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Dorian Gray (actress)
Maria Luisa Mangini (2 February 1928 – 15 February 2011), better known as Dorian Gray, was an Italian actress. Biography Gray made her stage debut in 1950. After five years she left the world of the theater and devoted herself to cinema. The role she played most often in films was that of a seductive sex kitten. She played the titular "bad girl" in ''Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina''. She also appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni's ''Il grido''. In 1957, she took part in ''The Nights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini. Death On February 15, 2011, Gray committed suicide by gunshot at her home in Torcegno. She was 83 years old; some media, however, reported her age as 75, since she herself claimed to have been born in 1936. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolzano
Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The greater metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants and is one of the urban centers within the Alps. Bolzano is the seat of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, where lectures and seminars are held in English, German, and Italian. The city is also home to the Italian Army's Alpini High Command (COMALP) and some of its combat and support units. In the 2020 version of the annual ranking of quality of life in Italian cities, Bolzano was ranked joint first for quality of life alongside Bologna. Along with other Alpine towns in South Tyrol, Bolzano engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention. The Convention aims to promote and achieve sustainable developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Io Piaccio
''Io piaccio'' (also known as ''La via del successo... con le donne'') is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Plot Professor Maldi, a researcher on the company held by Commendatore Tassinetti (Aldo Fabrizi), experiments on various animals, and especially on the capon Gildo, its preparation which should give courage to the men. Pressed by Tassinetti Maldi decides to experiment on himself the latest version of its compound, without waiting to know the reaction of the capon. Soon, the shy Maldi finds himself desired by every woman he meets: rather than courage, his discovery provides an irresistible fascination for twenty-four hours. Cast * Walter Chiari: Prof. Roberto Maldi * Aldo Fabrizi: Commendatore Tassinetti * Peppino De Filippo: Nicolino Donati * Dorian Gray: Doriana Paris * Bianca Maria Fusari: Sandra, Maldi's assistant * Tina Pica: Sibilla * Mario Carotenuto: Marassino * Sandra Mondaini:Giovanna * Lina Volonghi: Lucia, Tassinetti's wife * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colossus And The Amazon Queen
''Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' ( it, La regina delle Amazzoni/ ''Queen of the Amazons'') is a 1960 Italian sword and sandal comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala. Cast *Rod Taylor as Pirro *Ed Fury as Glauco *Dorian Gray as Antiope *Daniela Rocca as Melitta *Gianna Maria Canale as La Regina *Alberto Farnese as Losco - Il pirata *Giorgia Moll as Amazone *Folco Lulli *Ignazio Leone as Sopho *Adriana Facchetti as Sacerdota *Paola Falchi as Amazone *Enzo Cerusico as Menandro *Marco Tulli as Eumeo - Oste Production The film stars two American actors in the lead roles, Rod Taylor and bodybuilder Ed Fury Ed Fury (born Rupert Edmund Holovchik; June 6, 1928) is an American bodybuilder, actor, and model. He is best known for starring in a number of " sword-and-sandal" films in the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Born in Long Island, New York, Fury mov .... Taylor claims to have rewritten the script extensively.Stephen Vagg, ''Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood'', Bear Manor Media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Mattatore
''Love and Larceny'' (in Italian, ''Il mattatore'', "The Showman") is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Gerardo is an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy. Due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, he is involved in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant. His inexperience resulted in he is the only one to be arrested and sentenced to several months in prison. There he encounters a vast array of petty criminals, devoted primarily to scams of various kinds. He befriends Chinotto, a con man for whom the doors of the prisons are like "revolving doors of a large hotel." Cast * Vittorio Gassman as Gerardo Latini * Peppino De Filippo as De Rosa, aka "Chinotto" * Dorian Gray as Elena * Anna Maria Ferrero as Annalisa Rauseo * Mario Carotenuto as Lallo Cortina * Alberto Bonucci as Gloria Patri * Fosco Giachetti as General Benito Mesci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Sorprese Dell'amore
''Le sorprese dell'amore'' ("Surprise of Love") is a 1959 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Luigi Comencini. Cast *Dorian Gray as Didì *Walter Chiari as Ferdinando *Anna Maria Ferrero as Mariarosa * Sylva Koscina as Marianna *Franco Fabrizi as Battista *Mario Carotenuto as Don Maurizio * Elena Zareschi as Carlotta *Vittorio Gassman as the schoolmaster *Valeria Fabrizi as Mimma *Carletto Sposito as Gaspare *Memmo Carotenuto as the taxi driver *Angela Luce Angela Luce (born 3 December 1938) is an Italian film actress and singer of Neapolitan song. She has appeared in 80 films since 1958. She was born in Naples, Italy. Partial filmography * ''La sposa'' (1958) - Margherita * ''Avventura a Capri'' ... References External links * 1959 films Italian romantic comedy films 1959 romantic comedy films Films directed by Luigi Comencini Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari 1950s Italian films {{romantic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vacations In Majorca
''Vacations in Majorca'' ( it, Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Plot Anselmo Pandolfini lives in Palma de Mallorca. He meets a famous American diva Mary Moore who initially dislikes him, but persuades her to let him act as her bodyguard. Cast *Alberto Sordi: Anselmo Pandolfini *Gino Cervi: André Breton *Belinda Lee: Mary Moore *Dorian Gray: Hélène *Antonio Cifariello: Ernesto *Rossana Martini: Angela *Mercedes Alonso: Clementina *Vicente Parra: Gianni *Giulio Paradisi Giulio Paradisi (born 21 March 1934) is an Italian film director, actor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Paradisi enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and immediately after the graduation he made his acting debut w ...: Miguel Production The cast featured British actor Belinda Lee, then based in Europe. References External links *Film pageat BFI 1959 comedy films 1959 films Italian comedy film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Holidays
