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Domenico Serra
Domenico Serra (1899–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. He made more than sixty films, many of them during the silent era including Mario Bonnard's historical film '' The Betrothed'' (1923).Goble p.305 In the sound era, he largely played supporting or minor roles. Partial filmography * ''Il tesoro della cattedrale'' (1915) * ''Il diamante azzurro'' (1916) * ''Il germoglio della morte'' (1916) * ''La trovata del brasiliano'' (1916) * ''L'apostolo'' (1916) * '' The Cavalcade of Dreams'' (1917) * '' Wanda Warenine'' (1917) * ''Sorrisi e spasimi della menzogna'' (1917) * ''Maternità'' (1917) * ''Le due orfanelle di Torino'' (1917) * ''I raggi 'Z (1917) * ''Il rifugio dell'alba'' (1918) * ''Il marito dell'amica'' (1919) * ''Le labbra e il cuore'' (1919) * ''La maestrina'' (1919) * ''Il buon Samaritano'' (1919) * ''Il mistero della casa di fronte'' (1919) * ''Federica d'Illiria'' (1919) * ''Il ventriloquo'' (1920) * ''Il marito in campagna'' (1920) * ''The Shadow'' (1920) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescentino
Crescentino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Vercelli. Crescentino borders the following municipalities: Brusasco, Fontanetto Po, Lamporo, Livorno Ferraris, Moncestino, Saluggia, Verolengo, and Verrua Savoia. Twin towns — sister cities Crescentino is town twinning, twinned with: * San Giorgio Albanese, Italy * Gmina Łososina Dolna, Poland People * Luigi Arditi (1822–1903), violinist and composer * Bartolomeo Caravoglia (active 1660–1673), painter of the Baroque period * Fiorenza Cossotto (born 1935), operatic mezzo-soprano * Domenico Serra, (1899–1965), stage and film actor References External linksOfficial website Crescentino, {{Vercelli-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciste All'inferno (1925 Film)
Maciste all'inferno (Italian for "Maciste in Hell") may refer to: * Maciste all'inferno (1925 film), an Italian film directed by Guido Brignone * Maciste all'inferno (1962 film) ''The Witch's Curse'' ( it, Maciste all'inferno, lit=Maciste in Hell) is a 1962 peplum-fantasy film, directed by Riccardo Freda. Plot In the mid-1500s, a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse on the inhabitants before she dies. One hun ..., a peplum-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda * ''Maciste All'Inferno'' (album), an album by Gojira {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song Of The Heart (film)
''The Song of the Heart'' (Italian: ''La canzone del cuore'') is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Milly Vitale, Alberto Farnese and Dante Maggio.Parish & Canham p.44 The film's sets were designed by Ivo Battelli. Cast References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Kingsley Canham. ''Film Directors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1976. External links *''The Song of the Heart''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1955 films 1955 drama films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani Films with screenplays by Mario Amendola Melodrama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orphan Of The Ghetto
''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.Goble p.238 Cast * Franca Marzi * Luisella Boni as Viola * Anna Arena * Renato Baldini * Alberto Farnese * Carlos Lamas * Barbara Leite * Carlo Lombardi * Nino Marchetti * Floriana Mulas * Nico Pepe * Letizia Quaranta * Domenico Serra References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links *''Orphan of the Ghetto''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1954 films 1954 drama films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steel Rope
''The Steel Rope'' (Italian: ''La corda d'acciaio'') is a 1954 melodrama film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Brigitte Fossey and Virna Lisi. Plot Cast * Brigitte Fossey as Marcella * Fausto Tozzi as Filippo * Xenia Valderi as Elsa * Virna Lisi as Stella * Nando Bruno as Checco * Olga Solbelli as Edvige * Rina Franchetti Rina Franchetti (23 December 1907 – 18 August 2010) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990. Selected filmography * '' Two Happy Hearts'' (1932) * '' La segretaria per tutti'' (1933) * ''The Peddler and ... External links * 1954 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo Borghesio Italian drama films 1954 drama films Melodrama films Italian black-and-white films French black-and-white films French drama films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda, The Daughter Of The Black Corsair
''Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair'', also known as ''Yolanda'' ( it, Jolanda, la figlia del corsaro nero) is a 1953 Italian film directed by Mario Soldati, and based on the novel Yolanda, the Black Corsair's Daughter by Emilio Salgari. Plot Collected at the age of two, in extreme conditions, by a company of gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her and who subsequently educated her in the military arts, making her, in appearance and in bearing, very similar to a young man. One day, near Maracaibo, the two intervene to help the escort of Consuelo, daughter of the Count of Medina, attacked by a group of brigands. Gravely wounded, on the verge of death, the guardian tells Jolly about her origins. Her real name is Jolanda, daughter of the Count of Ventimiglia, the legendary Black Corsair, treacherously murdered by Van Guld, Count of Medina, who then entrusted the child to him to kill her. He also tells her about the existence of a fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beggar's Daughter
