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Italian Films Of 1940 ...
A list of films produced in Italy in 1940 (see 1940 in film): External linksItalian films of 1940at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1940 Italian 1940 Films 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 In Film
The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney films ''Pinocchio'' and '' Fantasia''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1940 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 10 – Tom and Jerry make their debut in the animated cartoon '' Puss Gets the Boot''. *February 23 – Walt Disney's second animated feature film ''Pinocchio'' is released. Although not a box office success upon its initial release, the film receives critical acclaim and wins two Academy Awards, including one for Best Original Song for " When You Wish Upon a Star". Over the years, ''Pinocchio'' has gained a cult following and is now considered one of the greatest films of all time. * April 12 – Alfred Hitchcock's first American film '' Rebecca'' is released, under the production of David O. Selznick. It would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture the following year. * May 17 – ''My Favorite Wife' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Albani
Marcello Albani (1905–1980) was an American-born Italian screenwriter, producer and film director. He is particularly noted for his 1943 film '' Redemption'' which glorified the rise to power of the Fascist Party in the 1920s, but was disliked by the Fascist film chief Luigi Freddi who thought it was too overtly propagandistic.Gundle p.32 Selected filmography Director * ''Boccaccio'' (1940) * '' Redemption'' (1943) Screenwriter * ''White Amazons ''White Amazons'' (Italian: ''Amazzoni bianche'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Paola Barbara, Luisa Ferida and Doris Duranti. Screwball A screwball is a baseball and fastpitch soft ...'' (1936) References Bibliography * Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghan Books, 2013. External links * 1905 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian film producers Italian film directors Writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal Melodies
''Eternal Melodies'' (Italian: ''Melodie eterne'') is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro and Luisella Beghi. It was one of several musical biopics directed by Gallone.Moliterno p.152 The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. Synopsis A heavily fictionalized account of the life of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Cast * Gino Cervi as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart * Conchita Montenegro as Aloisia Weber Lange * Luisella Beghi as Costanza Weber Mozart * Maria Jacobini as Anna Maria Mozart * Jone Salinas as Nannina Mozart * Luigi Pavese as Leopoldo Mozart * Paolo Stoppa as Haibl, clarinettista * Lauro Gazzolo as Il locandiere Deiner * Claudio Gora as L'imperatore Giuseppe * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as L'imperatrice Maria Teresa * Margherita Bagni as Signora Weber * Marisa Vernati as Sofia Weber * Armida Bonocore as Giuseppina Weber * Giulio Donadio as L'impresario Schikanede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fosco Giachetti
Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in Sesto Fiorentino – 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor. Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of '' Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936), directed by Augusto Genina. He became the leading man in Fascist propaganda films such as ''Tredici uomini e un cannone'' (1936), ''Sentinelle di bronzo'' (1937), ''Scipione l'Africano'', Edgar Neville's Italian ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939), ''L'assedio dell'Alcazar'' (1940) and ''Bengasi'' (1942). In 1942, he also co-starred in Goffredo Alessandrini's two part '' Noi Vivi'' and ''Addio Kira!''. '' Un colpo di pistola'' (1942) by Renato Castellani and ''Fari nella nebbia'' (1942) by Gianni Franciolini were not as successful as his earlier films. After the war, he returned to the stage. He worked in Spain with Edgar Neville in ''Nada'' and in ''Carne de horca''. He had a supporting role in 1959 Dino Risi's successful comedy '' Il mattatore''. In 1964, he appeared in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Guazzoni
Enrico Guazzoni (18 December 1876 – 23 September 1949) Birth name Enrico Guazzone. Additionally, document states in lower right, "è morte in Roma in 23-9-49 / died in Rome 23 September 1949". was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Guazzoni was the uncle of Jolanda Kodra, an Italian-Albanian writer and translator. Selected filmography * ''Brutus'' (1911) * '' Agrippina'' (1911) * '' Quo Vadis'' (1913) * '' Antony and Cleopatra'' (1913) * ''Julius Caesar'' (1914) * ''Madame Guillotine'' (1916) * '' Fabiola'' (1918) * '' The Crusaders'' (1918) * '' The Sack of Rome'' (1920) * ''Messalina'' (1924) * '' Miryam'' (1929) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * ''King of Diamonds'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * '' I've Lost My Husband!'' (1937) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * ''Antonio Meucci Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci ( , ; 13 April 1808 – 18 October 1889) was an Italian inventor and an associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daughter Of The Green Pirate
''The Daughter of the Green Pirate'' (Italian: ''La figlia del corsaro verde'') is a 1940 Italian adventure film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Doris Duranti, Fosco Giachetti and Camillo Pilotto. It was shot partly at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia with sets designed by the art director Piero Filippone. The film was based on a novel by Emilio Salgari. Synopsis The son of a Spanish Governor in South America volunteers for an undercover mission to infiltrate a gang of notorious pirates.Gundle p.217 Cast * Doris Duranti as Manuela * Fosco Giachetti as Carlos de la Riva * Camillo Pilotto as Zampa di ferro * Mariella Lotti as Isabella * Enrico Glori as El Rojo * Sandro Ruffini as Don Luis, il governatore * Tina Lattanzi as Donna Mercedes, moglie del governatore * Polidor as Golia * Carmen Navasqués as Carmen, la danzatrice * Ernesto Almirante as Il precettore delle educante * Primo Carnera as El Cabezo * Mario Siletti as Il segretario del governatore * Nino M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Centa
Antonio Centa (10 August 1907 – 19 April 1979) was an Italian film actor. Career Born in Maniago, Province of Pordenone, Centa was among the most active and popular actors between the mid-1930s and 1943 (when the Italian film industry almost halted because of the war). He was especially popular with the female audience, and had critically acclaimed performances, notably in Renato Castellani's films '' A Pistol Shot'' and ''Zazà''. After the war his success declined, and he gradually started to be cast in supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' The Countess of Parma'' (1936) * ''But It's Nothing Serious'' (1936) * ''Bayonet'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * ''Marcella'' (1937) * '' The Three Wishes'' (1937) * ''Princess Tarakanova'' (1938) * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) * '' A Wife in Danger'' (1939) * '' The Castle Ball'' (1939) * '' Who Are You?'' (1939) * ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * '' A Pistol Shot'' (1942) * ''Headlights in the Fog'' (1942) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Duranti
Doris Duranti (25 April 1917 – 10 March 1995) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1935 and 1975. She had a years-long affair with Alessandro Pavolini, a Fascist politician who in 1945 was executed by Italian partisans; his body was then hung with that of Benito Mussolini. Partial filmography * ''Il serpente a sonagli'' (1935) - Collegiale * '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) - Anna's friend * ''The Phantom Gondola'' (1936) - Nelly * '' Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936) - Una turista (uncredited) * ''Vivere!'' (1936) * ''Ginevra degli Almieri'' (1936) * ''White Amazons'' (1936) * '' Sentinels of Bronze'' (1937) - Dahabò * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) - Mailù * ''Diamonds'' (1939) - Marta Aurasco * ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) - Lola * ''Wealth Without a Future'' (1940) - Laura, loro nipote * ''È sbarcato un marinaio'' (1940) - Nelly * '' The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) - Eliana Haidar * '' The Daughter of the Green Pirate'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Campogalliani
Carlo Campogalliani (10 October 1885 – 10 August 1974) was an Italian screenwriter, actor and film director. Campogalliani directed around eighty films during his career and acted in another fifty. He directed the 1934 sports film '' Stadio''.Reich & Garofalo p.170 He was married to the actress Letizia Quaranta who appeared in several of his films. Selected directorial filmography * ''The Woman at Midnight'' (1925) * '' I Lost My Heart on a Bus'' (1929) * ''Courtyard'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * '' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1931) * ''Stadium'' (1934) * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1936) * ''The Night of Tricks'' (1939) * ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''Forbidden Music'' (1942) * ''The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) * ''The Devil's Gondola'' (1946) * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) * '' The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950) * ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * ''Beauties on Motor Scooters'' (1952) * ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (1954) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cavalier From Kruja
''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (Italian:'' Il cavaliere di Kruja'') is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Doris Duranti, Antonio Centa and Leda Gloria. The film portrays the 1939 Italian invasion of Albania.Liehm p.29 It was made as a propaganda work in support of the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. Cast * Antonio Centa as Stafano Andriani * Doris Duranti as Eliana Haidar * Leda Gloria as Alidjé * Guido Celano as Hasslan Haidar * Nico Pepe as Mario Marini * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Essad Haidar * Vasco Creti as Ilias Haidar * Arnaldo Arnaldi as Mirko * Oscar Andriani as Il capo della polizia * Dino Di Luca as Osman * Carlo Duse as Argiropulos * Katiuscia Odinzova as Miss Parker * Emilio Petacci as L'operaio italiano Ferrero * Walter Lazzaro as Magnani * Luigi Carini * Noëlle Norman Noëlle Norman (January 7, 1921 – January 11, 1985) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films including '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994) was an Italian actor. Biography Brazzi was born in Bologna, Italy, the son of Maria Ghedini and Adelmo Brazzi, an employee of the Rizzoli shoe factory. He was named after Rossano Veneto, where his father was stationed during his military service in World War I. Brazzi attended San Marco University in Florence, Italy, where he was raised from the age of four. He was a lawyer before becoming an actor and made his film debut in 1939. He moved to Hollywood in 1948 and was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film ''Three Coins in the Fountain (film), Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954), followed by the leading male role in David Lean's ''Summertime (1955 film), Summertime'' (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn. In 1958, he played the lead as Frenchman Emile De Becque in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''South Pacific (1958 film), South Pacific''. His other notable English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isa Pola
Isa Pola (19 December 1909 – 17 December 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. Born Maria Luisa Betti di Montesano, she appeared in more than 30 films during her career. An early screen role was the female lead in ''Steel'' (1933), a realist film set in the steelworking industry.Landy p. 185 Selected filmography * '' Miryam'' (1929) * ''The Song of Love'' (1930) * ''Mother Earth'' (1931) * ''The Opera Singer'' (1932) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * ''La Wally'' (1932) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1932) * ''Steel'' (1933) * '' Ragazzo'' (1934) * ''Creatures of the Night'' (1934) * ''The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * ''It Was I!'' (1937) * '' The Widow'' (1939) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1940) * ''Bridge of Glass'' (1940) * '' Girl of the Golden West'' (1942) * ''The Za-Bum Circus'' (1944) * ''The Children Are Watching Us'' (1944) * '' Fury'' (1947) * ''Angelo tra la folla'' (1950) * ''Margaret of Cortona'' (1950) * ''Shadows on the Grand Canal'' (1951) * ''The Rival of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