''Winter Holidays'' ( it, Vacanze d'inverno) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and Giuliano Carnimeo (collaborating director), based on story by Oreste Biancoli. The music score is by Armando Trovajoli. Cast *Alberto Sordi as Roger Moretti *Michèle Morgan as Steffa Tardier *Georges Marchal as Georges Tardier *Vittorio De Sica as Maurice *Eleonora Rossi Drago as La comtesse Paola Parioli *Denise Provence as Marceline *Dorian Gray as Carol Field *Vira Silenti as Vera *Christine Kaufmann as Florence *Geronimo Meynier as Franco *Mario Valdemarin as Toni *Arielle Coigney as Dina Moretti *Renato Salvatori as Gianni *Pierre Cressoy as Le comte Alfredo Parioli *Ruggero Marchi as Produttore *Enzo Turco as Magri *Mercedes Brignone as Princess Valmarin *Lola Braccini as Marchesa Serti *Anna Campori Anna Campori (22 September 1917 – 19 January 2018) was an Italian actress. From 1951 onwards, she appeared in 70 films. Life and career B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls For The Summer
''Girls for the Summer'' ( it, Racconti d'estate or US title: ''Love on the Riviera'') is a 1958 Italian romantic comedy drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini, based on story by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Alberto Sordi, Michèle Morgan, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Ferzetti, Dorian Gray, Franca Marzi, Franco Fabrizi and Jorge Mistral. It tells the five romantic and funny stories in the Gulf of Tigullio (Liguria, north-western Italy). Plot In the Gulf of Tigullio, in a lively summer around the end of the 1950s, various events intertwine, with their respective characters and their most disparate stories. It is here that men and women tormented by the need for money, try to take advantage of situations, at least apparently favorable, to solve their problems, all sharing the same epilogue: failure. Among these events, that of Aristarco Battistini, a penniless lover and administrator of a famous opera singer, Ada Gallotti, with a far from attractive app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogli Pericolose
''Mogli pericolose'' ("Dangerous wives") is a 1958 Italian comedy film written and directed by Luigi Comencini. Cast * Sylva Koscina: Tosca, Pirro's wife * Dorian Gray: Ornella, Bruno's wife * Renato Salvatori: Dr. Federico Carpi * Nino Taranto: Pirro * Franco Fabrizi: Bruno * Mario Carotenuto: Benito "Benny" Bertuetti * Giorgia Moll: Claudina Carpi * Pupella Maggio: Aurelia "Lolita" Bertuetti * Bruno Carotenuto: Tato * Maria-Pia Casilio: Elisa * Rosalba Neri: Angelina * Pina Gallini: Mrs. Zamparini * Pina Renzi: Ornella's mother * Nando Bruno: Taxi driver * Yvette Masson: Corinne * Vittoria Crispo: Caterina * Ciccio Barbi Ciccio Barbi (19 January 1919 – 26 November 1992) was an Italian film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) - Young Friend of Toto (uncredited) * '' Angelina'' (1947) - (uncredited) * '' Auguri e figli maschi!'' (1951) ... References External links * 1958 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Luigi Comenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenica è Sempre Domenica
Domenica may refer to: People *Maria Domenica Mazzarello *Maria Domenica Michelotti *Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini *Maria Domenica Mantovani * Maria Domenica Scanferla (1726–1763), Italian painter * Elena Domenica Rubeo *Domenica Ananias Cancino, Chilean field hockey player * Domenica Hodak, American soccer player *Domenica Michelle Azuero Gonzalez, Ecuadorian BMX rider * Domenica Žuvela, Croatian singer Communities *Santa Domenica Talao, village in Calabria, Italy *Santa Domenica Vittoria, town in Sicily, Italy Other * Domenica (American band) * Domenica (Greek band) * ''Domenica'' (1952 film), a French drama film * ''Domenica'' (2001 film), a 2001 Italian film * L'altra domenica * La Domenica del Corriere * Il sole di domenica * Il Blues della domenica sera * L'Osservatore della Domenica * Il pranzo della domenica * Il giornalino della Domenica * Doménica Montero See also * Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nights Of Cabiria
''Nights of Cabiria'' ( it, Le notti di Cabiria) is a 1957 drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. It stars Giulietta Masina as Cabiria, a prostitute living in Rome. The cast also features François Périer and Amedeo Nazzari. The film is based on a story by Fellini, who expanded into a screenplay along with his co-writers Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Besides the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for Giulietta Masina, ''Nights of Cabiria'' won the 1957 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This was the second straight year Italy and Fellini won this Academy Award, having won for ''La Strada'', which also starred Masina. Plot Prostitute Cabiria and her lover Giorgio playfully chase each other through a field and up to the bank of a river. Oblivious to Giorgio's criminal intentions, Cabiria stands close to the edge of the water, before being pushed in to the river, and having her purse and money stolen. She is quickly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto, Peppino And The Outlaws
''Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws'' ( it, Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge) is a List of Italian films of 1956, 1956 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. For this film Peppino De Filippo was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for Nastro d'Argento Best supporting Actor, best supporting actor. Plot Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa, who does not allow him in any way to have fun, as Antonio would like. One day Antonio and Peppino take advantage of the fact that the bandit "Il Torchio" has returned to terrorizing the country, pretending to be kidnapped by the band. The two astutely send a message with threats to Teresa, asking for money for the payment of the ransom, with which they go to spend a night of joy. Teresa, however, learns the truth and is furious, and does not believe the stories of Antonio, even when he is really kidnapped by the "Torchio". Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
