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Frank Latimore
Franklin Latimore (born Franklin Latimore Kline, September 28, 1925 – November 29, 1998) was an American actor. Life and career Latimore was born in Darien, Connecticut. He came from a well-to-do family, and was able to trace his lineage back to the American Revolutionary War. He ran away from home at an early age, and shortly thereafter got the lead part in a Broadway play. He began his acting career in the 1930s, when he and longtime friend Lloyd Bridges performed in summer stock theater at a playhouse in Weston, Vermont. Latimore then went to Hollywood where he signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox, and proceeded to appear in such hits as ''In the Meantime, Darling'', '' The Dolly Sisters'', ''Three Little Girls in Blue'', and ''Shock''. After his years at Fox, he made films in Europe, most of which were swashbucklers such as ''Balboa, Conquistador of the Pacific'', ''The Golden Falcon'', ''Devil's Cavaliers,'' and many others, including two Zorro films and some west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosetta Greco
Cosetta Greco (8 October 1930 – 14 July 2002) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1943 and 1971. Selected filmography * '' Farewell Love!'' (1943) - La cameriera di casa Dias * ''Caccia all'uomo'' (1948) - (uncredited) * ''The Charterhouse of Parma'' (1948) - (uncredited) * ''The Bride Can't Wait'' (1949) - Young Nun * ''Four Ways Out'' (1951) - Lina Girosi - moglie di Luigi * ''The Cape of Hope'' (1951) - Minnie Liakim * ''Napoleone'' (1951) * '' Three Girls from Rome'' (1952) - Elena * ''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' (1952) - Zitamaria * ''Article 519, Penal Code'' (1952) - Clara Martini * '' The Enemy'' (1952) - Marta * ''Sunday Heroes'' (1952) - Mara * '' Canzoni di mezzo secolo'' (1952) * ''Il viale della speranza'' (1953) - Luisa * '' Voice of Silence'' (1953) - Anna Maria * ''Cavalcade of Song'' (1953) - Ex-amante del guappo * ''Musoduro'' (1953) - Anita * ''Scampolo 53'' (1953) * ''It Takes Two to Sin in Love'' (1954) - Luisa G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purple Noon
''Purple Noon'' (french: Plein soleil; it, Delitto in pieno sole; also known as ''Full Sun'', ''Blazing Sun'', ''Lust for Evil'', and ''Talented Mr. Ripley'') is a 1960 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, loosely based on the 1955 novel ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' by Patricia Highsmith. The French/Italian international co-production stars Alain Delon in his first major film, along with Maurice Ronet (as Philippe Greenleaf) and Marie Laforêt (as Marge); Billy Kearns (an expatriate American actor well-liked in France) plays Greenleaf's friend Freddy Miles, and Romy Schneider appears briefly in an uncredited role as Freddie Miles' companion. The film, principally in French, contains brief sequences in Italian and English. Screenwriter Paul Gégauff wrote a variation on the same story in 1968 when he worked on ''Les biches'' for Claude Chabrol. Highsmith's source novel was adapted again in 1999 under the original title, ''The Talented Mr. Ripley''. Plot The American To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At Sword's Edge
''At Sword's Edge'' (Italian ''A fil di spada'') is a 1952 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Frank Latimore, Milly Vitale and Pierre Cressoy.Lancia & Melelli p.113 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mario Chiari and Gianni Polidori. Cast * Frank Latimore as Don Ruy * Milly Vitale as Linda * Pierre Cressoy as Don Sebastiano * Doris Duranti as Columba * Franca Marzi as Rita * Nando Bruno as Bruno * Peter Trent as Don Hernando * Arturo Bragaglia as Marzarillo * John Kitzmiller * Enrico Glori as Miguel * Jone Morino * Ugo Sasso * Anthony La Penna * Luciana Vedovelli * Antonio Chinnici * Ignazio Leone Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Walk'' (1953) * '' I Chose Love'' (1953) * ''Amici per la pelle'' (1955) * '' A Wom ... * Leonardo Braga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ungrateful Heart
''The Ungrateful Heart'' ( nap, Core 'ngrato) is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carla Del Poggio, Frank Latimore and Gabriele Ferzetti.Forgacs & Gundle p.29 It takes its name from the Neapolitan song "Core 'ngrato". It was released in West Germany in 1953. The film's sets were designed by Piero Filippone Piero Filippone (1911–1998) was an Italian art director who designed the sets for around two hundred films. He created the sets for Roberto Rossellini's 1954 film '' Journey to Italy''.Brunette p.416 Selected filmography * '' Three Cornered H .... Cast References Bibliography * Forgacs, David & Gundle, Stephen. ''Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War''. Indiana University Press, 2007. External links * 1951 films 1951 drama films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Guido Brignone Melodrama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Of The Night
''Yvonne of the Night'' (Italian: ''Yvonne la Nuit'') is a 1949 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Totò, Olga Villi, and Frank Latimore. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Synopsis The son of a count engages in a romantic relationship with a popular entertainer much to the disgust of his father. While the son is apparently killed fighting for Italy during the First World War, his pregnant lover gives birth to a child. Cast * Totò as Nino, il fantasista * Olga Villi as Nerina Comi * Frank Latimore as Lt. Carlo Rutelli * Giulio Stival as Count Rutelli * Eduardo De Filippo as Lawyer Rubini * Gino Cervi as Colonel Baretti * Arnoldo Foà as Senator * John Strange as Major Tremiti * Ave Ninchi as Sora Rudegarda * Paola Veneroni as Rosetta * Mario Riva as Ragazzo delle sigarette * Arturo Dominici Arturo Dominici (2 January 1916 – 7 September 1992) was an Italian film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Magic (1949 Film)
''Black Magic'' is a 1949 film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel ''Joseph Balsamo''. It was directed by Gregory Ratoff. Set in the 18th century, the film stars Orson Welles in the lead role as Joseph Balsamo, a hypnotist, magician, and charlatan who also goes by the alias of Count Cagliostro, and Nancy Guild as Lorenza/Marie Antoinette. Akim Tamiroff has a featured role as Gitano. The film received mixed reviews. Plot Alexandre Dumas, Sr. (Berry Kroeger) tells his son Alexandre Dumas, Jr. (Raymond Burr) the story of Joseph Balsamo (Orson Welles) aka Cagliostro. Through flashbacks we learn that Balsamo was a French gypsy boy who endured much hardship. He was tortured under the command of Viscount de Montaigne ( Stephen Bekassy) and his parents were ordered to hang. He was rescued by some gypsies led by Gitano and swears revenge on de Montagne. Some years later, he learns the secrets of hypnosis from Dr. Mesmer (Charles Goldner). Ignoring the doctor's advice that he use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Razor's Edge (1946 Film)
''The Razor's Edge'' is a 1946 American drama (film and television), drama film based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 The Razor's Edge, novel of the same name. It stars Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne (actor), John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, and Herbert Marshall, with a supporting cast including Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore, and Elsa Lanchester. Marshall plays Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by Edmund Goulding. ''The Razor's Edge'' tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. The story begins through the eyes of Larry's friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the war. His rejection of conventional life and search for meaningful experience allows him to thrive while the more materialistic characters suffer reversals of fortune. ''The Razor's Edge'' was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Academy Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 Rue Madeleine
''13 Rue Madeleine'' is a 1947 American World War II spy film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte and Frank Latimore. Allied volunteers are trained as spies in the leadup to the invasion of Europe, but one of them is a German double agent. Plot Bob Sharkey is put in charge of the 77th group of American espionage candidates. However, he is informed by his boss Charles Gibson that one of his students is a German Abwehr agent. He accepts the challenge of identifying him. He correctly chooses "Bill O'Connell". Gibson reveals that O'Connell is actually Wilhelm Kuncel, one of Germany's top spies. He tells Sharkey to pass him through the course, as they know his mission is to determine the date and location of Operation Overlord (the Allied invasion of Europe). They assign him a job in London that gives him full access to false information about "Plan B", the invasion of Germany through the Lowlands, hoping he will pass it along to his superior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Kline (journalist)
Chris Kline is an American artist/musician best known as "Vertexguy" or the "Vertex Guy". His artwork and music is present in several video games spanning more than a dozen titles across several console and PC platforms. His guitar renditions of classic video game songs have also been performed live at award shows and in concert with Video Games Live. Biography Chris Kline's musical influences started from his parents, David and Mary Ellen Kline, who first met in a rock and roll band. David Kline was a drummer and encouraged his son to pick up the drums around the age of 5. Kline stuck with the drums through high school, but also tried out a few other instruments along the way, such as the violin and the guitar. In middle school, Kline joined band and quickly excelled to first chair drummer. He performed in competition Jazz band and performed drum solos at band concerts in front of the entire school. Around this time, Kline also became interested in learning the guitar. He st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and the eastern part of Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukarno
Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of the Indonesian struggle for independence from the Dutch colonialists. He was a prominent leader of Indonesia's nationalist movement during the colonial period and spent over a decade under Dutch detention until released by the invading Japanese forces in World War II. Sukarno and his fellow nationalists collaborated to garner support for the Japanese war effort from the population, in exchange for Japanese aid in spreading nationalist ideas. Upon Japanese surrender, Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declared Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945, and Sukarno was appointed president. He led the Indonesian resistance to Dutch re-colonisation efforts via diplomatic and military means until the Dutch recognition of Indonesian independence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
