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Giulio Calì
Giulio Calì (26 March 1895 – 20 January 1967) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1966. Life and career Born in Rome, Calì started his career on stage, being mainly active in Roman dialect theater and in avanspettacolo. He made his film debut in 1927, in Umberto Paradisi's ''Un balilla del '48'', but his career ultimately started after the Second World War, when he was cast in a good number of films of different genres and quality, even if usually playing very minor roles. Calì is probably best known for his association with director Alberto Lattuada, who gave him his first significant roles, namely Smarazzacucco in ''The Mill on the Po'' (1949) and the sailor in ''The Overcoat'' (1952). Other notable directors with whom Calì worked include Steno, Mario Monicelli, Alessandro Blasetti, Mario Mattoli, Luigi Zampa and Luigi Comencini. Selected filmography * ''Before the Postman'' (1942) * ''The Peddler and the Lady'' (1943) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Peddler And The Lady
''The Peddler and the Lady'' (Italian title: ''Campo de' fiori'') is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Caterina Boratto and Anna Magnani.Reich & Garofalo p.101 Much of the film is set on the Campo de' Fiori in Rome where Elide a greengrocer is in love with a fishmonger who works nearby, but he is more interested in another woman. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Peppino Corradini * Caterina Boratto as Elsa Bianchini * Anna Magnani as Elide * Peppino De Filippo as Aurelio * Cristiano Cristiani as Il piccolo Carletto * Olga Solbelli as Olga * Rina Franchetti as Rosa, la domestica di Olga * Guglielmo Barnabò as Il signore grasso sul treno * Ciro Berardi as Sor Eugenio * Giulio Calì as L'uomo che chiede le alicette * Lia Campomori as La suora del carcere * Olga Capri as Peppa, la portiera * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Leila, la giocatrice al tavolo di baccarat * Gorella Gori as La balia * Luana Lori as La domestica venuta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety Lights
''Variety Lights'' ( it, Luci del varietà) is a 1951 Italian romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina. The film is about a beautiful and ambitious young woman who joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians and inadvertently causes jealousy and emotional crises. A collaboration with Alberto Lattuada in production, direction, and writing, ''Variety Lights'' launched Fellini's directorial career. Prior to this film, Fellini worked primarily as a screenwriter, most notably working on Roberto Rossellini’s ''Rome, Open City''. Plot The filmdancers and performers struggle to make money from town to town, playing to minimal crowds, while the ageing manager of the company falls in love with a newcomer, to the chagrin of his faithful mistress Melina Amour, played by Fellini's real-life wife, Giulietta Masina. The movie begins with a sold-out vaudeville sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Bad She's Bad
''Too Bad She's Bad'' ( it, Peccato che sia una canaglia) is a 1955 Italian comedy directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It stars Sophia Loren and is based on Alberto Moravia's story "Fanatico", from his ''Racconti Romani''. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios and on location around Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mario Chiari and Mario Garbuglia. Plot Young and shapely Lina Stroppiani and her two accomplices try to con a taxi driver out of his cab and money, with unexpected results when he discovers what they are up to. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as "Professor" Vittorio Stroppiani * Sophia Loren as Lina Stroppiani, the "professor's" daughter * Marcello Mastroianni as Paolo Silvestrelli, a taxi driver * Marcella Melnati as Lina's grandmother, the "professor's" mother * Giorgio Sanna as Peppino * Michael Simone as Toto * Umberto Melnati as Robbery victim * Margherita Bagni as Elsa, Umberto's wife * Mario Scaccia as Robbery victim * Wanda Benedetti as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragic Ballad (film)
