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Figaro And His Great Day
''Figaro e la sua gran giornata'' (in English, ''Figaro and his Great Day'') is a 1931 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Gianfranco Giachetti, Leda Gloria and Ugo Ceseri.Celli & Cottino-Jones p.192 It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Ivo Perilli. Synopsis In a small town in the Veneto region, an attempt to stage Rossini's ''The Barber of Seville'' is threatened when the prima donna loses her voice. An attempt is made to replace her with a singing student, but both her father and boyfriend object. Cast * Gianfranco Giachetti as Piero Basoto * Leda Gloria as Nina * Ugo Ceseri as Rantoloni, l'impresario * Maurizio D'Ancora as Asdrubale Chiodini * Umberto Sacripante as Gedeone, il portaceste * Olga Capri as Caterina, la fantesca * Gemma Schirato as Costanza Basoto * Augusto Bandini as Il maestro Salsuga * Umberto Cocchi as Felicetti, il farmacista * Giuseppe Gambardella a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Camerini
Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. He directed about 50 films till 1972, including Ulysses (1954 film), ''Ulysses'' with American stars Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn, one of the first Europe/U.S.A. film coproductions. He died in 1981 in Gardone Riviera, Gardone Rivera, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Wally (1923 film), Wally'' (1923) *''Jolly clown da circo'' (1923) * ''The House of Pulcini'' (1924) * ''Voglio tradire mio marito'' (1925) * ''Saetta, principe per un giorno'' (1925) * ''Maciste against the Sheik'' (1925) * ''Kif Tebbi'' (1928) * ''Rails (film), Rails'' (1929) * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''The Last Adventure (1932 film), The Last Adventure'' (1932) * ''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932) * ''Giallo (1933 film), Giallo'' (1933) * ''T'amerò sempre ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veneto
Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire until the 5th century AD. Later, after a Feudalism, feudal period, it was part of the Republic of Venice until 1797. Venice ruled for centuries over one of the largest and richest maritime republics and trade empires in the world. After the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, the Republic was combined with Lombardy and annexed to the Austrian Empire as the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, until that was Italian unification, merged with the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, as a result of the Third Italian War of Independence. Besides Italian language, Italian, most inhabitants also speak Venetian language, Venetian. Since 1971, the Statute of Veneto has referred to the region's citizens as "the Venetian people". Article 1 defines Veneto as an " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Parigi
Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Roman Catholic bishop from Florence *Angelo Achini or Angiolo Achini (1850–1930), Italian painter *Angelo Agostini (1843–1910), illustrator, journalist and founder of several publications, and although born in Italy, is considered the first Brazilian cartoonist *Angelo Aimo (born 1964), Italian footballer *Angelo Albanesi (late 1765–1784), Italian engraver *Angelo Alistar (born 1975), Romanian footballer * Angelo Ambrogini Poliziano (1454–1494), Florentine classical scholar and poet *Angelo Andres (1851–1934), Italian zoologist *Angelo Anelli (1761–1820), Italian *Angelo Angeli (1864–1931), Italian chemist *Angelo Anquilletti (1943–2015), Italian football defender *Angelo Antonino Pipitone (born 1943), member of the Sicilian Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Martinelli
Alfredo Martinelli (7 March 1899 – 11 November 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany. Selected filmography * ''I Topi Grigi'' (1918) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1919) * ''Il teschio d'oro'' (1920) * '' The Second Wife'' (1922) * ''The White Sister'' (1923) * ''La dama de Chez Maxim's'' (1923) * ''Romola'' (1924) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * '' The Fiery Cavalcade'' (1925) * ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) * '' Floretta and Patapon'' (1927) * ''The Storyteller of Venice'' (1929) * '' Assunta Spina'' (1930) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * ''The Private Secretary'' (1931) * ''The Opera Singer'' (1932) * ''Paradise'' (1932) * ''Seconda B'' (1934) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * ''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) * ''Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' Hands Off Me!'' (1937) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Majeroni
Achille Majeroni (24 August 1881 – 12 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, son of Achille Majeroni and his second wife Graziosa Bignetti, he made his stage debut at age twelve with the Marazzi-Diligenti company. He later formed his own company, specializing in Shakespearean works. He appeared in 73 films between 1913 and 1964, notably Fellini's ''I Vitelloni'', in which he played an old comedian. He died in Rome. Selected filmography * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1916) * '' Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * '' La Wally'' (1932) * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) * '' Like the Leaves'' (1935) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * '' La damigella di Bard'' (1936) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * ''Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) * ''Pride'' (1938) * ''At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Gambardella
Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppina. People with the given name Artists and musicians * Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707), Italian composer * Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 or 1527–1593), Italian painter * Giuseppe Belli (singer) (1732–1760), Italian castrato singer * Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863), Italian poet * Giuseppe Castiglione (1829–1908) (1829–1908), Italian painter * Giuseppe Giordani (1751–1798), Italian composer, mainly of opera * Giuseppe Ottaviani (born 1978), Italian musician and disc jockey * Giuseppe Psaila (1891–1960), Maltese Art Nouveau architect * Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750), Italian composer and oboist * Giuseppe Sanmartino or Sammartino (1720–1793), Italian sculptor * Giuseppe Santomaso (1907–1990), Italian painter * Giu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Cocchi
Umberto is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of Humbert. People with the name include: * King Umberto I of Italy (1844–1900) * King Umberto II of Italy (1904–1983) * Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi (1889–1918) * Umberto I, Count of Savoy (980 – 1047 or 1048) * Umberto II, Count of Savoy (1065–1103) * Umberto III, Count of Savoy (1135–1189) * Umberto Bassignani (1878–1944), Italian sculptor * Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916), Italian artist and sculptor * Umberto Calzolari (1938–2018), Italian baseball player * Umberto Colombo (1927–2006), Italian scientist * Umberto De Morpurgo (1896–1961), Italian tennis player * Umberto Eco (1932–2016), Italian writer * Umberto Giordano (1867–1948), Italian composer * Umberto Meoli (1920–2002), Italian economic historian * Umberto Merlin (1885–1964), Italian lawyer and politician * Umberto Nobile (1885–1978), Italian pilot and explorer * Umberto Panerai (born 1953), Italian water polo player * Umb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Bandini
Augusto Bandini (born 1889) was an Italian film actor.Dalle Vacche p.268 He appeared in more than forty productions, the majority of them during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * ''Maciste's American Nephew'' (1924) * '' Chief Saetta'' (1924) * '' Saetta Learns to Live'' (1924) * '' Pleasure Train'' (1924) * ''Maciste in the Lion's Cage'' (1926) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1926) * '' The Giant of the Dolomites'' (1927) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1927) * '' Floretta and Patapon'' (1927) * '' The Last Tsars'' (1928) * ''The Golden Vein'' (1928) * '' The Confessions of a Woman'' (1928) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1929) * '' Judith and Holofernes'' (1929) * ''Miss Europe'' (1930) * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''Five to Nil ''Five to Nil'' (Italian: ''Cinque a zero'') is a 1932 Italian sports comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Angelo Musco, Milly, and Osvaldo Valenti.Molite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Schirato
Gemma or GEMMA may refer to: People and fictional characters * Gemma (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Gemma (surname), includes a list of people with the name Science and technology Biology * Gemma (botany), an asexual reproductive structure in plants and fungi * A monotypic genus of the Veneridae family of saltwater clams ** ''Gemma gemma'', the type species * A bud-like appendage in ants of the ''Diacamma'' genus Other uses in science and technology * Walter Gemma, a radial aero engine manufactured by Walter Aircraft Engines in the early 1930 * Gas phase electrophoretic molecular mobility analysis (GEMMA), a chemical analysis technique * Gemma, the traditional name for the binary star Alpha Coronae Borealis * Gemma, an Arduino-compatible microcontroller designed by Limor Fried Ships * Italian submarine ''Gemma'' * , a Dutch coastal tanker lost in 1951 * , a German cargo ship in service during 1928 Other uses * Gemma (organisat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Capri
Olga Capri (18 May 1883 – 18 December 1961) was a stage and film actress from Italy. She appeared in more than 40 films during her career, generally in supporting roles. She appeared in several of Alessandro Blasetti's early sound films, such as ''Mother Earth'' (1931). Selected filmography * '' The Betrothed'' (1923) * ''The Song of Love'' (1930) * ''Mother Earth'' (1931) * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * ''Palio'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * ''Venus'' (1932) * ''Paradise'' (1932) * '' Fanny'' (1933) * ''Steel'' (1933) * '' The Three Wishes'' (1937) * ''The Castiglioni Brothers'' (1937) * ''The Night of Tricks'' (1939) * ''Before the Postman'' (1942) * ''The Peddler and the Lady'' (1943) * ''Daniele Cortis ''Daniele Cortis'' (also known as ''Elena'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Vittorio Gassman, Sarah Churchill and Gino Cervi. The film (set in ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Sacripante
Umberto Sacripante (2 October 1904 – 14 January 1975) was an Italian film and stage actor. Life and career Born Umberto Sacripanti in Rome, Sacripante debuted on stage in 1921, and in 1926 he became first actor in the theatrical company Teatro degli Indipendenti directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia. He made his film debut in 1930, and in a short time he became one of the most active character actors of his time. Thanks to his good knowledge of German language, he was also often cast in German and Austrian productions. He also worked as general organizer for the production company Cines, and also was secretary of the National Syndicate of Film Actors. Personal life Sacripante was married to Assunta Lelli. Their sons Luciano and Mauro both worked in the cinema industry, respectively as film director and executive producer. Selected filmography * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio D'Ancora
Rodolfo Gucci (16 July 1912 – 15 May 1983), also known by his stage name Maurizio D'Ancora, was an Italian actor and entrepreneur, who appeared in more than 40 films between 1929 and 1946. He was a member of the Gucci family. His only child, Maurizio Gucci, was named after his stage name. Biography Rodolfo Gucci was born in 1912 in Florence, Italy to Aida Calvelli and Guccio Gucci. He was one of five sons and one daughter. He was spotted by the director Alfred Lind who gave him his film debut in 1929. The same year he appeared in Mario Camerini's ''Rails'', which launched his career. He used Maurizio D'Ancora as his screen name. While filming ''Together in the Dark'', he met his future wife. He was married in 1944 in Venice, Italy to the actress Sandra Ravel. Their only child was born in 1948, Maurizio, named after his father's stage name. Member of the Gucci Family He was one of the five sons of Guccio Gucci, founder of the eponymous fashion house. In January 1953, D'A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
