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Gianni Ferrio
Gianni Ferrio (16 November 1924 – 21 October 2013) was an Italian composer, conductor and music arranger. Life and career Born in Vicenza, Ferrio studied at the conservatories of Vicenza and Venice. Starting in the late 1950s, he was active as a composer of film scores. He composed some 120 soundtracks, mostly for Spaghetti Westerns and commedie sexy all'italiana films. His piece "One Silver Dollar", the main theme to Giorgio Ferroni's ''Blood for a Silver Dollar'' (1965), was later included in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's ''Inglourious Basterds''. Ferrio is also well known for his work in pop music, particularly for his collaboration with Mina, for whom he composed hit songs such as "Parole parole" and wrote arrangements and orchestrations for many songs and albums. The last collaboration with Mina was on her 2012 album ''12 (American Song Book)'', for which Ferrio provided the string arrangements. Ferrio served as conductor for the Sanremo Music Festival in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance '' palazzi''. With the Palladian Villas of the Veneto in the surrounding area, and his renowned ''Teatro Olimpico'' (Olympic Theater), the "city of Palladio" has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994. In December 2008, Vicenza had an estimated population of 115,927 and a metropolitan area of 270,000. Vicenza is the third-largest Italian industrial centre as measured by the value of its exports, and is one of the country's wealthiest cities, in large part due to its textile and steel industries, which employ tens of thousands. Additionally, about one fifth of the country's gold a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Ferrio
Gianni Ferrio (16 November 1924 – 21 October 2013) was an Italian composer, conductor and music arranger. Life and career Born in Vicenza, Ferrio studied at the conservatories of Vicenza and Venice. Starting in the late 1950s, he was active as a composer of film scores. He composed some 120 soundtracks, mostly for Spaghetti Westerns and commedie sexy all'italiana films. His piece "One Silver Dollar", the main theme to Giorgio Ferroni's ''Blood for a Silver Dollar'' (1965), was later included in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's ''Inglourious Basterds''. Ferrio is also well known for his work in pop music, particularly for his collaboration with Mina, for whom he composed hit songs such as "Parole parole" and wrote arrangements and orchestrations for many songs and albums. The last collaboration with Mina was on her 2012 album ''12 (American Song Book)'', for which Ferrio provided the string arrangements. Ferrio served as conductor for the Sanremo Music Festival in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger!! Death Ray
''Danger!! Death Ray'' (Italian: ''Il Raggio infernale'', lit. ''The Infernal Ray''Blake, Deal, p.56) is a 1967 Italian Eurospy secret agent spy film starring Gordon Scott. The film was satirized on a 1995 episode of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Synopsis Scientist Jean Karl Michael invents a death ray which, according to him, is for "peaceful purposes". He arranges to demonstrate the ray to a group of European NATO representatives. As he is demonstrating it, a group of enemy agents disguised as NATO officials steals the death ray, kidnap the scientist, and escape by car under the cover of night. Following a pursuit and gun battle, they escape by helicopter which lands on a submarine and is discarded as the submarine submerges. As Agent Bart Fargo is about to go on vacation, he is given the assignment of retrieving the death ray and saving the scientist. He travels to Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tough One
''The Tough One'' (Spanish: ''El aventurero de Guaynas'') is a 1966 Spanish/Italian spaghetti Western directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent (26 August 1921 – 16 August 2012) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He directed several Spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s. He died on 16 August 2012 at the age of 91 in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is ... and starring John Richardson. External links * ''The Tough One''at Spaghetti Western 1966 films 1966 Western (genre) films Spanish Western (genre) films Italian Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Contemporary Western films Films directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Films scored by Gianni Ferrio 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Yuma Gold
''Fort Yuma Gold'' ( it, Per pochi dollari ancora, lit=For a Few Extra Dollars) is a 1966 Italian/Spanish/French international co-production Spaghetti Western film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. Plot Confederate Major Sanders (Jacques Sernas), continues fighting the North after the conclusion of the American Civil War. Former Rebel Gary Diamond ( Giuliano Gemma), now a guide, leads a pair of Union soldiers to obstruct Sanders before he can pull off a raid on Fort Yuma. However the others are unaware that Diamond knows that one of the Union officers is actually Sanders' spy. More complications ensue, pairing Diamond with the aptly named saloon-girl Connie Breastful (Sophie Daumier). Later Diamond is found to be a traitor and is tortured severely before Sanders' plot is foiled. Cast * Giuliano Gemma (as Montgomery Wood) as Gary Diamond *Jacques Sernas as Maj. Sanders *Dan Vadis as Nelson Riggs *Sophie Daumier as Connie Breastfull *Nello Pazzafini (as Red Carter) as Sgt. Brian Pit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Golden Poker
Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni and Johni. The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as . Notable people and characters named Johnny or Johnnie include: People Johnny * Johnny Adams (born 1932), American singer * Johnny Aba (born 1956), Papua New Guinean professional boxer * Johnny Abarrientos (born 1970), Filipino professional basketball player * Johnny Abbes García (1924–1967), chief of the government intelligence office of the Dominican Republic * Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician * Johnny Abrego (born 1962), former Major League baseball player * Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer * John Laurinaitis, (born 1962) also known as Johnny Ace, American wrestler a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes Of The West (1963 Film)
''Heroes of the West'' ( it, Gli eroi del West) is a 1963 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Steno. Story Two stage robbers impersonate the heirs of a gold mine but end up defending the families they intended to ripoff. Cast *Walter Chiari - Mike *Raimondo Vianello - Colorado *Silvia Solar - Margaret *Beni Deus - Bill * María Andersen - Barbara * Tomás Blanco - Mayor Ortes *Miguel Del Castillo - Jessie *Mónica Randall - Sherry * Antonio Peral - Il Boia * Mercedes Lobato, Bruno Scipioni, Mercedes Lobato, Xan das Bolas, Santiago Rivera, Adolfo Arles External links * ''Heroes of the West''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1963 films 1960s Italian-language films Italian Western (genre) comedy films 1960s Western (gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Four Musketeers (1963 Film)
''The Four Musketeers'' ( it, I quattro moschettieri, french: Le quatrième mousquetaire) is a 1963 Italian-French adventure-comedy film co-written and directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Erminio Macario and Nino Taranto. It is a loose parody of Alexandre Dumas' ''The Three Musketeers''. Plot Cast *Aldo Fabrizi as Bouboule *Erminio Macario as Dubois *Nino Taranto as Frisson *Carlo Croccolo as Lapin *Peppino De Filippo as Cardinal Richelieu *Carla Marlier as Costanza Bonacieux *Béatrice Altariba as Queen Anne of Austria *Lisa Gastoni as Milady de Winter * Alberto Bonucci as Cyrano de Bergerac *Francesco Mulè as Louis XIII *Georges Rivière as D'Artagnan *Nando Poggi as Athos * Betto Di Paolo as Aramis *Andrea Aureli as Porthos *Franco Ressel as Lord Buckingham *Nino Terzo as Rochefort *John Francis Lane as Bonacieux *Anna Campori Anna Campori (22 September 1917 – 19 January 2018) was an Italian actress. From 1951 onwards, she appeared in 70 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obiettivo Ragazze
''Obiettivo ragazze'' is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Four ex-soldiers meet and reminisce about the times they were in the military: a parachutist mistaking his sergeant's home for a brothel, a hypnotized sailor that believes he changed his sex, and two soldiers captured by an African tribe. Cast * Franco Franchi * Ciccio Ingrassia as Franco * Alighiero Noschese * Walter Chiari as Alberto * Vittorio Congia * Diletta D'Andrea * Renzo Palmer * Elio Pandolfi as Aurelio * Antonella Steni * Carlo Campanini as Roberto * Marisa Del Frate as Gina * Tony Renis Tony Renis (born 13 May 1938), stage name of Elio Cesari, is an Italian singer, composer, music producer and film actor. Life and career Renis was born in Milan. In the mid-1950s he met with Adriano Celentano, and the two started performing an i ... as himself References External links * 1963 films 1963 comedy films Italian comedy films 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Colonels
''I due colonnelli'' (internationally released as ''The Two Colonels'') is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The character of Totò took inspiration from a similar character he played in ''Totò Diabolicus''. Plot The story is of Italian and British troops facing off on the Greek-Albanian border in 1943. Both sides take, lose, and retake a border village countless times during the entire movie. The village is taken and retaken by both sides so many times that the locals don't even pay attention to the battles any more and openly collaborate with whichever side is occupying the village at that time. Both sides use the same hotel as their HQ and a friendship and mutual respect even develops between the two opposing commanding officers. This goes on until the Germans arrive and order the Italian commander to destroy the village killing its inhabitants, an order the Italian commander refuses to carry out bringing on a death sentence. His men refuse the German officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 Marines Per 100 Ragazze
''5 marines per 100 ragazze'' is a 1961 Italian "musicarello" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Virna Lisi. Cast * Virna Lisi as Grazia * Mario Carotenuto as Admiral Michigan * Hélène Chanel as Elena * Little Tony as Tony Collina * Vittorio Congia as Charlie * as Aurora * Paul Wynter as Sam * Raffaella Carrà as Mirella * Sergio Raimondi as Robert * Franco Franchi as Factotum * Ciccio Ingrassia as Factotum *Pietro De Vico as Attendant *Bice Valori as Director *Raimondo Vianello as General Patterson *Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk fo ... as Sgt. Imparato References External links * 1961 films Italian comedy films 1960s Italian-language films 1961 comedy films Films directed by Mario Mattoli Films scored by Gianni Ferrio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules In The Valley Of Woe
''Hercules in the Vale of Woe'' ( it, Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ ''Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe''), a.k.a. ''Hercules in the Valley of Woe'', is a 1961 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Kirk Morris as Maciste and Frank Gordon as Hercules. The film is a comical take on the popular sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s and 1960s. Plot In Milan, a major theater entrepreneur's going to put on a show period piece set in the era of mythological Greece. However, by a lucky accident, the company of actors and the entrepreneur himself are catapulted back in time just at the time of invincible warriors and heroes of Homer and Hesiod. Now we learn that the king Eurystheus needed to drive to Hercules, the invincible hero, able to defeat his arch enemy Maciste, who wants to kidnap his girlfriend Deianira. Cast * Kirk Morris as Maciste * Frank Gordon as Hercules * Franco Franchi as Francheo * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ingrassia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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