''Tragic Ballad'' (Italian: ''Ballata tragica'') is a 1954 Italian crime musical melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Teddy Reno, Beniamino Maggio and Nando Bruno.Chiti & Poppi p.54 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. Cast * Teddy Reno as Stefano Accardi * Beniamino Maggio as Giovanni Barone * Nando Bruno as Commisario * Marisa Allasio as Maria Rota * Tina Pica as Moglie del nostromo * Barbara Shelley as Betty Mason * Leda Gloria as Signora Barone * Marc Lawrence as Felipe Alvaro * Enzo Petito as Nostromo * Amedeo Girardi as Paolo Accardi * Giulio Calì as Marinaio genovese * Rosalia Maggio as cameriera casa Accardi * Giacomo Furia as Vigile urbano * Michele Malaspina as armatore amico Accardi * Cesare Fantoni as Ispettore polizia * Pasquale De Filippo as Aiutante commissario * Natale Cirino Natale Cirino (5 February 1894 – 29 May 1962) was an Italian stage and film actor. Life and career Born in Cata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tears Of Love
''Tears of Love'' (Italian: ''Lacrime d'amore'') is a 1954 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Pino Mercanti and starring Achille Togliani, Katina Ranieri and Otello Toso.Chiti & Poppi p.201 Cast * Achille Togliani as Mario Benetti * Katina Ranieri as Grazia Montalto * Bianca Maria Fusari as Rosella * Otello Toso as Davide Montalto * Enrico Glori as Comm. Goebritz * Umberto Spadaro as Don Vincenzo Benetti * Rita Rosa * Inelda Meroni * Dina De Santis * Nadia Bianchi * Mimo Billi * Roberto Paoletti * John Kitzmiller * Carlo Romano * Nada Cortese * Piero Giagnoni * Giacomo Furia * Galeazzo Benti as Dominique * Giulio Calì * Marco Tulli * Anellina Furia * Alberto D'Amario * Renato Lupi Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means " born again" (natus = born). In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it exists in masculine and feminine forms: Renato and Renata. In French they have been translated to René and Renée. Renata is ... * Edoardo Nevola References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days Of Love
''Days of Love'' ( it, Giorni d'amore) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Cast * Marcello Mastroianni as Pasquale Droppio * Marina Vlady as Angela Cafalla * Giulio Calì as Pietro Cafalla, nonno di Angela * Angelina Longobardi as Concetta Cafalla, madre di Angela * Dora Scarpetta as Nunziata, sorella di Angela * Fernando Jacovolta as Adolfo Cafalla, fratello di Angela * Renato Chiantoni as Francesco, zio di Angela * Lucien Gallas as Oreste Droppio, padre di Pasquale * Cosimo Poerio as Onorato Droppio, nonno di Pasquale * Pina Gallini as Filomena Droppio, nonna di Pasquale * Angelina Chiusano as Loreta Droppio, madre di Pasquale * Franco Avallone as Leopoldo Droppio, fratello di Pasquale * Santina Tucci as Teresa Droppio, sorella di Pasquale * Gildo Bocci as Il maresciallo * Pietro Tordi as Il parroco References External links * 1954 films 1954 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Giusep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Infedeli
''The Unfaithfuls'' ( it, Le infedeli) is a 1953 Italian comedy drama film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno and starring Gina Lollobrigida. Cast * Gina Lollobrigida as Lulla Possenti * May Britt as Liliana Rogers * Pierre Cressoy as Osvaldo Dal Prà * Tina Lattanzi as Carla Bellaris * Carlo Romano as Giovanni Azzali * Irene Papas as Luisa Azzali * Charles Fawcett as Henry Rogers (as Charles Fawcet) * Paolo Ferrara as Il commissario * Giulio Calì as Cantagalli - il proprietario dell'agenzia Lince * Margherita Bagni as La madre di Marisa * Tania Weber as L'amica di Lulla * Carlo Lamas as Carlo, l'autista - amante di Luisa * Marina Vlady as Marisa (as Marina Wladi) * Anna Maria Ferrero as Cesarina * Carlo Mazzarella Carlo Mazzarella (30 July 1919 – 7 March 1993) was an Italian actor and journalist. Life and career Born in Genoa, Mazzarella enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1942. Almost immediately he debuted on st ... as The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musoduro
''Musoduro'' is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Bennati and starring Fausto Tozzi, Marina Vlady and Cosetta Greco.Goble p.469 Cast * Fausto Tozzi as Marco / Musoduro * Marina Vlady as Lucia Giardano * Cosetta Greco as Anita * Gérard Landry as Romolo * Odoardo Spadaro as Pinzi, venditore ambulante * Giulio Calì as Rospo * José Jaspe as Carabinieri * Alessandro Fersen Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher. Born Aleksander Fajrajzen in Łódź to a Jewish family, Fersen he moved to Genoa with his family in 1 ... as Dott. Biondi * Gianni Cavalieri as Il sacerdote * Dante Nello Carapelli as Giordono References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1953 drama films French drama films Italian drama films 1953 films 1950s Italian-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Chose Love
''I Chose Love'' (French: ''J'ai choisi l'amour'', Italian: ''Ho scelto l'amore'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Renato Rascel and Marisa Pavan. It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. Plot Boris Popovic, third class undersecretary, accompanies the head of the delegation Ivan Ivanovic and two other delegates to Italy to participate in the Feast of the Brotherhood. Fearful and suspicious of anyone, he has with him a precious "symbol" to be absolutely hidden from the eyes of the curious, a white dove locked in a cage. During a stop on the train, a gust of wind takes away his hat where he has hidden all his money: he goes down to retrieve it, but his sudden departure separates him from the rest of the delegation. The hat with the money is recovered by Mario, an aspiring sacristan accompanied by a priest in the convent, who chases it in vain to try to return it: thanks to a ride in the car, he ends up in Venice but finds himself lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Viale Della Speranza
''Il viale della speranza'' (English: ''The street of hope'') is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Dino Risi. It grossed over 100 million lire at the Italian box office. Cast *Cosetta Greco as Luisa Guglielmi *Liliana Bonfatti as Giuditta Robotti * Piera Simoni as Franca Albani *Marcello Mastroianni as Mario Montesi *Pietro De Vico as Tonino *Nerio Bernardi as Franzi * Gisella Monaldi as Titina *Maria Pia Casilio as Concettina *Achille Majeroni as Acting teacher *Bianca Maria Fusari as Stefania * Odoardo Girotti as Giorgio *Franco Migliacci *Silvio Bagolini *Corrado Pani *Carlo Hintermann *Alessandro Fersen *Nino Marchetti *Giulio Calì Giulio Calì (26 March 1895 – 20 January 1967) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1966. Life and career Born in Rome, Calì started his career on stage, being mainly active in Roman dialect thea ... References External links * 1953 films 1950s Italian-language films 1953 drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life Is Yours
''My Life Is Yours'' (Italian: ''La mia vita è tua'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Masini and starring Armando Francioli and Patricia Roc.Hodgson p.152 Cast * Armando Francioli as Marco Ridolfi * Patricia Roc as Laura * Alba Arnova as Silvia * Lucien Gallas as Don Antonio * Achille Togliani * Mino Doro as Il medico * Roberto Bruni * Giulio Calì * Gemma Bolognesi * Nietta Zocchi * Renato Chiantoni * Fedele Gentile Fedele Gentile (1908–1993) was an Italian film actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.187 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''Fedora'' (1942) * ''B ... * Maria Grazia Monaci * Cesare Sindaci * Franco Franchi * Sandro Pistolini References Bibliography * Hodgson, Michael. ''Patricia Roc''. 2013. External links * 1954 films 1950s Italian-language films 1954 drama films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The Edge Of The City
''At the Edge of the City'' ( it, Ai margini della metropoli) is a 1953 Italian crime film drama directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film stars Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina. In Rome a young man is falsely accused of killing his girlfriend. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome and on location in the city. The film used neorealist style and was based on a real-life case. Plot Mario Ilari, a young unemployed worker, is unjustly accused of killing a girl he knows of him. Once arrested, he manages to escape and hide in the house of his partner Gina, but ends up in prison again. The lawyer Roberto Marini agrees to take his defense after being contacted by Luisa, a friend of Gina, convinced that the trial will give him the opportunity to assert himself. The situation, however, is complicated by the fact that Calì, a homeless man, says he saw Ilari at the scene of the crime. Ilari confesses that he met Greta through a female friend, who should have facilitated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |