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In The Country Fell A Star
''In the Country Fell a Star'' (Italian: ''In campagna è caduta una stella'') is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Eduardo De Filippo. It stars De Filippo, his brother Peppino De Filippo and Rosina Lawrence.Moliterno p.101 When a famous American film star visits their small town, two brothers become obsessed with her and neglect their fiancées. It was based on the play ''A Coperchia è caduta una stella'' written in 1933 by Peppino De Filippo. Cast * Rosina Lawrence as Margaret, l'americana * Eduardo De Filippo as Pasquale Montuori * Peppino De Filippo as Luigino Montuori * Oretta Fiume as Rosina, la fidanzata di Luigino * Dolores Palumbo as Clotilde * Gorella Gori as La moglie de Teodorico * Elena Altieri as La cognata di Margaret * Adele Mosso as Zia Rita * Gina Amendola as La governante di casa Montuori * Armando Migliari as Teodorico, il farmacista * Guido Notari as Il suocero di Margaret * Edoardo Toniolo as Il fidanzato di Margaret * Emilio Petacci Emilio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Considered one of the most important Italian artists of the 20th century, De Filippo was the author of many theatrical dramas staged and directed by himself first and later awarded and played outside Italy. For his artistic merits and contributions to Italian culture, he was named '' senatore a vita'' by the President of the Italian Republic Sandro Pertini. Biography De Filippo was born in Naples from the affair between playwright and actor Eduardo Scarpetta and theatre seamstress and costumier Luisa De Filippo. He was the second of three children born from the couple, the other two being Annunziata "Titina" and Giuseppe "Peppino". His father was actually married since 1876 to Rosa De Filippo, Luisa's paternal aunt. His father Eduardo had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorella Gori
Gorella Gori (2 February 1900 – 25 November 1963) was an Italian entertainer (including cafe-chantant), stage actor and film actress. She appeared in twenty five films, generally in supporting or minor roles. One of her later roles was a small part in ''Roman Holiday'' (1953).Pirolini p/175 Partial filmography * ''In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) - La moglie de Teodorico * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) - Concetta, la cuoca * ''Lucky Night'' (1941) * ''La compagnia della teppa'' (1941) - La signora Borghi * ''Street of the Five Moons'' (1942) - La comare grassottella * ''Perdizione'' (1942) - Amalia, l'infermiera * ''The Gorgon'' (1942) - Berta * ''The Peddler and the Lady'' (1943) - La cameriera della casa Giovannini * ''Annabella's Adventure'' (1943) * ''La storia di una capinera'' (1943) * ''The Priest's Hat'' (1944) - Chiarina * ''Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone'' (1947) * '' Il nido di Falasco'' (1950) * '' Never Take No for an Answer' (1951) - Weaver's Wife * ''Toto and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Black-and-white Films
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Films Set In Italy
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Films Directed By Eduardo De Filippo
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s Italian-language Films
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1939 Comedy Films
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Italian Comedy Films
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1939 Films
The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten Best Picture-nominated films that year include classics in multiple genres. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1939 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events Film historians often rate 1939 as "the greatest year in the history of Hollywood". Hollywood films produced in Southern California were at the height of their Golden Age (in spite of many cheaply made or undistinguished films also being produced, something to be expected with any year in commercial cinema), and during 1939 there are the premieres of an outstandingly large number of exceptional motion pictures, many of which become honored as all-time classic films. ** June 10 – MGM's first successful animated character, Barney Bear, made his debut in ''The Bear That Couldn't Sleep''. ** August 15 – ''The Wizard of Oz'' premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. ** October 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * '' Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) * ''In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) * ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) * ''Saint John, the Beheaded'' (1940) * ''Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * '' The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Prisoner of Santa Cruz'' (1941) * '' The Happy Ghost'' (1941) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1941) * ''Blood Wedding'' (1941) * ''The Man on the Street'' (1941) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''Honeymoon'' (1941) * ''The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942) * ''Souls in Turmoil'' (1942) * '' The White Angel'' (1943) * ''Anything for a Song'' (1943) * ''Special Correspondents'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edoardo Toniolo
Edoardo Toniolo (22 November 1907 - 31 December 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Turin, the son of the stage actors Antonio and Rosa Rosaz, at young age Toniolo debuted on stage in supporting roles. He later worked on radio, and in the mid-1930s he started appearing in films, usually in character roles. After the Second World War, and following his role as leading actor in Ferruccio Cerio's ''Posto di blocco'', Toniolo also started working as a dubber, and since 1954 he was also pretty active in television dramas. He was sometimes credited as Edward Douglas. Selected filmography * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * ''Abandon All Hope'' (1937) * ''In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) * ''The King's Jester'' (1941) * '' Rossini'' (1942) * ''Angelo tra la folla'' (1950) * ''La figlia del diavolo'' (1952) * '' The Legend of the Piave'' (1952) * ''Rivalry'' (1953) * ''Captain Phantom'' (1953) * '' Angels of Darkness'' (1954) * ''Symphony of Love'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Notari
Guido Notari (10 May 1893 - 21 January 1957) was an Italian actor and radio presenter. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1939 to 1956. Filmography References External links * 1893 births 1957 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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