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Fanfulla
Luigi Visconti, better known by his stage name Fanfulla, (26 February 1913 – 5 January 1971) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Rome, Visconti debuted at very young age on stage alongside his mother, the actress Mercedes Menolesi (best known as "Diavolina"). From the mid-forties to the late fifties, he adopted the stage name Fanfulla and was a popular comedian of cabaret and avanspettacolo shows, acclaimed for his brilliant style, referred to as "The King of Avanspettacolo" and even paired with Ettore Petrolini. His career was relaunched by Federico Fellini, who chose him for the role of Vernacchio in ''Fellini Satyricon'', a role that gave Fanfulla a Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor. In 1970, Fellini gave him a main role in '' The Clowns''. In 1971, Fanfulla died from a heart attack in a hotel in Bologna, while he was on tour with his avanspettacolo company. Partial filmography *'' Era lui... sì! sì!'' (1951) - La guardia *'' Tizio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caccia All'uomo
''Caccia all'uomo'' (translation: "Manhunt") is a 1961 Italian crime-drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Yvonne Furneaux and Umberto Orsini. Plot Commissioner Nardelli is charged with capturing the dangerous bandit Mazzarò, who in Sicily killed a notary and kidnapped a girl. The key to the criminal organization is a young woman, Maria, who is the lover of a local baron and, at the same time, of the wanted bandit. Nardelli will succeed in the enterprise thanks to the police dog Dox. Once the mission is over, the two are transferred to Rome, where they solve the case of a model killed in the context of drug trafficking. Cast * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Clara Ducci * Yvonne Furneaux as Maria * Umberto Orsini as Giovanni Maimonti * Riccardo Garrone as Commissioner Nardelli * Andrea Checchi as Inzirillo * Giorgia Moll as Anna * Alberto Farnese as Paolo * Philippe Leroy as Mazzarò * Lila Rocco * Fanfulla as Luigi Visconti * Vin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rommel's Treasure
''Rommel's Treasure'' (Italian: ''Il tesoro di Rommel'') is a 1955 Italian-American drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Dawn Addams, Paul Hubschmid and Isa Miranda.Parish p.276 In post-war Cairo a variety of different people seek a stash of valuables and secret documents left behind by Erwin Rommel during the North African Campaign. Cast * Dawn Addams as Sofia * Paul Hubschmid as von Brunner * Isa Miranda as Mrs. Fischer * Bruce Cabot as Welles * Andrea Checchi as Krikorian * Wolfgang Lukschy as Petersen * Fanfulla as Muezir * Taheyya Kariokka * John Stacy * Vittorio Massimo as Krikorian * Cristina Pall * Paolo Caccia Dominioni as himself References Bibliography * Parish, Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * ''Rommel's Treasure''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thief Of Baghdad (1961 Film)
''The Thief of Baghdad'' (Italian: Il ladro di Bagdad) is a 1961 film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Steve Reeves. Plot In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad was ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. The poor of Baghdad are aided by Karim, the Thief of Baghdad. Prince Osman is due to arrive at the palace to ask for the hand of Sultan Ali's daughter Amina in marriage. Karim sneaks into the palace, waylays Osman, and impersonates the prince, using the opportunity to steal jewels from all of the assembled courtiers. When this is discovered, Karim hides in Princess Amina's quarters. When her attendants leave, Karim reveals himself to her, and the two are immediately drawn to each other (she believes that he is Prince Osman). The following night, Karim secretly returns to the palace. He meets with Amina, and they declare their love for each other. Climbing down into a courtyard to escape the guards, he lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In Rome
