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Franca Bettoia (Last Man On Earth)
Franca Bettoia (or Bettoja; born 14 May 1936) is an Italian actress known for her role as Ruth Collins in the film The Last Man on Earth (1964 film), ''The Last Man on Earth''. Life and career Born in Rome, she made her first film appearance in ''Un palco all'opera ''(1955, by Siro Marcellini). The following year she appeared in ''Los amantes del desierto ''("Desert Warrior", a Spanish-Italian desert epic starring Ricardo Montalbán, Carmen Sevilla and Gino Cervi. She next appeared opposite Pietro Germi in ''L'uomo di paglia '' (1958), and opposite Macha Méril and Jacques Charrier in the French production ''La main chaude ''(1960, by Gérard Oury). She appeared as a nun in ''Apocalisse sul fiume giallo'' (''The Dam on the Yellow River'', 1960), an anti-Communist propaganda film which portrays the victory of Mao Zedong's People's Liberation Army as seen through the eyes of an American journalist (Georges Marchal) reporting from the side of the nationalists. In 1961, she starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Man On Earth (1964 Film)
''The Last Man on Earth'' is a 1964 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film based on the 1954 novel '' I Am Legend'' by Richard Matheson. The film was produced by Robert L. Lippert and directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow, and stars Vincent Price and Franca Bettoia. The screenplay was written in part by Matheson, but he was dissatisfied with the result and chose to be credited as "Logan Swanson". William Leicester, Furio M. Monetti, and Ubaldo Ragona finished the script. ''The Last Man on Earth'' was filmed in Rome, with scenes being completed at Esposizione Universale Roma. It was released in the United States by American International Pictures. In the 1980s, the film entered the public domain. MGM Home Video, the current owners of the AIP film catalog, released a digitally remastered widescreen version of the film on DVD in September 2005. Plot It is 1968, and Dr. Robert Morgan lives in a world where everyone else has been infected by a plague that has turned th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Ladd
Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in films noir and Westerns. He was often paired with Veronica Lake in films noir, such as ''This Gun for Hire'' (1942), ''The Glass Key'' (1942), and ''The Blue Dahlia'' (1946). ''Whispering Smith'' (1948) was his first Western and color film, and ''Shane'' (1953) was noted for its contributions to the genre. Ladd also appeared in ten films with William Bendix; both actors coincidentally died in 1964. His other notable credits include ''Two Years Before the Mast'' (1946) and ''The Great Gatsby'' (1949). His popularity diminished in the mid 1950s, though he continued to appear in numerous films, including his first supporting role since ''This Gun for Hire'' in the smash hit ''The Carpetbaggers'' released in 1964. He died of an accidental combination of alcohol, a barbiturate, and two tranquilizers in Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time. Life and career His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He is notable for being one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas. His complete filmography includes 138 titles. He often appeared in Italian films too, particularly in the last decade of his life. He was awarded an Honorary César (the French Oscar) in 1989, 24 days before he died. Personal life He is the father of director Bertrand Blier. He has appeared in a number of his son's films, most notably ''Buffet froid ''Buffet froid'' is a 1979 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Bernard Blier and Jean Carmet. The film is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the last of five children, Sordi was named in honour of an older sibling, who died several days after his birth. Sordi enrolled in Milan's dramatic arts academy but was kicked out because of his thick Roman accent. In the meantime, he studied to be a bass opera singer. His vocal distinctiveness would become his trademark. Career Cinema and television In a career that spanned seven decades, Sordi established himself as an icon of Italian cinema with his representative skills at both comedy and light drama. His movie career began in the late 1930s with bit parts and secondary characters in wartime movies. Early roles included Fellini's'' The White Sheik'' in 1952, Fellini's ''I vitelloni ''(1953), a movie about young slackers, in which he plays a weak immature loafer and a starring role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ettore Scola
Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over the course of his film career was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Life and career Scola was born in Trevico, Avellino, Campania. From age 15, he became a ghostwriter. He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1953, and collaborated with director Dino Risi and fellow writer Ruggero Maccari on the screenplay for Risi's feature, ''Il Sorpasso'' (1962). He directed his first film, ''Let's Talk About Women'', in 1964. In 1974 Scola enjoyed international success with '' We All Loved Each Other So Much'' (''C'eravamo tanto amati''), a wide fresco of post-World War II Italian life and politics, dedicated to fellow director Vittorio De Sica. The film won the Golden Prize at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1976 he won the Prix de la mise en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riusciranno I Nostri Eroi A Ritrovare L'amico Misteriosamente Scomparso In Africa?
''Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa?'', internationally released as ''Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?'', is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Scola. Production of the film started in 1965, with the working title ''Mister Sabatini, suppongo'' (''Mister Sabatini, I suppose''). It started a trend in Italian cinema of using extremely long names for movies. The film was the sixth highest grossing release at the Italian box office in the 1968/69 season. The plot is loosely based on books by Salgari, Verne and Conrad that Scola read as a child and on Italian Disney comics artist Romano Scarpa's comic ''Topolino e il Pippotarzan'' (1957).Andrea Tosti, Topolino e il fumetto Disney italiano. Storia, fasti, declino e nuove prospettive, Latina, Tunuè, 2011. Plot The Roman businessman Fausto Di Salvio can no longer stand his work and his sloppy and emotionless way of life. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Fischio Al Naso
''The Seventh Floor'' ( it, Il fischio al naso) is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by and starring Ugo Tognazzi. It is based on the short story "Sette piani" by Dino Buzzati, featured in the 1942 short story collection ''The Seven Messengers''. The film was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Ugo Tognazzi as Giuseppe Inzerna * Tina Louise as Dr. Immer Mehr * Olga Villi as Anita, Inzerna wife * Franca Bettoia as Giovanna, Inzerna's lover * Alicia Brandet as Gloria, Inzerna daughter * Gildo Tognazzi as Gerolamo, Inzerna's father * Alessandro Quasimodo * Gigi Ballista as Dr. Claretta * Riccardo Garrone as Barbiere * Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one of t ... as Dr. Salamoia References External links * 1967 films 1967 come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandokan Against The Leopard Of Sarawak
''Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak'' (Italian: ''Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak'') is a 1964 historical adventure film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Ray Danton, Franca Bettoia and Guy Madison.Goble p.939 It was made as a co-production between Italy and West Germany. It is based on the series of novels by Emilio Salgari featuring the character of Sandokan a Malayan pirate. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni and Massimo Tavazzi. Cast * Ray Danton as Sandokan * Franca Bettoia as Samoa * Guy Madison as Yanez * Mario Petri as Sir Charles Brooks * Alberto Farnese as Tremal Naik * Mino Doro as Lumbo * Aldo Bufi Landi as Rajani * Giulio Marchetti as Sagapar * Romano Giomini * Adriano Vitale * Giuliana Farnese * Ferdinando Poggi as Assumbata * Franco Fantasia Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and fencing master. He appeared in more than one hundred fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandokan To The Rescue (film)
''Sandokan to the Rescue'' (Italian: ''Sandokan alla riscossa'') is a 1964 historical adventure film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Ray Danton, Guy Madison and Franca Bettoia.Goble p.939 It was made as a co-production between Italy and West Germany. It is based on the 1907 novel ''Sandokan to the Rescue'' by Emilio Salgari featuring the character of Sandokan a Malayan pirate. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni and Massimo Tavazzi. Cast * Ray Danton as Sandokan * Guy Madison as Yanez * Franca Bettoia as Samoa * Mario Petri as William Drook * Alberto Farnese as Tremal Naik * Mino Doro as Lumbo * Giulio Marchetti as Sagapar * Sandro Moretti as Kammamuri * Ferdinando Poggi as Teotokris' Complice * Raf Baldassarre as Teotrokis the Greek * Isarco Ravaioli Isacco Ravaioli, best known as Isarco Ravaioli (3 March 1933 – 15 February 2004), was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Ravenna, Ravaioli obtained a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Legend (novel)
''I Am Legend'' is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire literature and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease. The novel was a success and was adapted into the films '' The Last Man on Earth'' (1964), ''The Omega Man'' (1971), and '' I Am Legend'' (2007). It was also an inspiration for George A. Romero's ''Night of the Living Dead'' (1968). Plot Implicitly set on Cimarron Street in 1976 Los Angeles after an apocalyptic war that ravages the land with weekly dust storms, the novel details the life of Robert Neville in the months and eventually years after the outbreak of a pandemic that has killed the rest of the human population and turned infected survivors into "vampires". The vampires conform remarkably to their stereotypes in fiction and folklore: they are blood-sucking, pale-skinned, and nocturnal, though otherwise indistinguishable from norma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times. Matheson himself was co-writer of the first film version, '' The Last Man on Earth'', starring Vincent Price, which was released in 1964. The other two adaptations were ''The Omega Man,'' starring Charlton Heston, and '' I Am Legend'' with Will Smith. Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'', including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures – '' House of Usher'', ''The Pit and the Pendulum'', ''Tales of Terror'' and ''The Raven''. He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay directed by Steven Spielberg for the television film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Salkow
Sidney Salkow (June 16, 1911 – October 18, 2000) was an American film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ... (more than 50 motion pictures), screenwriter, and television director. Salkow was educated at the City College of New York, Columbia University and Harvard Law School. After school, he returned to New York City and became an assistant director of theater and playwright. Later on, he established himself as a theatrical director. In 1932, he joined up with the film industry starting as a dialogue director. But soon, after achieving the ranks, he became a prolific writer/director of such films as ''Sitting Bull (film), Sitting Bull'', ''Twice-Told Tales (film), Twice-Told Tales'' (1963), and ''The Last Man on Earth (1964 film), The Last Man on Earth'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
