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Lina Marengo
Lina Marengo (19 January 1911 – 6 February 1987) was an Italian character actress. She played in over 30 films, and was most active between 1938 and 1943. Biography Marengo was born in Rome and her film debut was in '' Casta Diva'' (1935), directed by Carmine Gallone. Characterized by a slightly hoarse voice, she was mainly active in humorous roles, and was often typecast as a spinster or a gossiping woman. She played Serafina in '' Domani è troppo tardi'' (1950), directed by Léonide Moguy, and starring Vittorio De Sica, Lois Maxwell, Gabrielle Dorziat, and Pier Angeli. The film won Best Italian Film at the Venice Film Festival. She was in four films directed by De Sica, including ''Teresa Venerdì'' (1941). Her final film was '' La passeggiata'', directed by Renato Rascel, and starring Renato Rascel, Valentina Cortese, and Paolo Stoppa. Marengo was also active in theater, though in supporting roles. She died in Rome. Partial filmography *'' Casta Diva'' (1935) * ''Adam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non Ti Pago!
''Non ti pago!'' is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, who also adapted the play by Eduardo De Filippo, the star of the film. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Eduardo De Filippo - Don Ferdinando Quagliolo * Titina De Filippo - Concetta Quagliolo * Peppino De Filippo - Procopio Bertolini * Vanna Vanni - Stella Quagliolo * Paolo Stoppa - The attorney Lorenzo Strumillo * Giorgio De Rege - Aglitiello, il consulente della cabala * Vasco Creti - Don Raffaele, il parroco * Italia Marchesini - Zia Erminia * Ernesto Bianchi - Uno dei fratelli Cingallegra * Aristide Garbini - L'uomo derubato * Lina Marengo - Una impiegata del banco del lotto * Dolores Palumbo - Carmela * Rosita Pisano - Una giocatrice al lotto * Margherita Pisano Margherita is an Italian feminine given name. It also is a surname. As a word, in Italian it means " daisy". Given name As a name, it may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Rascel
Renato Rascel (), stage name of Renato Ranucci (; 27 April 1912 – 2 January 1991), was an Italian film actor and singer. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972. He represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 with the song "Romantica" which was placed equal eighth out of thirteen entries. Biography He was born to Cesare and Paola Ranucci in Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital .... It was in Turin where his parents, who were opera singers, were performing a show at the time Renato could really say that he was born in the back stage of the theater and that's where he spent all of his life. His father tried to make it up to him by having him baptized at Saint Peter's in Rome and apparently it worked because growing up in that neighborhood he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Deaths
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator Flashover, flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina (1987), Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is USS Stark incident, struck by Iraq, Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; President of the United States, U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous Tear down this wall!, speech, demanding that Soviet Union, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Births
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS ''Pennsylvania'' stationed in San Francisco harbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Has Fallen
''A Woman Has Fallen'' (Italian: ''È caduta una donna'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Alfredo Guarini and starring Isa Miranda, Rossano Brazzi, and Claudio Gora. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel, Paolo Reni, and Amleto Bonetti. Cast *Isa Miranda: Dina *Rossano Brazzi: Dottor Roberto Frassi * Vittorina Benvenuti: Teresa, la governante *Anita Farra: sig.ra Cattaneo * Jone Frigerio: l'anziana madre di Giovanni *Olga Solbelli: la direttrice della casa di mode *Claudio Gora: Mario *Luigi Pavese: Fabbri *Nando Tamberlani: un amico di Nora *Luigi Zerbinati: Montarone *Nietta Zocchi: una cliente della casa di mode *Liana Del Balzo Liana Del Balzo (4 March 1899 – 26 March 1982) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1979. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and died in Rome, Italy. Even making her film debut quite late, in her fort ...: una vicina di casa * Diana Dei: l'infermiera del reparto ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia Borgia (1940 Film)
''Lucrezia Borgia'' is a 1940 Italian historical film directed by Hans Hinrich and starring Isa Pola, Friedrich Benfer and Carlo Ninchi. The film portrays the life of Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), one of a number of Italian films of the era set during the Renaissance.Moudarres p.115-116 It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome. Cast * Isa Pola as Lucrezia Borgia * Friedrich Benfer as Alessandro Strozzi * Carlo Ninchi as Ranuccio * Nerio Bernardi as Alfonsino d'Este, duca di Ferrara * Pina De Angelis as Barbara Torelli * Luigi Almirante as Riccio, il giullare * Guido Lazzarini as Pietro Bembo * Lina Marengo as La nutrice di Barbara * Nicola Maldacea as Cosimo * Giulio Tempesti as L'ambasciatore di Milano * Amina Pirani Maggi as Beatrice * Giovanni Stupin as Il taverniere * Luigi Zerbinati is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portraye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kean (1940 Film)
''Kean'' is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Rossano Brazzi, Germana Paolieri. and Sandro Salvini.Moliterno p.51 It is based on the 1836 play ''Kean'' by Alexandre Dumas portraying the life of the English actor Edmund Kean. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Manzi. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Edmund Kean * Germana Paolieri as Elena Koeffeld * Sandro Salvini as Il conte Koeffeld * Mariella Lotti as Anna Demby * Filippo Scelzo as Il principe di Galles * Dino Di Luca as Lord Mewill * Nicola Maldacea as Salomone, il domestico * Oreste Fares as Papà Bob * Dina Sassoli as Evelyn Charleston * Paolo Ferrari as Pistol, il ragazzino * Edoardo Borelli as Eastman * Renato Malavasi as Peter Patt * Luigi Zerbinati as Dario, il parrucchiere * Giulio Battiferri as Un acrobata * Liana Del Balzo as Una invitata al ballo * Armando Furlai as Un componente del circo * Lina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Widow (1939 Film)
''The Widow'' (Italian:''La vedova'') is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Isa Pola, Leonardo Cortese and Osvaldo Valenti. A mother's possessive love for her dead son leads to a hostile attitude towards his widow.Reich & Garofalo p.18 Main cast * Isa Pola as Maddalena * Leonardo Cortese as Carlo * Osvaldo Valenti as Padova, il pittore * Ruggero Ruggeri as Alessandro * Emma Gramatica as Adelaide, moglie di Alessandro * Cesco Baseggio as Anselmo * Nicola Maldacea as Gennarino * Cesare Zoppetti as Ogniben * Bice Parisi as Donna Clementina * Emi Rai as Gemma * Anna Capodaglio as Rosa * Vasco Creti Vasco Creti (7 December 1874 – 16 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1915 and 1944. He was married to actress Valeria Creti. Selected filmography * '' Maschiaccio'' (1917) * '' Il siluram ... as Il medico * Albino Principe as Mario References Bibliography * Reich, Jacque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam's Tree
''Adam's Tree'' (Italian: ''L'albero di Adamo'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Elsa Merlini, Antonio Gandusio and Renato Cialente.Goble p.663 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. Cast * Elsa Merlini as Duchessa Graziella Santori * Antonio Gandusio as L'ingegnere Lorenzo Baldi * Renato Cialente as Dottore Alfonso Lombardi * Dria Paola as Eugenia, sua moglie * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Angelica Pupini * Margherita Bagni as Matilde Narchetti * Olinto Cristina as Prospero Pupini * Calisto Bertramo as Avvocato Giantini * Marcello Giorda as Il duca Santori * Luigi Mottura as Gaspare * Nietta Zocchi as Infermiera Ersilia * Nicola Maldacea as Matteo * Claudio Ermelli as L'invitato affamato * Mario Gallina as Il direttore del giornale 'La Sentinella') * Dina Romano as La giornalaia * Edda Soligo as Una invitata pettegola * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Invitato al ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Stoppa
Paolo Stoppa Knight Grand Cross (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated works include those after World War II, when he met director Luchino Visconti: the two, together with Stoppa's wife, actress Rina Morelli, formed a trio whose adaptations of works by authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and Goldoni became highly acclaimed. He gave to the theater a personal touch with his energetic play. He debuted in television in 1960 in the drama series ''Vita col padre e con la madre'', reaching the top of the popularity in the 1970s, in particular in the adaptation of crime novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (''Il giudice e il suo boia'' and ''Il sospetto'') and Augusto De Angelis. As a film actor, Stoppa made some 194 appearances between 1932 and his retirement in 1983, with roles in popular classics such as '' Miraco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Cortese
Valentina Cortese (1 January 1923 – 10 July 2019) was an Italian actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in François Truffaut's ''Day for Night'' (1973). Personal life Cortese was born in Milan to a family from Stresa, Piedmont. In 1940, she met conductor Victor de Sabata, who was 31 years older and married with children. She left high school to follow him to Rome, and there she graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art. They separated in 1948. Cortese married Richard Basehart, her co-star in ''The House on Telegraph Hill'', in 1951, and had one son with him, the actor Jackie Basehart; they divorced in 1960. She never remarried. Jackie Basehart died in Milan in 2015, predeceasing Cortese. Cortese died on 10 July 2019, aged 96. Career Cortese made her screen debut in Italian films in 1940, leading to her first internationally acclaimed roles in Riccardo Freda's 1948 Italian film ''Les Misérables'' with Gino Cervi an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walk (1953 Film)
''The Walk'' ( it, La passeggiata) is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Renato Rascel and starring Rascel, Valentina Cortese and Paolo Stoppa. It is very loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's short story ''Nevsky Prospekt''.Pietro Cavallo. ''Viva l’Italia. Storia, cinema ed identità nazionale (1932-1962)''. Liguori Edit., 2009. . It grossed 148 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot A timid schoolteacher attempts to fall in love with a prostitute. In the process he loses his position. He finds that she is hard to convince. Cast * Renato Rascel as Paolo Barbato * Valentina Cortese as Lisa * Paolo Stoppa as Headmaster of the College * Peppino De Martino as Luigi Magri * Francesco Mulé as Teacher * Anna Maria Bottini as Lisa's Friend * Lia Angeleri as Teacher * Tino Bianchi as Teacher * Ignazio Leone as Teacher * Enzo Maggio * Lina Marengo Lina Marengo (19 January 1911 – 6 February 1987) was an Italian character actress. She played in over 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
