girl is not released. The searches start and in a short time it turns out that her child died of suffocation. The outrage of public opinion initiates the investigation, but it takes many months before the arrest of the alleged culprit, a mechanic of a garage who cannot justify his sudden enrichment. After an intense interrogation, he admits to having driven the vehicle in which the child was taken to the kidnappers' lair, while totally ignoring the purpose of the mission. For fear he did not report the leader of the gang, who gave him part of the ransom before fleeing. He is sent for trial and, during the trial th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Husband For Anna
''A Husband for Anna'' ( it, Un marito per Anna Zaccheo) is a 1953 Italian romance-drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Cast * Silvana Pampanini: Anna Zaccheo * Amedeo Nazzari: Dr. Illuminato * Massimo Girotti: Andrea Grazzi * Umberto Spadaro: Don Antonio Percucoco *Monica Clay: Miss Illuminato *Anna Galasso: Miss Zaccheo *Giovanni Berardi: Mr. Zaccheo * Enrico Glori: Proprietario del cinema *Enzo Maggio Enzo Maggio (10 October 1902 – 13 July 1978) was an Italian actor. Born Vincenzo Maggio in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio made a long apprenticeship in the avanspettacolo theaters before and during the Second World War. On stage, he ...: Photographer References External links *dvd of the film 1953 films 1953 romantic drama films Italian romantic drama films Films directed by Giuseppe De Santis Films with screenplays by Cesare Zavattini 1950s Italian films {{romantic-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