''The Beggar's Daughter'' ( it, La figlia del mendicante) is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Paola Barbara, Franca Maj and Steve Barclay. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio. Plot 1860. In a villa in Naples, a foreign lady was killed: a poor beggar without one arm, Paolo, was accused of the crime, although innocent, he was sentenced to twenty years. The poor man's daughter, Anna, has worked in vain in favor of her father: she has only obtained the moral support of Franco, the son of the judge who sentenced Paolo. Franco, who is the leader of a group of patriots, partisans of Garibaldi, investigates the murder on his behalf and is induced to suspect his brother-in-law Giorgio, chief of police and the ex-maid of the murdered woman, who now is at Giorgio's service. Meanwhile Anna, threatened by her stepmother, who tries to market the girl, saves herself with the help of another patriot. Franco entrust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Of Cortona (film)
''Margaret of Cortona'' (Italian: ''Margherita da Cortona'') is a 1950 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Maria Frau, Isa Pola and Galeazzo Benti.Scaraffia & Zarri p.299 It portrays the life of the thirteenth century saint Margaret of Cortona. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Cast * Maria Frau as Margherita * Isa Pola as Lucia, la matrigna * Galeazzo Benti as Arsenio del Monte * Aldo Nicodemi as Marco * Mario Pisu as Rinaldo Degli Uberti * Giovanni Grasso as Tancredi, padre di Margherita * Lorenza Mari as Francesca degli Uberti * Virginia Balestrieri as Druba * Carlo Tamberlani as Vescovo * Mino Doro as Capitano del popolo * Raimondo Van Riel as messer Dal Monte * Fulvio Battistini as Zufolo * Riccardo Billi as Menestrello * Domenico Serra * Giovanna Galletti as Madre del bambino ammalato * Rita Andreana as Popolana al torneo * Arnaldo Mochetti * Diego Pozzetto * Ivo Karavany * Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In The Dark (1947 Film)
''Lost in the Dark'' ( it, Sperduti nel buio) is a 1947 Italian melodrama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. The film was based on a 1901 play of the same title by Roberto Bracco which had earlier been made into a 1914 silent film.Mancini p.13 The film's sets were designed by the futurist architect Virgilio Marchi. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Nunzio * Fiorella Betti as Paolina * Jacqueline Plessis as Livia * Enrico Glori as Paolo Nardone * Olga Solbelli as Emilia * Anna Corinto as Lolotta * Luigi Pavese as Frantz Cardillo * Giuseppe Porelli as Giovanni * Pietro Bigerna * Leo Dale * Primo Di Gennaro * Augusto Di Giovanni * Claudio Ermelli * Pupella Maggio * Annielo Mele * Tina Pica * Maria Luisa Reda * Alfredo Rizzo * Sandro Ruffini * Agostino Salvietti * Domenico Serra Domenico Serra (1899–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. He made more than sixty films, many of them during the silent era including M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Opium Den
''The Opium Den'' (Italian: ''Fumeria d'oppio'') is a 1947 Italian crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Emilio Ghione Jr., Mariella Lotti, and Emilio Cigoli. It was an unsuccessful attempt to revive the Za La Mort character, who had been a popular figure during the silent era.Moliterno p.208 Ghione jr. was the son of the actor Emilio Ghione Emilio Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Maria Ghione (30 July 1879 – 7 January 1930), known as Emilio Ghione, was an Italian silent film actor, director and screenwriter. Ghione was best known for writing, directing, and starring in the Za La Mort series ... who had originally played the role. Cast References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1947 films Italian crime films 1947 crime films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo Italian black-and-white films Works about opium 1940s Italian films {{1940s-I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Sole Mio (film)
''O sole mio'' is a 1946 Italian film, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It is considered one of the earliest films belonging to the genre of Italian neorealism, due to its use of exterior scenes and the inclusion of non-professional actors. The film is set during the Four days of Naples in September 1943. Its title refers to the Neapolitan song "’O sole mio". Tito Gobbi stars as an Italian-American officer who is parachuted behind Axis lines to gather information on the movements of the German army and facilitate the allied landing. In Naples he comes into contact with local resistance groups and ordinary citizens, who then join in the revolt against the German occupiers. See also *Cinema of Italy The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and the stylistic aspect of film ... External links * 1946 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Betrothed (1941 Film)
''The Betrothed'' (Italian: ''I Promessi Sposi'') is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Gino Cervi, Dina Sassoli and Ruggero Ruggeri. It is an adaptation of the 1827 novel '' The Betrothed'' by Alessandro Manzoni. The film's producers organised a competition to select the lead actress (eventually won by Sassoli) which was modelled on the hunt for Scarlett O'Hara by the American producer David O. Selznick for '' Gone With the Wind''.Forgacs & Gundle p.159-160 It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location around Como. The film's sets were created by the art directors Gastone Medin and Gino Brosio while the costumes were designed by Gino Sensani. The novel was turned into a film again in 1964 and a television miniseries in 1989. Plot Part One In a small town on Lake Como, the peasants Renzo (short for Lorenzo) and Lucia love each other, but are hampered by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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