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Fosco Giachetti
Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in Sesto Fiorentino – 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor. Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of '' Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936), directed by Augusto Genina. He became the leading man in Fascist propaganda films such as ''Tredici uomini e un cannone'' (1936), ''Sentinelle di bronzo'' (1937), ''Scipione l'Africano'', Edgar Neville's Italian ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939), ''L'assedio dell'Alcazar'' (1940) and ''Bengasi'' (1942). In 1942, he also co-starred in Goffredo Alessandrini's two part '' Noi Vivi'' and ''Addio Kira!''. '' Un colpo di pistola'' (1942) by Renato Castellani and ''Fari nella nebbia'' (1942) by Gianni Franciolini were not as successful as his earlier films. After the war, he returned to the stage. He worked in Spain with Edgar Neville in ''Nada'' and in ''Carne de horca''. He had a supporting role in 1959 Dino Risi's successful comedy '' Il mattatore''. In 1964, he appeared in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sesto Fiorentino
Sesto Fiorentino (), known locally as just Sesto, is a municipality (''comune'') in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. History The oldest known human settlement in the area dates from the Mesolithic (c. 9,000 years ago). The Etruscan presence is known from the 7th century BC, but the town proper was created by the Romans as ''Sextus ab urbe lapis'' ("Sixth mile from the Town Milestone"). The first churches were built in the early Middle Ages, among which the most important became the Pieve of San Martino. Sesto Fiorentino was subject to the Archbishop of Florence. Later it was under the Florentine Republic, which dried the plain and boosted the area's economy starting from the Renaissance age. In 1735, Marquis Carlo Ginori founded one of the first porcelain plants in Europe, the Manifattura di Doccia. Now under the name Richard-Ginori, the company is still located in Sesto, and is the largest porcelain manufacturer in Italy. Toward the end of the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Citadel (novel)
''The Citadel'' is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937, which was groundbreaking in its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics. It has been credited with laying the foundation in Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later. In the United States, it won the National Book Award for 1937 novels, voted by members of the American Booksellers Association. For his fifth book, Dr. Cronin drew on his experiences practising medicine in the coal-mining communities of the South Wales Valleys, as he had for ''The Stars Look Down'' two years earlier. Specifically, he had researched and reported on the correlation between coal dust inhalation and lung disease in the town of Tredegar. He had also worked as a doctor for the Tredegar Medical Aid Society at the Cottage Hospital, which served as the model for the National Health Service. Cronin once stated in an interview, "I have written in ''The Citadel'' all I feel about the medical profession, its inju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Of Monte Carlo
''The Woman of Monte Carlo'' (Italian: ''La signora di Montecarlo'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" drama film directed by André Berthomieu and Mario Soldati and starring Dita Parlo, Fosco Giachetti and Jules Berry.Amelio p.25 A separate French version '' Unknown of Monte Carlo'' was released the following year. It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios in Tuscany. Cast * Dita Parlo as Vera * Fosco Giachetti as Giorgio Duclos * Jules Berry as Il conte Messirian * Claude Lehmann as Andrea Duclos * Danilo Calamai as Il detective * Cellio Bucchi * Enrico Glori * Umberto Melnati as Un banchiere * Osvaldo Valenti Osvaldo Valenti (17 February 1906 – 30 April 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1928 and 1945. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a Sicilian carpet trader and a wealthy Lebanese woman of Greek descen ... References Bibliography * Gianni Amelio. ''Mario Soldati e il cinema''. Donzelli Editore, 2009. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride (1938 Film)
''Pride'' (Italian: ''Orgoglio'') is a 1938 Italian drama film directed by Marco Elter and starring Fosco Giachetti, Paola Barbara and Mario Ferrari.Poppi p.162 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti. Synopsis A young Engineer with ambitious plans tries and fails to get support from his traditionalist industrialist father. Only when his son is injured in an unsuccessful experiment does the father change his mind. Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Alberto Celoria * Paola Barbara as Gianna * Mario Ferrari as Il banchiere castoldi * Achille Majeroni as Il padre di alberto * Hesperia * Nada Fiorelli * Mario Besesti * Carlo Duse Carlo Duse (5 January 1898 – 9 September 1956) Birth name: Carlo Artemio e Vittorio Duse. With mention in margin of his date and place of death. was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1956. He was bor ... * Adolfo Geri References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Verdi (film)
''Giuseppe Verdi'' is a 1938 Italian biographical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fosco Giachetti, Gaby Morlay and Germana Paolieri. The film portrays the life of the composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). The casting of Giachetti as Verdi was intended to emphasise the composer's patriotism, as he had recently played patriotic roles in films such as '' The White Squadron''.Landy p.141-142 The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film is also known by the alternative title ''The Life of Giuseppe Verdi''. Main cast * Fosco Giachetti as Giuseppe Verdi * Gaby Morlay as Giuseppina Strepponi * Germana Paolieri Germana Paolieri (29 August 1906 – 8 August 1998) was an Italian actress. During the 1930s she became a leading lady of Italian cinema appearing in major films such as the 1938 biopic ''Giuseppe Verdi''. Selected filmography * ''The Opera ... as Margherita Barezzi * Camillo Pilotto as Antonio Barezzi * Cesco Baseggio as il padre di Verdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentinels Of Bronze
''Sentinels of Bronze'' (Italian: ''Sentinelle di bronzo'') is a 1937 Italian war film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Fosco Giachetti, Giovanni Grasso and Doris Duranti. History In the 1930s and 1940s, early Somali actors and film technicians co-operated with Italian crews to domestically produce Fascist films. Among the latter productions were ''Dub'aad'' and ''Sentinels of Bronze''. The movie "Sentinels of Bronze" (''Sentinelle di bronzo'') was awarded in the Festival di Venezia of 1937 as the "Best Italian colonial Film", winning an Italian Cup. The film is a propaganda work set in the days leading up to the outbreak of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Topic In an incident modeled on the Wal Wal incident, an Italian outpost is besieged by large numbers of Abyssinian troops, but the garrison refuse to surrender. It was part of a series of films set in Italy's African Empire during the Fascist era.Palummbo; p.284 Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Capitano Negri * Giov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Defeat Of Hannibal
''Scipione l'africano'' (1937) — in English ''Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal'' — is an Italian historical film that focuses on Publius Cornelius Scipio (Scipio Africanus) from the time of his election as proconsul until his defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. It was directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Annibale Ninchi and Camillo Pilotto. The film was funded by Benito Mussolini and was released in 1937, serving as propaganda for the fascist ambitions in North Africa. A division of the Italian army was used as extras in the film, shortly before being transferred to duty in the Spanish Civil War. Cast * Annibale Ninchi as " Publius Cornelius Scipio" *Camillo Pilotto as "Hannibal" *Fosco Giachetti as "Captain Masinissa" *Francesca Braggiotti as "Queen Sophonisba" *Marcello Giorda as " Syphace" *Guglielmo Barnabò as "Furius, Fat Roman" *Isa Miranda as "Velia, a Roman woman" *Memo Benassi as "Cato the Elder" *Franco Coop as "Mezio, Roman soldier" *Cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creatures Of The Night (film)
''Creatures of the Night'' (Italian: ''Creature della notte'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Tatyana Pavlova, Isa Pola and María Denis.Aprà p.102 Cast * Tatyana Pavlova as L'ex-carcerate * Isa Pola as Sua figlia * María Denis as L'altra ragazza * Dino Di Luca as Il mascalzone * Isa Miranda as Una gigolette * Piero Carnabuci as Il ricco gentiluomo * Vasco Creti as Il cliente del Tabarin * Osvaldo Valenti * Fosco Giachetti * Olinto Cristina * Rocco D'Assunta * Ernesto Torrini Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ... * Carlo Chertier References Bibliography * Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979. External links * 1934 drama films Italian drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
