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Grand Canyon Massacre
''Grand Canyon Massacre'' (Italian language, Italian: ''Massacro al Grande Canyon'', lit. "Massacre at Grand Canyon") is a 1964 Italian Spaghetti Western filmed in Croatia starring James Mitchum, Milla Sannoner, and George Ardisson. It was directed by Sergio Corbucci and film producer, produced by Albert Band. The film's theme music, theme song was performed by Rod Dana. The film has nothing to do with the Grand Canyon. Plot Wes Evans has completed his quest in finding and killing the Slade brothers, who have murdered his father, the sheriff of Arriba Mesa. Returning home, Wes is stopped by a large amount of gunmen in Butte Canyon, whose presence is a mystery. Wes escapes and returns home to Arriba Mesa. The judge offers him the job as sheriff and Cooley, the holder of the office and a friend of Wes, is anxious to step down. Wes however only wants to settle down, but when he learns that his love Nancy (who believed Wes to be dead) has married Tully Dancer, he decides to leave ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Dana
Rod Dana (born Roger Francke; 8 August 1934) is an American former actor, writer and model, mainly active in Italian cinema. Life and career Born in Vernal, Utah, Dana started his career as a runway and photographic model in the late 1950s.Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema''. Gremese 2006, . After occasionally appearing in minor roles in a number of B-movies, he moved to Italy to pursue an acting career. In the second half of the 1960s starred in a number of genre films, mainly Eurospy and Spaghetti Western films, often credited as Robert Mark. In 2003 Dana wrote a novel, ''Conversations with the Devil: Dialogues with the Soul'', under the pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ... Jon Christian Eag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone (; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter credited as the pioneer of the Spaghetti Western genre and widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema. Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His movies include the ''Dollars Trilogy'' of Westerns featuring Clint Eastwood: ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964), '' For a Few Dollars More'' (1965), and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966); and the ''Once Upon a Time'' films: ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' (1968), ''Duck, You Sucker!'' (1971), and ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984). Early life Born on 3 January 1929 in Rome, Leone was the son of the cinema pioneer Vincenzo Leone (known as director Roberto Roberti or Leone Roberto Roberti) and silent film actress Edvige Valcarenghi (Bice Valerian). During his schooldays, Leone was a classmate of his later musical collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane (film)
''Shane'' is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur and Van Heflin. Released by Paramount Pictures,''Variety'' film review; April 15, 1953, page 6.''Harrison's Reports'' film review; April 18, 1953, page 63. the film is noted for its landscape cinematography, editing, performances, and contributions to the genre.Andrew, Geoff. "Shane", ''Time Out Film Guide'', Time Out Guides Ltd., London, 2006. The picture was produced and directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by A. B. Guthrie Jr., based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Schaefer. Its Oscar-winning cinematography was by Loyal Griggs. ''Shane'' was the last feature film and the only color film of Arthur's career. It also features Brandon deWilde, Jack Palance, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook Jr., Edgar Buchanan,and Ben Johnson. It was listed as No. 45 in the 2007 edition of AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list, and No. 3 on AFI's 10 Top 10 in the 'Western' category. In 1993, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attilio Severini
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] |
Vlastimir Gavrik
Vlastimir ( sr-cyrl, Властимир, ; c. 805 – 851) was the Serbian prince from c. 830 until c. 851. Little is known of his reign. He held Serbia during the growing threat posed by the neighbouring, hitherto peaceful, First Bulgarian Empire, which had expanded significantly toward Serbia. At the time, the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire were at peace by treaty, and although the Byzantine Emperor was overlord of the Serb lands, he was unable to aid the Serbs in a potential war. Presian I of Bulgaria eventually invaded Serbia, resulting in a three-year-war, in which the Bulgarian army was devastated and driven out. Vlastimir then turned to the west, expanding well into the hinterland of Dalmatia. He is the eponymous founder of the Vlastimirović dynasty, the first Serbian dynasty. Background Serbian realm and family history The prince (''archon'') that led the Serbs to the Balkans and received the protection of Heraclius (r. 610–641), known conventionally a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Medar
Vladimir Medar (1923–1978) was a Croatian film actor, film and television actor. He played the title role in the 1962 Italian adventure film Taras Bulba, the Cossack''.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.168 Selected filmography * ''Barba Zvane'' (1949) - Stipe ... partijac * ''Jezero'' (1950) * ''Bakonja fra Brne'' (1951) - Krsto * ''The Gypsy Girl (film), The Gypsy Girl'' (1953) * ''Esalon doktora M.'' (1955) - Saban * ''Michel Strogoff (1956 film), Michel Strogoff'' (1956) - Aubergiste (uncredited) * ''Poslednji kolosek'' (1956) - Masinovodja Djordje * ''Cipelice na asfaltu'' (1956) - (segment "Gvozdeni orao") * ''Potrazi Vandu Kos'' (1957) - Samac (uncredited) * ''La Tour, prends garde !'' (1958) * ''Miss Stone (film), Miss Stone'' (1958) - Golemiot Vezir * ''Gospodja ministarka'' (1958) * ''Tri Ane'' (1959) - Recepcioner hotela 'Istra' II * ''Dilizansa snova'' (1960) - Gost u kafani (uncredited) * ''Ljubav i moda'' (1960) - Modni krojac II * ''Zajednicki stan'' (1960) - Dragisa * ''Prvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Terra
Renato Terra (26 July 1922 in Naples – 28 November 2010 in Rome) had a career working in film as an actor, and has appeared in over 80 movies. In 1977 he retired to become a poet. Young, he attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome and also used the alias Ryan Earthpick during his career. During the shooting of a film, he fell from a horse and permanently broke his nose. During his post-actor career as a poet, he published the book ''Che Strano Paese''. Selected filmography * ''The Black Corsair'' (1938) * ''Torna a Napoli'' (1949) - Nino * ''Path of Hope'' (1950) - Mommino * ''Hearts at Sea'' (1950) * ''Vivo di te'', shortfilm (1951) * ''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' (1952) * ''I falsari'' (1953) * ''A Husband for Anna'' (1953) - Il palpeggiatore * '' Senso'' (1954) - Un soldato (uncredited) * '' Proibito'' (1955) * '' The Bachelor'' (1956) - Tiberio * ''Nero's Weekend'' (1956) * ''Kean'' (1957) * ''White Nights'' (1957) - Un coinvolto nella rissa * ''Un an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito Stefanelli
Benito Stefanelli (2 September 1928 – 18 December 1999) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and weapons master who made over 60 appearances in film between 1955 and 1991. Biography and career Stefanelli is best known in world cinema for his roles as henchmen in several of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western films, portraying gang members in the trilogy of films ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964), ''For a Few Dollars More'' (1965), and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966). He played the town drunk in '' Wanted'' (1967) starring Giuliano Gemma and Serge Marquand. In his career, Stefanelli appeared in countless other western films and he worked simultaneously as a stunt coordinator (particularly during the 1960s and early 1970s) on the films that he performed in including those of Sergio Leone. A fluent English speaker, he also reportedly served as Clint Eastwood's interpreter together with Bill Thompkins on the set of ''A Fistful of Dollars''. Selected filmography * ''Ulysses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinando Poggi
Ferdinando Poggi, often credited as Nando Poggi, was an Italian born actor active between 1958 and 1985. Best known for his role as Castor in the 1963 film '' Jason and the Argonauts'', he also acted in and was stunt coordinator for '' Clash of the Titans'' as well as several Italian language films. Selected filmography * ''Kidnapped to Mystery Island'' (1964) * ''Sandokan to the Rescue'' (1964) * ''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 ...'' (1964) References Year of birth missing (living people) Possibly living people Italian male film actors {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Giordana
Andrea Giordana (born 27 March 1946) is an Italian actor. He has appeared in more than 14 films, 29 television and 35 theater shows since the mostly late 1950s. Early life He was born in Rome, Italy to film director Claudio Gora and actress Marina Berti. His siblings are Marina , Luca, Carlo and Cristina. He began acting as a child, appearing in 1957 film '' Erode il grande'' (''Herod the Great'') at the age of 11 as small Daniel. Career He made his television debut '' The Count of Monte Christo'' (''il conte di Montecristo'') playing Edmond Dantes in 1966. He starred in the 1971 miniseries '' Eneide'' as Turnus and ''Quaranta giorni di libertà'' (''Forty Days of Freedom''), directed by Leandro Castellani. In 1976 he played Colonel Sir William Fitzgerald in the German-Italian television series ''Sandokan – Der Tiger von Malaysia''. Giordana appeared in the 1967 film ''È stato bello amarti'' directed by Adimaro Sala. He made several recordings, including the 1966 album ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Nelson
Burt is a given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert, or a place name. Burt may refer to: People *Burt Alvord (1866–after 1910), American Old West lawman and outlaw * Burt Bacharach (born 1928), American composer, music producer and pianist *Burt Baskin (1913–1967), co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain * Burt Caesar, British actor, broadcaster and director * Burt Grossman (born 1967), National Football League player *Burt Hooton (born 1950), American former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach *Burt Kennedy (1922–2001), American screenwriter and director *Burt Kwouk (born 1930–2016), English actor best known for playing Cato in the Pink Panther films * Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), American film actor *Burt Munro (1899–1978), New Zealand motorcycle racer * Burt Mustin (1884–1977), American character actor * Burt Reynolds (1936–2018), American actor and director *Burt Rutan (born 1943), American aerospace eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