''Un amore a Roma'' (internationally released as ''Love in Rome'') is a 1960 Italian romantic drama film directed by Dino Risi.Paolo D'Agostini, ''Dino Risi'', Editrice Il castoro, 1995 Plot Marcello (Baldwin), a young writer, loves Anna (Demongeot), a femme fatale-ish beauty who can't remain faithful to any man for very long. Anna has her sights set on a movie career. However, she only seems to be able to secure parts in low-brow peplum films. Marcello is frustrated by Anna's capricious nature, while he himself is involved with two other women, Fulvia (Martinelli) and Eleonora (Perschy). At one point, Marcello even proposes to Eleonora but is unable to follow it through. Cast * Mylène Demongeot: Anna Padoan * Peter Baldwin: Marcello Cenni * Elsa Martinelli: Fulvia * Claudio Gora: Eng. Curtatoni * Maria Perschy: Eleonora Curtatoni * Jacques Sernas: Tony Meneghini * Armando Romeo: Nello D'Amore * Umberto Orsini: Peppino Barlacchi * Fanfulla: Moreno * Vittorio De Sica: the direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Sceriffa
''La sceriffa'' (''The Sheriff'') is a 1959 Italian Western comedy in black-and-white, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero. It stars Italian comedy star Ugo Tognazzi. It was released on 16 August 1959. The film starred several comedians and spawned a number of western comedies which followed. Plot A sheriff is killed and his widow (Tina Pica) takes up his job to find the killers. Cast *Tina Pica as Carmela Esposito, 'la Sceriffa' *Ugo Tognazzi as Colorado Joe *Livio Lorenzon as Jimmy Jesse *Tino Scotti as The Judge *Alberto Sorrentino as Brutto Tempo - the Native American * Anita Todesco as Nuvola Rosa - Brutto Tempo's Daughter *Carlo Pisacane as Nick *Carlo Sposito as Gennarino - aka Gen *Annie Alberti as Connie Dallas *Franco Balducci as Jimmy Jesse's Brother *Stelio Candelli as Bruno Carotenuto *Elio Crovetto as Jack - the Texan drunk *Tina De Mola as Dolly - the singer *Fanfulla Luigi Visconti, better known by his stage name Fanfulla, (26 February 1913 – 5 January 1971) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of A Friend
''Death of a Friend'' ( it, Morte di Un Amico) is a 1959 Italian film directed by Franco Rossi, starring Spyros Focas, Gianni Garko, Angela Luce, Anna Mzzuchelli and Didi Perego. Cast * Gianni Garko as Aldo * Spiros Focas as Bruno * Didi Perego as Lea * Angela Luce as Franca * Anna Mazzuchelli as Adriana *Fanfulla as De Amicis *Olimpia Cavalli as Wanda * Andrea Scotti Andrea Scotti (born 27 August 1931) is an Italian film and television actor. Background Born in Naples, Scotti attended at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1956. During his career he was mainly active in genre f ... as The Frenchman Censorship When ''Morte di Un Amico'' was first released in Italy in 1959, the Italian Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated the film not suitable for viewing because it included several immoral scenes which the committee considered to be offensive to public decency. On a second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dam On The Yellow River
''The Dam on the Yellow River'' ( it, Apocalisse sul fiume giallo, french: Le dernier train de Shanghai, released in UK as ''Last Train to Shanghai'') is a 1960 Italian-French drama film written and directed by Renzo Merusi. Plot In China, during the civil war, Mao Tse Tung overrides the retreating nationalists. The rebels decide, at the cost of causing millions of victims, to blow up the dam on the Yellow River. Cast * Anita Ekberg: Miss Dorothy Simmons * Georges Marchal: John Bell * Franca Bettoia: Sister Celeste * George Wang: Wang (credited as Wang Jie) * José Jaspe: Slansky * Dori Dorika: Mamie * Claudio Biava: Anak, Wang's Partner * Miranda Campa: Mary * Fanfulla * Liana Del Balzo Liana Del Balzo (4 March 1899 – 26 March 1982) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1979. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and died in Rome, Italy. Even making her film debut quite late, in her fort ... References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quanto Sei Bella Roma
''Quanto sei bella Roma'' ( es, ¡Qué bella eres, Roma!) is a 1959 Italian-Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Claudio Villa.Renato Venturelli. ''Nessuno ci può giudicare: il lungo viaggio del cinema musicale italiano''. Fahrenheit 451, 1998. . Plot Gino and Claudio are two young friends who work for Nando, one as a mechanic, the other as a taxi driver. Both are officially engaged, and the girlfriends are two sisters, Lorella and Patrizia. Nonetheless, the two young men are not alien to allowing themselves some innocent sentimental adventure when the opportunity arises. Gino by chance makes the acquaintance of Ava and Mary, two American girls who have come to visit Rome and, supported by his friend Claudio, briefly makes friends with the two foreigners. In order not to be disturbed in their adventure, Gino and Claudio give their shy friend Nino the task of keeping the two girlfriends at bay. Despite this precaution, Lorella and Patrizia soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Miracles
