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Fury (1947 Film)
''Fury'' (Italian: ''Furia'') is a 1947 Italian melodrama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Isa Pola, Rossano Brazzi and Gino Cervi. The film was remade in 1957 as ''Wild Is the Wind'', Anna Magnani's second Hollywood role.Dick p.144 Loosely based on Giovanni Verga's novel '' La lupa'', it is a melodrama set in the horsebreeding community. Cast * Isa Pola as Clara * Rossano Brazzi as Antonio * Gino Cervi as Oreste * Adriana Benetti as Marietta * Checco Durante as Postman * Paolo Ferrara as Doctor * Camillo Pilotto as Priest * Cesare Polacco as Lawyer * Umberto Spadaro as Rocco * Bella Starace Sainati as Priest's Sister * Attilio Torelli * Pina Piovani Pina Piovani (20 March 1897 – 2 January 1955) was an Italian stage and film actress.Bìspuri p.126 She was married to the actor Giulio Battiferri. Partial filmography * ''Napule... e niente cchiù'' (1928) - Paquita - stella del varietá * ' ... * Armando Guarnieri References Bibliograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goffredo Alessandrini
Goffredo Alessandrini (20 November 1904, in Cairo – 16 May 1978, in Rome) was an Italian scriptwriter and film director. He also acted, edited, and produced some films. He practiced athletics in his youth, and won a title of Italian champion on 110 meters hurdles in 1925. Biography He started in films collaborating with Alessandro Blasetti and was one of the most important film directors under Italian Fascism. His films received several awards at the Venice Film Festival during the Fascist era: the Mussolini Cup for Best Italian film in 1938, for ''Luciano Serra pilota'', and in 1939 for ''Abuna Messias''. He received the Biennale Award in 1942, for ''Noi Vivi'' and ''Addio Kira!'' His most remembered and important works are two anti-Communist films (combined to comprise 4 hours), both based on Ayn Rand's ''We the Living''. Without Rand's permission, ''We the Living'' was made into a pair of films, ''Noi vivi'' and ''Addio, Kira'' in 1942, by Scalara Films, Rome. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Lupa (novel)
La lupa is Italian for "the she-wolf", a female wolf. La lupa can refer to the mythological she-wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus and became a symbol of the city of Rome. La lupa Capitolina is the Italian name of the Capitoline Wolf, the famous statue of the mythical she-wolf in the National Museum of Rome. __NOTOC__ Films * ''La lupa'', a 1953 film adaptation by Alberto Lattuada of Giovanni Verga's short story * ''La lupa'', a 1955 film by Luis Lucia * ''La lupa'', a 1996 film adaptation by Gabriele Lavia of Giovanni Verga's short story ** ''La Lupa'', a 1996 soundtrack album by Ennio Morricone, and its theme track * ''La lupa mannara'', a 1976 Italian film Literature and media * ''La Lupa'' (magazine), an early fascist magazine founded by Paolo Orano * ''La Lupa'' (story), a short story by Giovanni Verga * La Lupa (Swiss singer), artist Other uses *Acca Larentia (Roman mythology), the adopted mother of Romulus and Remus, and by some accounts a prostitute ("lupa") * A ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Drama Films
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1947 Films
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, ''It Happened on Fifth Avenue''. *May 22 – ''Great Expectations'' is premiered in New York. *August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival. *November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten". *November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Guarnieri
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Pina Piovani
Pina Piovani (20 March 1897 – 2 January 1955) was an Italian stage and film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ....Bìspuri p.126 She was married to the actor Giulio Battiferri. Partial filmography * ''Napule... e niente cchiù'' (1928) - Paquita - stella del varietá * ''The Pirate's Dream'' (1940) - Una popolana * ''La fanciulla di Portici'' (1940) - L'ostessa * ''La zia smemorata'' (1940) - La cameriera di Clara * ''Tosca (1941 film), Tosca'' (1941) - Angela (uncredited) * ''Il signore a doppio petto'' (1941) * ''Se non son matti non li vogliamo'' (1941) - La padrona della caffetteria * ''Il leone di Damasco'' (1942) * ''Street of the Five Moons'' (1942) - Anna * ''Sleeping Beauty (1942 film), Sleeping Beauty'' (1942) - Nunziata * ''Una storia d'amore'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attilio Torelli
Saint Attilio, one of the legendary martyrs of the Theban Legion, is venerated as a saint in the area of Trino Vercellese, in Piedmont, north-west Italy and commemorated on 28 June. However his cult is no longer officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church and he has no entry in its current martyrologies. He has been depicted with a flag, a helmet and the palm of martyrdom The palm branch is a symbol of victory, triumph, peace, and eternal life originating in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. The palm ''(Phoenix)'' was sacred in Mesopotamian religions, and in ancient Egypt represented immortality. In .... References Sant’Attilio, santiebeati.it {{DEFAULTSORT:Attilio 3rd-century Christian saints Italian Roman Catholic saints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Starace Sainati
Bella Starace Sainati (June 2, 1878 – August 4, 1958) was an Italian stage and film actress.Goble p.190 Selected filmography * '' The Two Mothers'' (1938) * ''Naples Will Never Die'' (1939) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1940) * ''Inspector Vargas'' (1940) * '' Saint John, the Beheaded'' (1940) * '' The Sinner'' (1940) * ''First Love'' (1941) * '' The Secret Lover'' (1941) * '' Carmela'' (1942) * ''Jealousy'' (1942) * ''Signorinette'' (1942) * ''Odessa in Flames'' (1942) * ''The Ten Commandments'' (1945) * '' Farewell, My Beautiful Naples'' (1946) * '' Bullet for Stefano'' (1947) * '' Fury'' (1947) * '' Vertigine d'amore'' (1949) * '' Il voto'' (1950) * ''His Last Twelve Hours'' (1951) * '' Cameriera bella presenza offresi...'' (1951) * ''The City Stands Trial ''The City Stands Trial'' ( it, Processo alla città) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo murders and the struggle for control of Naples b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Spadaro
Umberto Spadaro (8 November 1904 – 12 October 1981) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in around 95 films between 1940 and 1979. His brother Peppino Spadaro was also an actor. Selected filmography * ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) – Saltimbanco (uncredited) * ''Senza cielo'' (1940) * ''Caravaggio'' (1941) * ''Blood Wedding'' (1941) – Maso * ''Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) * ''Catene invisibili'' (1942) – Un amico di Enrico al biliardo * '' The Two Orphans'' (1942) – Il custode della stazione * '' Wedding Day'' (1942) – Un cameriere (uncredited) * ''Jealousy'' (1942) – Il testimone Sante di Mauro * ''L'usuraio'' (1943) * ''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) – Lo stregone * ''Sempre più difficile'' (1943) – Mucugno * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) – Il delatore nella taverna * ''Vietato ai minorenni'' (1944) * ''Macario Against Zagomar'' (1944) – Touzille, il cenciaiolo * ''Mist on the Sea'' (1944) – Il fuochista * ''La Fornarina'' (1944) – Un clie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Polacco
Cesare Polacco (14 May 1900 – 2 March 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Venice, Polacco started his career in 1920 in the stage company of Emilio Zago, with whom he played most of the Goldoni's repertoire. In 1928 he moved to Rome, where in addition to theatre he started appearing in films and working as a dubber. Being of Jewish origin, he was temporarily forced to abandon acting because of the 1938 Fascist racial laws, resuming his activities at the end of the war, in 1945. Also active on radio and television, he got a large popularity thanks to the Inspector Rock character he played in Carosello, in a series of giallo-comedy shorts aired between 1957 and 1968. Partial filmography * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) - Il banditore al patibolo * '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) - Casellante stazione ferroviaria * ''Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936) - El Fennek * '' Hands Off Me!'' (1937) - Il capomastro * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) - Un o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camillo Pilotto
Camillo Pilotto (6 February 1888 Birth name: Camillo Raul Vittorio Pilotto. – 27 May 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 101 films between 1916 and 1963. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Song of Love'' (1930) * ''The Old Lady'' (1932) * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1932) * ''Three Lucky Fools'' (1933) * ''The Haller Case'' (1933) * ''La segretaria per tutti'' (1933) * ''Port'' (1934) * ''The Matchmaker'' (1934) * '' Full Speed'' (1934) * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) * '' The Great Appeal'' (1936) * ''The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * '' Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal'' (1937) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * '' The Make Believe Pirates'' (1937) * '' The Three Wishes'' (1937) * ''The Two Misanthropists'' (1937) *''The Castiglioni Brothers'', (1937) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * ''Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) * '' All of Life in One Night'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Ferrara
Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Paolo Art *Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter *Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American sculptor *Paolo Antonio Barbieri (1603–1649), Italian painter * Paolo Buggiani (born 1933), Italian contemporary artist *Paolo Carosone (born 1941), Italian painter and sculptor *Paolo Moranda Cavazzola (1486–1522), Italian painter *Paolo Farinati (c. 1524–c. 1606), Italian painter * Paolo Fiammingo (c. 1540–1596), Flemish painter *Paolo Domenico Finoglia (c. 1590–1645), Italian painter *Paolo Grilli (1857–1952), Italian sculptor and painter *Paolo de Matteis (1662–1728), Italian painter * Paolo Monaldi, Italian painter *Paolo Pagani (1655–1716), Italian painter *Paolo Persico (c. 1729–1796), Italian sculptor *Paolo Pino (1534–1565), Italian painter *Paolo Gerolamo Piola (1666–1724), Italian painter *Paolo Porpora (1617 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
