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Ezio Carabella
Ezio Carabella (3 March 1891 in Rome – 19 April 1964 in Rome) was an Italian operetta, song and film music composer. He provided music for several films directed by Mario Camerini, among others. Josef Kloppenburg: Handbuch der Musik im 20. Jahrhundert: 2000- Volume 11 - Page 171 "Ein Pionier der frühen italienischen Tonfilmmusik war der Operettenkomponist Ezio Carabella (1891-1964), der mit leichter Hand zahlreiche Partituren u.a. für die Filmkomödien von Mario Camerini (L'ultima avventura/Das letzte Abenteuer, .." He was the father of the actress Flora Carabella. Selected filmography * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * '' Fanny'' (1933) * ''Like the Leaves'' (1935) * ''The Phantom Gondola'' (1936) * ''King of Diamonds'' (1936) * ''Mad Animals'' (1939) * ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * ''Then We'll Get a Divorce'' (1940) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) * ''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) * ''Short Circuit'' (1943) * '' The Son of the Red Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezio Carabella
Ezio Carabella (3 March 1891 in Rome – 19 April 1964 in Rome) was an Italian operetta, song and film music composer. He provided music for several films directed by Mario Camerini, among others. Josef Kloppenburg: Handbuch der Musik im 20. Jahrhundert: 2000- Volume 11 - Page 171 "Ein Pionier der frühen italienischen Tonfilmmusik war der Operettenkomponist Ezio Carabella (1891-1964), der mit leichter Hand zahlreiche Partituren u.a. für die Filmkomödien von Mario Camerini (L'ultima avventura/Das letzte Abenteuer, .." He was the father of the actress Flora Carabella. Selected filmography * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * '' Fanny'' (1933) * ''Like the Leaves'' (1935) * ''The Phantom Gondola'' (1936) * ''King of Diamonds'' (1936) * ''Mad Animals'' (1939) * ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * ''Then We'll Get a Divorce'' (1940) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) * ''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) * ''Short Circuit'' (1943) * '' The Son of the Red Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Dance (1941 Film)
''The Last Dance'' (Italian: ''L'ultimo ballo'') is a 1941 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Elsa Merlini, Amedeo Nazzari and Renato Cialente. It is considered to be in the tradition of White Telephone films, popular during the Fascist era.Moliterno p.10 It is based on a play by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Herczeg and features Merlini in a dual role as mother and daughter. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. Cast * Elsa Merlini as La baronessa Titta Marcus & la baronessina Giuditta Marcus * Amedeo Nazzari as Il professore Stefano Boronkay * Renato Cialente as Andrea Marcus * Paolo Stoppa as Felix * Margherita Bagni as La vedova Jurika * Nerio Bernardi as Il pittore Blanche * Armando Migliari as Il capo cameriere Vittorio * Carlo Minello as Marcello * Luisa Garella as La Zelinger, l'amica pettegola * Nando Tamberlani as Il rettore de l'Universita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysteries Of Paris (1957 Film)
''The Mysteries of Paris'' (French: ''Les mystères de Paris'', Italian: ''I misteri di Parigi'') is a 1957 French-Italian drama film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Frank Villard, Yvette Lebon and Jacques Castelot.Chiti & Poppi p.234 It is based on the 1842 novel ''The Mysteries of Paris'' by Eugène Sue, one of a number of film adaptations of the work. Cast References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * ''The Mysteries of Paris''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 ... 1957 films French drama films Italian drama films 1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's Prisoner (1954 Film)
''The King's Prisoner'' (Italian: ''Il prigioniero del re'') is a 1954 Italian historical adventure film directred by Giorgio Venturini and starring Pierre Cressoy, Andrée Debar and Armando Francioli. It is based on the novel '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' by Alexandre Dumas. The film's sets and costumes were designed by the art director Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. It was shot in Ferraniacolor and earned around 269 million lira at the box office.Chiti & Poppi p.290 Cast * Pierre Cressoy as Henri/Louis XIV * Andrée Debar as Elisabeth de Moreuil * Armando Francioli as Roland * Xenia Valderi as Rosa * Luigi Tosi as Carcan * Marcello Giorda as La Rabaudière * Nerio Bernardi as Saint-Maur * Olga Solbelli as Regina Anna d'Austria * Adolfo Geri as La Tallier * Sergio Bergonzelli * Miranda Campa Miranda Campa (31 January 1914 – 7 May 1989) was a Swiss-born Italian actress and voice actress. Life and career Born Liliana Campa Capodaglio in Geneva, the nephew of actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loving You Is My Sin
''Loving You Is My Sin'' (Italian: ''Amarti è il mio peccato (Suor Celeste)'') is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Jacques Sernas, Luisa Rossi and Elisa Cegani.Morreale p.134 Cast * Jacques Sernas as Count Giorgio Danieli * Luisa Rossi as Elena Galassi Monti * Elisa Cegani as Countess Danieli - Giorgio's mother * Alba Arnova as Valeria Ferri - Elena's friend * Jole Fierro as Sister Luisa * Patrizia Lari as Countess Laura Danieli - Giorgio's sister * Pina Piovani as The Mother Superior * Carlo Tamberlani as Monti - Elena's father * Giulio Battiferri Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1972. He was married to the actress Pina Piovani. Life and career Born in Rome, Battiferri started his caree ... as Tanzi - the police commissioner * Gino Bramieri as Guidi - Valeria's wooer * Víctor Ferrari * Giuseppe Taffarel as Mario Natali - the blind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of The Hunchback
''Son of the Hunchback'' (Italian: ''Il Figlio di Lagardere'') is a 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Rossano Brazzi, Milly Vitale and Gabrielle Dorziat.Parish p.498 The film's sets were designed by Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Philippe de Lagardère * Milly Vitale as Olympe de Chaverny * Gabrielle Dorziat as Contessa Lagardere * Vittorio Sanipoli as Conte Zeno * Nerio Bernardi as Cocardasse * Nico Pepe as Helonin * Antoine Balpêtré as Pérolle * Simone Renant as Mathilde Pérolle * Beppe Tranico * Raymond Cordy as Passepoil * Olga Vittoria Gentilli * Franco Balducci * Cesare Bettarini Cesare Bettarini (17 October 1901 – 19 October 1975) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in a number of productions during the Fascist era, including the 1935 drama '' Like the Leaves'' (1935).Caldiron p.46 Selected filmography * '' The Wed ... * Arrigo Peri * Isa Querio References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Red Roses
''Four Red Roses'' (Italian: ''Quattro rose rosse'') is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Olga Villi, Jean-Claude Pascal and Fosco Giachetti. A melodrama, it is set during the early years of the twentieth century. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Mario Rappini. It earned around 136 million lira at the box office. Plot In the early years of the twentieth century, during horse racing, a banker fails to conquer a model spotted by an already engaged boy and, in revenge, he makes the latter believe that he has conquered her and warns his girlfriend of her betrayal. The young man is challenged to a duel by her brother, but before the fight he manages to obtain evidence (which will later prove to be bogus) of the woman's betrayal. Several years later, the protagonists will meet again; when all things seem to be smoothed out, the banker's sudden jealousy sets off tragedy. Main cast * Olga Villi as L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Carlo Mazza
''Baron Carlo Mazza'' (Italian:''Il barone Carlo Mazza'') is a 1948 Italian musical comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Nino Taranto, Silvana Pampanini and Enzo Turco.D'Amico p.65 The film's art direction was by Virgilio Marchi. Synopsis A penniless baron desperately tries to reverse his fortune, and eventually attempts to marry a wealthy Mexican woman. Cast * Nino Taranto as Barone Carlo Mazza * Silvana Pampanini as Rosa Pezza * Enzo Turco as Cecè Rizzo * Franco Coop as Cosimo * Carlo Lombardi as Borgotti * Mario Riva as Annunciatore * Raimondo Van Riel as Zio Casimiro Pezza * Gianna Dauro as Edwige Mazza * Anna Corinto as La segretaria * Franca Del Frate as Elvira Pezza * Dianora Veiga as Lalla * Paolo Carlini as Fugi * Bruno Corelli as Il conte degli Strozzi * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as La principessa Strozzi * Nino Marchesini as Il nuovo rico * Augusto Di Giovanni as Il commendatore * Margherita Bossi as Sua moglie * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Devil (1947 Film)
''The White Devil'' (Italian: ''Il diavolo bianco'') is a 1947 Italian historical adventure film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Rossano Brazzi, Annette Bach and Roldano Lupi. It is based on Leo Tolstoy's 1912 novella '' Hadji Murat''. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini. It earned around 272 million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.116 Synopsis In the Caucasus a rebel fighter battles against the rule of an oppressive Russian Governor, although he is in real life a prince who pretends to be a supporter of the Governor. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Prince André Mdwani - Il diavolo bianco * Annette Bach as Countess Olga Kutezoff * Roldano Lupi as Gov. Alexis Ignatieff * Lea Padovani as Katiousha * Harry Feist as Col. Stanikow *Mario Ferrari as Prof. Ilya * Armando Francioli as Wassili * Vittorio Sanipoli as John * Vittorina Benvenuti as Elena * Angelo Calabrese as Michailoff * 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] |
The Ten Commandments (1945 Film)
''The Ten Commandments'' (Italian: ''I dieci comandamenti'') is a 1945 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Walter Chili. It features an ensemble of Italian actors in episodes based on the Ten Commandments. It was made during the German occupation of Rome, which brought a halt to all ongoing work at Italian film studios. Only two films made with Holy See, Vatican support went into production at the time, providing employment for actors and technicians. The other film was Vittorio De Sica's ''The Gates of Heaven''. Their work on the films enabled them to refuse demands that they relocate north to work in the Venice-based film industry of the puppet Italian Social Republic.Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013. The lengthy production process meant that it wasn't released until long after Rome had been liberated by Allied forces. Cast * Marina Berti as (segment "Non desiderare la roba d'altri") * Carlo Campanini as (se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Begins Anew
''Life Begins Anew'' ( it, La vita ricomincia) is a 1945 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti and Eduardo De Filippo. It was the second most popular Italian film during 1945-46 after Roberto Rossellini's ''Rome, Open City''. Plot Paolo Martini, a doctor of chemistry and Italian veteran returns home to Rome after spending some time in a British Prisoner of War camp during the Second World War. After returning to find his son, Sandro, grown some years. He finds his wife, Patrizia, had some difficulty during his 6 years away. He also meets the Professor, their new next-door neighbor who lost his wife and daughter in the bombings of Napoli. After readjusting to his new life at home, Paolo is frightened when Patrizia suddenly disappears. After searching through Rome with the Professor, he finally finds her in custody at the police station. She has been accused of murdering a man. Patrizia admits to Paolo that during the desperat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