''World of Miracles'' ( it, Il mondo dei miracoli) is a 1959 Italian melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano. Plot Laura and Marco are two young lovers who act for a theater company. But one day Marco, having come into conflict with her father, who is an old actor, leaves the company to seek greater fortune in Rome, in the world of cinema. Laura, after some time, is moved by a letter full of affection that Marco sent her, so she joins him in Rome, where he has rented a room from Franca, a good woman who tries to advise him well and who feels happy to welcome Laura in their own home. But the couple is put in crisis by the presence - unexpected for Laura - of another woman, a snobbish actress who seeks Marco's company and often calls him to invite him to her hotel room. Laura, saddened, then returns to her father, who, due to too many emotions, dies during a performance on the stage of the theater. Meanwhile, Marco understands more and more that he does not want to give up on L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of The Red Corsair (film)
''The Son of the Red Corsair'' (Italian: ''Il figlio del corsaro rosso'') is a 1959 Italian historical adventure film written and directed by Primo Zeglio and starring Lex Barker, Sylvia Lopez and Vira Silenti. It is based on the novel with the same name by Emilio Salgari. The story had previously been made into a 1943 film '' The Son of the Red Corsair''.Goble p.405 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mario Chiari and Alfredo Montori. Cast * Lex Barker as Enrico di Ventimiglia * Sylvia Lopez as Carmen di Montélimar * Vira Silenti as Neala di Ventimiglia * Luciano Marin as Miguel di Montélimar * Antonio Crast as Don Juan de Sasebo * Fanfulla as Marquese di Montélimar * Vicky Lagos as Paquita * Roberto Paoletti as Barrejo * Nietta Zocchi as Isabella * Saro Urzì as Mendoza * Elio Pandolfi as Sergeant * Livio Lorenzon as José * Franco Fantasia as Dorado * Giorgio Costantini Giorgio may refer to: * Castel Giorgio, ''comune'' in Umbri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto In Paris
''Toto in Paris'' ( it, Totò a Parigi, french: Parisien malgré lui, also known as '' Totò innamorato'') is a 1958 Italian-French comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Plot The Marquis Gastone De Chemandel plans to kill his lookalike Toto, a poor Neapolitan vagabond who is a perfect double of the Marquis, to collect his life-insurance premium. Cast * Totò: Marquis Gastone De Chemandel / Toto * Sylva Koscina: Juliette Marchand * Fernand Gravey: Dr. Duclos * Lauretta Masiero: The Gypsy * Philippe Clay: The Maître * Paul Guers: Pierre * Tiberio Mitri: The Bodyguard * Luigi Pavese: Professor Calogero Tempesta * Fanfulla: Effeminato del treno * Memmo Carotenuto: Brigadiere * Olimpia Cavalli Olimpia Cavalli (30 August 1930 – 29 March 2012) was an Italian actress. Born in Cadeo, she was mainly active between the late fifties and mid-sixties. After being a star on avanspettacolo alongside Erminio Macario, she made her film debut i ...: Donna nel vagone l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto And Marcellino
''Toto and Marcellino'' ( it, Totò e Marcellino, french: Mon gosse) is a 1958 Italian-French comedy film directed by Antonio Musu. Plot A little boy, Marcellino, sees his mother die, and follows her to the funeral. A poor street musician, affectionately called by his fellow citizens "the Professor", sees the little Marcellino follow the coffin of his mother, and decides to adopt him, pretending to be his uncle. The two live happily, but one day the real uncle of Marcellino, a greedy and cruel man, discovers the truth about his grandson, and sends Marcellino to the reformatory. Later the uncle forces Marcellino to live with him for doing so begging in the street, but the Professor runs to save his darling. Cast *Totò: The Professor * Pablito Calvo: Marcellino Merini *Fanfulla: Uncle Alvaro Merini *Jone Salinas: Ardea *Memmo Carotenuto: Zeffirino *Wandisa Guida: The School Teacher *Nanda Primavera Nanda Primavera (23 August 1898 – 9 August 1995) was an Italian actress. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |