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Giovanni D'Anzi
Giovanni D'Anzi (1 January 1906 – 15 April 1974) was an Italian songwriter. Biography D'Anzi was born in Milan. In 1935 he wrote music and lyrics of " O mia bela Madonina" ("My beautiful little Madonna"), a song dedicated to his hometown which soon became very popular and a sort of unofficial city anthem. Between the 1930s and 1950s Giovanni D'Anzi and Alfredo Bracchi formed a very prolific pair of songwriters. They worked for radio, cinema and theater productions. Several of their songs were great hits. Among them ''"Ma le gambe"'', ''"Bambina innamorata"'', ''"Ma l'amore no"'', 'Voglio vivere così', ''"Ti parlerò d'amor"''. His song ''"Malinconia d'amore"'' has been sung by both Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras. Most of their songs were in Milanese dialect, and described ironically characters of the past in Milan, for example ''"La gagarella del Biffi Scala"'' (the spoiled daughter of Mr Biffi Scala) and ''"El Tumiami de Luret"'' (the braggart from piazzale Lore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margherita Ligure
Santa Margherita Ligure ( lij, Santa Margaita) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa, in the area traditionally known as Tigullio. It has a port, used for both tourism and fishing activities. Part of ''comune '' territory is included in the Regional Natural Park of Portofino. Santa Margherita Ligure borders the following municipalities: Camogli, Portofino, Rapallo. History The presence of a Roman settlement has not been definitely proven. The burgh, known as ''Pescino'', was devastated by Rothari in 641 and by the Saracens in the 10th century. Later it was a fief of the Fieschi family until 1229, when it was acquired by the Republic of Genoa. In 1432 it was attacked by the fleet of Venice and in 1549, together with Rapallo, by that of Turgut. In 1813, under the Napoleonic domination, the two burghs of ''Pescino'' and ''Corte'' were unified as ''Porto Napoleone''. Two years later it was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo Per Te Lucia
''Solo per te Lucia'' is a 1952 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Franco Rossi and starring Mariella Lotti. Cast *Mariella Lotti as Lucia *Luigi Tosi as Mario *Paolo Panelli as Tonino *Nerio Bernardi as Luciano *Anna Vita as Liliana * Franco Minervini as Paolo *Claudio Villa *Nilla Pizzi *Achille Togliani *Giacomo Rondinella *Gilberto Mazzi *Silvio Bagolini *Marisa Mantovani *Antonella Lualdi *Flaminia Jandolo *Ubaldo Lay *Tino Scotti *Cinico Angelini *Vittorio Caprioli *Alberto Collo * Alberto Bonucci * Nicolò Carosio References External links * ''Solo per te Lucia''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 ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Solo Per Te Lucia 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films 1950s musical drama films Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Era Lei Che Lo Voleva
''It Was She Who Wanted It!'' (Italian: ''Era lei che lo voleva!'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Walter Chiari, Lucia Bosè and Carlo Campanini.Chiti, Poppi & Lancia p.140 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. It involves the emotional bickering between a psychiatrist and a rather brusque boxer. Plot After seeing the famous Dinamite boxer in a sports magazine, a girl has visions, seeing in every person she meets the face of the boxer. Her doctor manages to remind her of having met him in a fleeting and unpleasant occasion, but concludes that the visions are the result of her unconscious love for the boxer. Cast * Walter Chiari as Walter Martini * Lucia Bosé as Nausicaa * Carlo Campanini as Antonio * Jone Morino as Donna Eva * Giuseppe Porelli as Comm. Invernaghi * Carmen de Lirio as Carmen * Mario Ruspoli as The Cousin Raoul * Belle Tildy as The Maid at Invernaghi's * Giovanni D'Anzi as Kid Tartu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departure At Seven
''Departure at Seven'' (Italian: ''Partenza ore 7'') is a 1946 Italian musical comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Chiaretta Gelli, Carlo Campanini and Laura Gore.Celli & Cottino-Jones p.68 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin. Cast * Chiaretta Gelli as Chiaretta Fumagalli * Carlo Campanini as Se stesso * Alberto Rabagliati as Giorgio * Laura Gore as Lucy D'Orsay * Tino Scotti as Filippo * Enzo Turco as Nicolino * Nando Bruno as Brunetti * Raimondo Vianello as Spettatore a teatro * Maria Donati * Paolo Bonecchi * Egisto Olivieri * Dino Peretti * Galeazzo Benti Galeazzo Benti (6 August 1923 – 21 April 1993) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1942 and 1991. Life and career Born Galeazzo Bentivoglio in Florence, Italy, a descendant of the Bentivoglio family, which ru ... References Bibliography * Carlo Celli & Marga Cottino-Jones. ''A New Guide to I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tutta La Città Canta
''Tutta la città canta'' () is a 1945 Italian musical-comedy film directed by Riccardo Freda. Cast Production Pre-production ''Tutta la città canta'' was director Riccardo Freda's third film as a director. The film was influenced by Hollywood films with the idea of putting a "revue" film on which featured the period's major singers and film stars, similar to that of ''The Hollywood Revue of 1929''. Among the people in the film included Nino Taranto, a Neapolitan stage and radio comedian, Natalino Otto, a jazz singer, and singer and actress Vivi Gioi, and the three Bono brothers: Gianni, Vittorio and Luigi who were comedians somewhat similar to the Marx Brothers. During the script writing period, Freda met the then cartoonist Federico Fellini who was 23 years old at the time. According to Freda, Fellini was introduced to him by Vittorio Metz and took part in the screenwriting process, which Freda described Fellini's contributions as being "scrippling on sheet after sheet of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabella's Adventure
''Annabella's Adventure'' or ''The Adventure of Annabella'' (Italian:''L'avventura di Annabella'') is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Leo Menardi and starring Fioretta Dolfi, Maurizio D'Ancora and Paola Borboni.Moliterno p.25 The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Cast * Fioretta Dolfi as Annabella * Maurizio D'Ancora as Roberto * Paola Borboni as La madre di Annabella * Enrico Viarisio as Il padre di Annabella * Amelia Chellini as La madre di Roberto * Virgilio Riento as Il padre di Roberto * Cesco Baseggio as Lo zio di Roberto * Anna Magnani as La mondana * Guido Barbarisi * Galeazzo Benti * * Gorella Gori * Alfredo Martinelli Alfredo Martinelli (7 March 1899 – 11 November 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany. Selected filmography * ''I Topi Grigi'' (1918) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1 ... * * Giacomo Moschini * Stefano Sibaldi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anything For A Song
''Anything for a Song'' ( it, Ho tanta voglia di cantare) is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" musical film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini, Vera Carmi and Luisa Rossi.Chiti & Poppi p.176 It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. Cast * Ferruccio Tagliavini as Il tenore * Vera Carmi as La fanciulla * Luisa Rossi as La ragazza cieca * Carlo Campanini as L'amico del tenore * Virgilio Riento as L'industriale * Tino Scotti as Il maestro di musica * Aldo Silvani as Il padre del tenore * Luigi Cimara * Carlo Romano as * as * Mario Siletti as * as * Totò Mignone as * Lia Orlandini as * Emilio Petacci Emilio Petacci (1886–1965) was an Italian film actor.Goble p.74 Selected filmography * '' Love Everlasting'' (1913) * '' The Wedding March'' (1934) * '' The Joker King'' (1935) * '' Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) * '' Joe the Red'' (193 ... as References Biblio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stasera Niente Di Nuovo
''Stasera niente di nuovo'' (literally: ''Tonight nothing is new'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli. Plot Cesare, a journalist, recognizes among some prostitutes arrested by the police, the young woman that saved his life some time earlier, without his having learned her identity. He tries to help the woman, Maria, and convince her to change her life, but without success. Later on, Maria asks Cesare for his help. She is dying in a hospital, but cannot tell her parents, because, some time earlier, she had told them that she was married. So, in the last hours of her life, Cesare marries Maria, and then calls for her family to be with her. Cast * Alida Valli - Maria * Carlo Ninchi - Cesare Manti * Antonio Gandusio - Il dottore Moriesi * Giuditta Rissone - Clelia, la padrona di casa * Dina Galli - La portinaia * Armando Migliari - Il direttore del giornale * Aldo Rubens - Giorgio, il ballerino * Paolo Bonecchi - Il fattorino del g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonna Felicità
''Nonna Felicità'' is a 1938 Italian film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Dina Galli. It was made as a sequel to the 1937 film '' Felicita Colombo''. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Cast * Dina Galli as Felicità Colombo * Armando Falconi as Il conte Jean Scotti * Maurizio D'Ancora as Ambrogino * Nino Taranto as Nino Senesi * Angelo Gandolfi as Giuseppe Grossi * Lilia Dale Lilia Dale (born 18 July 1919) is an Italian retired film actress.Cardullo p.100 Selected filmography * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) * '' Nonna Felicità'' (1938) * '' Mad Animals'' (1939) * '' Who Are You?'' (1939) * ''Red Tavern ''Red Tavern'' ( ... as Odette (as Lilly Hand) * Lydia Johnson as La baronessa Michette * Paolo Varna as Il barone (as Ottorino Visconti) References External links * 1938 films 1938 comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Mattoli Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Italian comedy films Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Store (1939 Film)
''Department Store'' (Italian:''I grandi magazzini'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini. It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film entered the competition at the 7th Venice International Film Festival. Cast *Vittorio De Sica as Bruno Zacchi * Assia Noris as Lauretta Corelli * Enrico Glori as Bertini, il capo del personale * Luisella Beghi as Emilia * Virgilio Riento as Gaetano * Milena Penovich as Anna * Andrea Checchi as Maurizio * Mattia Giancola as Pietro - il fratello di Anna * Renato Alberini * Aldo Capacci as Il giovane dell'ascensore * Nino Crisman as L'ispettore dei magazzini * Dhia Cristiani as La commessa del reparto mobili * Dino De Laurentiis as Un fattorino * Peppino De Martino as L'impiegato addetto ai cartellini * Giovanni Ferrari * Alba Ferrarotti as Una commessa * Diana Floriani as Una commessa * Nora Lenner as Una commessa * Loredana as Una commessa * Mirto Lusso * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comune Di Milano
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals A chemical substance is a form of matter having constant chemical compositi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
