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If It's A Rose
''If It's a Rose'' is an Australian television movie, or rather a live television comedy play, which aired in 1958 on ABC. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Duration was 60 minutes, in black-and-white. Archival status of the program is unknown. Annette Andre was a relatively unknown 18 year old. A version had been performed on British TV in 1954. Plot Set in Italy. Over the course of one day, Mario is courting Anna. Cast *Annette Andre as Anna *Don Pascoe as Mario * Ethel Lang as the maid Production It was recorded live in Sydney. It was an early television performance from Annette Andre Annette Andre (born 24 June 1939) is an Australian actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Early life and early career The daughter of an upholsterer, Annette Andre was born in Drummoyne, Australia, ... who later recalled: Even though I had been performing on stage from a very young age... I still had to overcome the exquis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Niccodemi
Dario Niccodemi (Livorno, Italy, 27 January 1874 – Rome, Italy, 24 September 1934) was a novelist and a playwright who was born in Italy. Life and career He spent his youth in Buenos Aires; he met the French actress ''Rejane'' in 1900, became her secretary and translated and adapted for her several Italian works. In this way, he learned techniques which he used later on, beginning with ''L'aigrette'' (comedy in three acts, 1912). His comedies represent the bourgeois drama in an ironic and sentimental way, in which his characters are modelled on the society of the beginning of the century. He founded a theater company in 1921, wrote novels (''Il romanzo di scampolo'') and two opera librettos, a ''scampolo'' with music by Camussi, and another, ''La ghibellina'', with music by Bianchi. He has written several plays and screenplays, including ''Scampolo'' (film, 1928)'', La nemica'', '' L'alba, il giorno, la notte'', ''La maestrina'' (film, 1942). About ''La nemica'' he said: "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rietti
Robert Rietti, (born Lucio Rietti; 8 February 1923 – 3 April 2015), was an actor, and Oscar-nominated director of Anglo-Italian descent. With over 200 credits to his name, he had a highly prolific career in the American, British and Italian entertainment industries. He was particularly prominent in post-production dubbing both foreign and domestic, often overseeing the English-language dubbing of foreign actors' dialogue. He is known for his dubbing work in the ''James Bond'' series, ''Lawrence of Arabia'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', and ''The Guns of Navarone''. He is often credited under the variant name spelling Robert Rietty. Early life Born in 1923, Rietti was the younger of two sons of Italian-Jewish actor Victor Rietti and Rachel Rosenay. In 1932, at the age of nine, he joined his father's company ''Teatro Italiano'', making his stage debut in ''Mysterious Currents''. His father (under whom Ida Lupino and June Duprez had studied acting) developed his son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |