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List Of Italian Films Of 1947
A list of films produced in Italy in 1947 (see 1947 in film): A–Z Documentary References External linksItalian films of 1947 at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1947 Lists of 1947 films by country, Italian Lists of Italian films by year, 1947 1947 in Italy, Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
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] |
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Ferruccio Tagliavini (; 14 August 191329 January 1995) was an Italian operatic tenor mainly active in the 1940s and 1950s. Tagliavini was hailed as the heir apparent to Tito Schipa and Beniamino Gigli in the lyric-opera repertory due to the exceptional beauty of his voice, but he did not sustain his great early promise across the full span of his career. Career Tagliavini was born in Cavazzoli, Reggio Emilia and studied in Parma with Italo Brancucci and in Florence and with Amedeo Bassi, a well-known dramatic verismo and Wagnerian Italian tenor of the pre-World War I era whose voice (as recorded) could not be more unlike Tagliavini's (see M.Scott, ''The Record of Singing'', 1978). It was also in Florence that he made his professional debut in 1938 as Rodolfo in ''La bohème''. He swiftly gained recognition as one of the leading tenori di grazia of his time in operas such as ''The Barber of Seville'', ''L'elisir d'amore'', ''Don Pasquale'', ''La sonnambula'', ''Lucia di Lammer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleonora Duse (film)
''Eleonora Duse'' is a 1947 Italian biographical film directed by Filippo Walter Ratti and starring Elisa Cegani, Rossano Brazzi and Andrea Checchi. It portrays the life of the celebrated Italian actress Eleonora Duse (1858–1924).Parill p.80 The film was based on the novel ''La grande tragica'' by Nino Bolla. Cast * Elisa Cegani as Eleonora Duse * Rossano Brazzi as Arrigo Boito * Andrea Checchi as Tebaldo Checchi * Giovanni Grasso as impresario Schurman * Manoel Roero as Martin Cafiero * Fosca Freda as Nina * Fedele Gentile as Rosaspina * Alfredo Salvatori as Gabriele D'Annunzio * Bruno Corelli * Attilio Torelli Saint Attilio, one of the legendary martyrs of the Theban Legion, is venerated as a saint in the area of Trino Vercellese, in Piedmont, north-west Italy and commemorated on 28 June. However his cult is no longer officially recognized by the Rom ... * Ingrid Hanussen References Bibliography * Parrill, William. ''European Silent Films on V ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irasema Dilián
Irasema Dilián (born Eva Irasema Warschalowska; May 27, 1924 – April 16, 1996) was an actress. Born in Brazil to Polish parents, she began her film career in Italy, and appeared in Italian, Spanish and Mexican films. Biography Irasema Dilián was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Polish parents. She began her film career in Italy, having appeared in Vittorio de Sica's ''Maddalena, Zero for Conduct''. Over the next few years she worked for de Sica, Riccardo Freda, and Mario Soldati, together with actors like Alida Valli and Rossano Brazzi. She appeared in four Spanish films between the years 1946 and 1949 before moving to Mexico and making her debut in '' Girls in Uniform'' (1951), a remake of the 1931 German picture ''Mädchen in Uniform''. In 1952, Dilián was nominated for an Ariel Award for '' Stolen Paradise''. Over the next several years, Dilián starred in a number of important films with such major stars as Arturo de Córdova, Pedro Armendáriz and Pedro Infante, a ... [...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'' (1954), followed by the leading male role in David Lean's '' Summertime'' (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn. In 1958, he played the lead as Frenchman Emile De Becque in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical '' South Pacific''. His other notable English-language films include ''The Barefoot Contessa'' (1954), ''The Story of Esther Costello'' (1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and acting, actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, ''The Song of Love (1930 film), The Song of Love''. He was married to the film star Maria Jacobini, whom he frequently cast in his films. Selected filmography *''Red Love (1921 film), Red Love'' (1921) * ''The Voyage (1921 film), The Voyage'' (1921) * ''La Boheme (1923 film), La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Orient (1924 film), Orient'' (1924) * ''The Doll Queen'' (1925) * ''Svengali (1927 film), Svengali'' (1927) * ''Homesick (1927 film), Homesick'' (1927) * ''The Prisoners of Shanghai'' (1927, writer) * ''The Champion of the World (1927 film), The Champion of the World'' (1927) * ''Five Anxious Days'' (1928) * ''The President (1928 film), The President'' (1928) * ''The Secret Courier'' (1928) * ''Orient (1928 film), Orient'' (1928) * ''Their S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courier Of The King
''The Courier of the King'' (Italian: ''Il corriere del re'') is a 1947 Italian historical film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Rossano Brazzi, Irasema Dilián and Valentina Cortese.Moliterno p.208 It is an adaptation of the 1830 novel ''The Red and the Black'' by Stendhal. It was the final film of the veteran director Righelli, who had previously directed a The Secret Courier, silent version of the story in 1928. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Julien Sorel * Irasema Dilián as Mathilde de la Mole * Valentina Cortese as Louise de Renal * Carlo Ninchi as Il marchese de la Mole * Aldo Silvani as Il signor de Renal * Laura Carli as La signora Valmod * Fiore Davanzati as Emilia * Massimo Serato as Maurice Croisenois * Camillo Pilotto as Valmod * Oreste Fares as L'abate Chenal * Armando Francioli as Norbert de la Mole * Vittorio Sanipoli as Luz * Nerio Bernardi * Ida Bracci Dorati * Magda Forlenza References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elli Parvo
Elli Parvo (17 October 1915 – 19 February 2010) was an Italian film actress, born in Milan as Elvira Gobbo. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1934 and 1960. Selected filmography * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) as La nobildonna al ballo * '' The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) as l'attrice truccata all'orientale * '' Abandon All Hope'' (1937) as Gemma * '' I Want to Live with Letizia'' (1938) as Unknown role * '' Departure'' (1938) as La contadina con il neonato * '' The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) as Immacolata * ''The Night of Tricks'' (1939) as Maria * '' The Happy Ghost'' (1941) as Erika * ''The King's Jester'' (1941) as La zingara * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1941) as Angela * '' Carmen'' (1942) as Pamela * '' Seven Years of Good Luck'' (1942) as Melitta * '' Seven Years of Happiness'' (1943) as Melitta, la cameriera * '' Il fanciullo del West'' (1943) as Lolita de Fuego * ''The Gates of Heaven'' (1945) as La signora provocante * '' Desire'' (1946) as Paola Previtali * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariella Lotti
Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She was one of many actors employed on the anthology film ''The Ten Commandments'', made following the overthrow of Benito Mussolini. She made her final film ''Carmen'' in 1954. During the war she was involved in a passionate love story with King Michael of Romania. Her sister Carola Lotti was also an actress. Filmography * '' The Silent Partner'' (1939) * ''I, His Father'' (1939) * ''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1939) * ''The Daughter of the Green Pirate'' (1940) * '' Kean'' (1940) * ''Inspector Vargas'' (1940) * '' Il ponte dei sospiri'' (1940) * '' Il signore della taverna'' (1940) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) * '' Il vetturale del San Gottardo'' (1941) * '' Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) * '' I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)'' (1941) ... [...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] |
Giacomo Gentilomo
Giacomo Gentilomo (5 April 1909 – 16 April 2001) was an Italian film director and painter. Biography Born in Trieste, at very young age Gentilomo moved to Rome, where at 21 years old he entered the cinema industry, working as a script survivor and an assistant director. Active between 1933 and 1937 as a film editor, in 1939 he debuted as a director with ''Il Carnevale di Venezia''. In 1945 his film ''O sole mio'' got critical acclaim, but later his career was mainly devoted to genre films, and failed to achieve significant critical interest. Dissatisfied with cinema, in the mid-1960s Gentilomo decided to abandon films and to fulfill his passion for painting. Filmography * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (directed by Nunzio Malasomma, 1934) * ''I Love You Only'' (directed by Mario Mattoli, 1935) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * '' White Amazons'' (1936) * ''Sinfonia di Roma'' (1937, short) * ''Condottieri'' (directed by Luis Trenker, 1937) * ''The Carnival of Venice'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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