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Guglielmo Barnabò
Guglielmo Barnabò (11 May 1888 – 31 May 1954) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1926 and 1954. Life and career Born in Ancona, Barnabò made his stage debut in 1921 at the Greek Theatre of Syracuse, with the Annibale Ninchi's company. Since then he was enrolled by some of the most important stage companies of his time, working among others with Marta Abba, Alda Borelli, Maria Melato, Gino Cervi, Paolo Stoppa. In 1927 Barnabò made his screen debut in the silent film '' Beauty of the World'', but his film career took off with the sound cinema, when he became one of the most active character actors of the 1930s and the 1940s. Specialized in good-natured and bourgeois character roles, he is best known as the villain capitalist in Vittorio De Sica's ''Miracle in Milan''. Barnabò was married to actress , with whom he often worked in films and on stage. Selected filmography * '' Beauty of the World'' (1927) * '' The L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancona
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic Sea, between the slopes of the two extremities of the promontory of Monte Conero, Monte Astagno and Monte Guasco. Ancona is one of the main ports on the Adriatic Sea, especially for passenger traffic, and is the main economic and demographic centre of the region. History Greek colony Ancona was populated as a region by Picentes since the 6th century BC who also developed a small town there. Ancona took a more urban shape by Greek settlers from Syracuse in about 387 BC, who gave it its name: ''Ancona'' stems from the Greek word (''Ankṓn''), meaning "elbow"; the harbour to the east of the town was originally protected only by the promontory on the north, shaped like an elbow. Greek merchants established a Tyrian purple dye fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcella (film)
''Marcella'' is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Emma Gramatica, Caterina Boratto and Antonio Centa. It is based on a play by Victorien Sardou.Goble p.858 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. Cast * Emma Gramatica as La baronessa Contuni * Caterina Boratto as Marcella * Antonio Centa as Oliviero * Mino Doro as Renato * Aristide Baghetti * Mario Ferrari Mario Ferrari (September 3, 1894 – June 28, 1974) was an Italian film actor. After making his debut in 1920, Ferrari became a mainstay of Italian cinema during the Fascist era appearing in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He pla ... * Paolo Stoppa * Guglielmo Barnabò * Giuseppe Addobbati * Nada Fiorelli * Gian Paolo Rosmino * Rina Molé * Luigi Pellegrini * Laura Redi References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1937 films Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Venerdì
''Teresa Venerdì'' is a 1941 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Cast *Vittorio De Sica ... Il dottore Pietro Vignali * Adriana Benetti ... Teresa Venerdì * Irasema Dilián ... Lilli Passalacqua * Guglielmo Barnabò ... Agostino Passalacqua * Olga Vittoria Gentilli ... Rosa Passalacqua *Anna Magnani ... Maddalena Tentini/Loretta Prima * Elvira Betrone ... La direttrice dell'orfanotrofio * Giuditta Rissone ... L'istitutrice Anna * Virgilio Riento ... Antonio * Annibale Betrone ... Umberto Vignali *Nico Pepe Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. Selected filmography * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * '' Captain Fraca ... ... Il dottore Pasquale Grosso * Clara Auteri Pepe ... Giuseppina * Zaira La Fratta ... Alice * Alessandra Adari ... L'istitutrice Caterina * Lina Marengo ... La m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Woman Who Passes
''The First Woman Who Passes'' (Italian: ''La prima donna che passa'') is a 1940 Italian historical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Carlo Lombardi and Niní Gordini Cervi. The film is set in eighteenth century France.Gundle p.226 It was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome. Cast * Alida Valli as Gabrielle de Vervins * Carlo Lombardi as Il duca di Richelieu * Niní Gordini Cervi as La marchesa de Prie * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Raoul d'Aubigny * Lisa Varna as Marietta * Achille Majeroni as Il vescovo di Fleury * Olinto Cristina as Il conte di Vervins * Guglielmo Barnabò as Il console d'Auvray * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il duca di Borbone * Renato Malavasi as Andrea * Augusto Marcacci as Il governatore Delaroche * Emilio Petacci as Lagrange * Mario Giannini as Luigi XV is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non Me Lo Dire!
''Non me lo dire!'' is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Erminio Macario. Plot Italy, early 1940s. A rich and noble man, returning from America, has the unpleasant surprise of being dirt poor. Its magnificent castle is impounded and he agrees to become the guide allowed visitors to admire. Cast * Erminio Macario - Michele Colombelli, marchese di Castel Perrone (as Macario) * Vanda Osiris - Priscilla (as Vanda Osiri) * Silvana Jachino - Luisella * Enzo Biliotti - Il maggiordomo Battista * Tino Scotti - Il matto * Guglielmo Barnabò - L'organizzatore dei giochi di società * Nino Pavese - Joe, L'autista * Luigi Erminio D'Olivo - Il capo cameriere (as Erminio D'Olivo) * Cesare Fantoni - Il proprietario del negozio * Vinicio Sofia - Un cliente del negozio * Guglielmo Sinaz Guglielmo Sinaz (20 November 1885 – 5 February 1947) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1935 and 1947. He was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manon Lescaut (1940 Film)
''Manon Lescaut'' is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Alida Valli, Vittorio De Sica and Lamberto Picasso.Klossner p.242 It is an adaptation of the Abbé Prévost's novel of the same title. The film was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome with sets designed by the art directors Ivo Battelli and Guido Fiorini. Cast * Alida Valli as Manon Lescaut * Vittorio De Sica as Renato Des Grieux * Lamberto Picasso as Il visconte Des Grieux * Giulio Donadio as Il marquese De Brienne * Dino Di Luca as Il sergente Lescaut * Jole Voleri as Musette * Lilia Dale as Denise * Andrea Checchi as Marius * Guglielmo Barnabò as Il governatore di New Orleans * Carlo Bressan as Edmond * Aroldo Tieri as Il segretario di De Brienne * Oreste Fares as Il cappellano * Amina Pirani Maggi as Una nobile pettegola al ballo * Lola Braccini as La direttrice * Pina Gallini as Una dei tre creditori * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Un dei tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guest For One Night
''Guest for One Night'' (Italian: ''L'ospite di una notte'') is a 1939 Italian film directed by Giuseppe Guarino and starring Gian Paolo Rosmino, Ugo Sasso, and Guglielmo Barnabò.Sorrenti p.90 It was made at the Titanus Studios in Rome. Cast * Gian Paolo Rosmino as L'ispettore Lasalle * Ugo Sasso as L'ispettore Dunois * Giovanni Dal Cortivo as Il conte de Meral * Guglielmo Barnabò as Alberto de Meral * Vasco Creti as Giacomo * Renato Chiantoni as Truchet * Carlo Tamberlani as Jean Berry * Tosca Sartoris as Germana * Neda Naldi as Paola * Gabriella Silvestri as Olga de Meral * Diego Pozzetto as Mattia * Amina Pirani Maggi as Caterina * Pina Gallini as Maria * Romolo Bernasconi * Lina Colombo * Cesare Fantoni * Aristide Garbini * Walter Grant * Nora Lenner * Vittorio Leoni * Orofilo Maldini * Elvira Paolini * Antonio Ranieri * Giovanni Ribocchi * Dante Rivera * Enzo Russo * Virgilio Scacchieri * Lorenzo Scategni * Giovanni Setali * Elettra Terzolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbeat (1939 Film)
''Heartbeat'' (Italian: ''Batticuore'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, John Lodge and Rubi D'Alma. It remade in France as '' Beating Heart'' in 1940, and then again in Hollywood as a 1946 film of the same title starring Ginger Rogers and Basil Rathbone.Ricci p.148 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It is part of the tradition of White Telephone comedies. Synopsis In Paris a young woman working at a school for thieves attempts to pick the pocket of an aristocrat. Instead of turning her in he blackmails her into stealing a clock from an ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov .... Cast References Bibliograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Were Seven Sisters
''We Were Seven Sisters'' ( it, Eravamo sette sorelle) is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Antonio Gandusio. Cast * Antonio Gandusio as Il conte Leone Varani * Nino Besozzi as Leonardo Varani * Sergio Tofano as Antonio, il maggiordomo * Pina Renzi as Amalia, la madre per finzione * Paola Barbara as Lisa * Niní Gordini Cervi as Olga * Lotte Menas as Eleonora * Anna Maria Dossena as Marcella * Olivia Fried as Norina * Elena Altieri as Tina * Guglielmo Sinaz Guglielmo Sinaz (20 November 1885 – 5 February 1947) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1935 and 1947. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''I Love You Only'' (1935) * ''The Great ... as Fachinetti, il impresario * Guglielmo Barnabò as Il barone Franzetti References External links * 1939 films 1939 romantic comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dream Of Butterfly
''The Dream of Butterfly'' (Italian: '' Il sogno di Butterfly'', German: ''Premiere der Butterfly'') is a 1939 musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti and Germana Paolieri. It is an variation of the plot of the opera ''Madame Butterfly''. A co-production between Italy and Germany, two separate versions were produced in the respective languages. It is also alternatively titled ''Madame Butterfly''. It was one of several opera-related films directed by Gallone following on from '' Casta Diva'' (1935) and '' Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938).Barron p.142-34 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ivo Battelli and Guido Fiorini. It was shown at the 1939 Venice Film Festival. Synopsis In nineteenth-century Italy, promising singer Rosi Belloni meets American music student Harry Peters and the two become engaged and she falls pregnant by him. Before she can tell him this news he i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unjustified Absence
''Unjustified Absence'' (Italian: ''Assenza ingiustificata'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Lilia Silvi. A girl leaves school to marry a doctor, but becomes annoyed by his constant absences and decides to secretly resume her studies.Gundle p.226 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios with sets designed by the art director Gastone Medin Gastone Medin (1905–1973) was an Italian art director.Anile p.132 He worked on more than a hundred and fifty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''The Table of the Po .... Cast References Bibliography *Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013. External links * 1939 films Italian comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1939 comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Max Neufeld Films sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marionette (1939 Film)
''Marionette'' is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Beniamino Gigli, Carla Rust and Lucie Englisch. It featured the onscreen debut of Marcello Mastroianni as an uncredited extra.Dewey p.26 Produced by the Italian-German company Itala Film, it was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. A separate German version '' Dir gehört mein Herz'' was also made. Cast * Beniamino Gigli as Il tenore Mario Rossi * Carla Rust as Gloria Bakermann * Lucie Englisch as Nannina, la falsa contessa Veranuzzi * Paul Kemp as Rico * Theo Lingen as Luigi * Richard Romanowsky as Il maestro Galli * Romolo Costa as Frank Davis * Guglielmo Barnabò as Un contadino * Nicola Maldacea as Uno stalliere * Rio Nobile as Bellini * Dina Romano as Emilia, una contadina * Heinz Salfner as Lo zio di Gloria * Friedrich Ettel as Astori, l'impresario * Erich Kestin as Francesco, il maggiordomo * Marcello Mastr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
