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Lorenzaccio (film)
''Lorenzaccio'' is a 1951 Italian historical drama film directed by Raffaello Pacini and starring Giorgio Albertazzi, Folco Lulli and Anna Maria Ferrero.Farassino p.221 It is an adaptation of the 1834 play ''Lorenzaccio'' by Alfred de Musset about the life of Lorenzino de' Medici. Cast * Giorgio Albertazzi as Lorenzo de' Medici, nicknamed Lorenzaccio * Folco Lulli as Scoronconcalo * Anna Maria Ferrero as Luisa Strozzi * Franca Marzi as Clarice * Lia Di Leo as Courtesan * Arnoldo Foà as Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence * Marcello Giorda * Carlo D'Angelo * Natale Cirino * Silvio Bagolini * Franco Balducci * Fedele Gentile * Alessandro Fersen * Dolores Palumbo * Mario Billi * Piero Pastore * Mercedes Brignone Mercedes Brignone (18 May 1885 – 24 June 1967) was a Spanish-born Italian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of the actor Giuseppe Brignone. She often played divas, and appeared in numerous silent films for Milano Films d ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaello Pacini
Raffaello, Raffaele or Raffaellino is an Italian given name. It usually refers to Raphael (a.k.a. Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino), an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Raffaello may also refer to: * Raffaello (confection), a confection * ''Raffaello'' MPLM, one of the three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules used to transfer supplies to the International Space Station * SS Raffaello, an Italian ocean liner People People with the given name Raffaello or Raffaellino include: *Raffaello Carboni, Italian writer *Raffaello Ducceschi, Italian race walker * Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquary *Raffaello Funghini, Italian catholic clergyman *Raffaello Gestro, Italian entomologist *Raffaello Maffei, Italian humanist, historian and theologian *Raffaello Matarazzo, Italian film-maker *Raffaello da Montelupo, sculptor and architect of the Italian Renaissance *Raffaello Sanzio Morghen, Italian engraver *Raffaello Vanni, Italian painter of the Baroque *Raffaellino del Colle *Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lia Di Leo
Lia Anna Di Leo (22 July 1923 – 15 December 2006) was an Italian actress and model. She entered the 1951 Miss Italy contest and then began acting in films, generally playing glamorous supporting roles. Di Leo's parents died while she was very young, and as a result she raised her two younger twin brothers, Marion and Tony. After marrying in 1957 she retired from the screen and moved to the United States, where she worked as a sculptor. She died in Palm Springs, California on 15 December 2006, at the age of 83. Selected filmography * ''Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * ''Quo Vadis'' (1951) * ''Il bandolero stanco'' (1952) * ''Maschera nera'' (1952) * ''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (1952) * ''The Earrings of Madame de…'' (1953) * '' Empty Eyes'' (1953) * ''The Return of Don Camillo'' (1953) * ''Cose da pazzi'' (1954) * '' Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare)'' (1954) * ''Tower of Lust'' (1955) * ''Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova'' (1955) * ''Wives and Obscurities ''Wives and Obscurities'' (Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Brignone
Mercedes Brignone (18 May 1885 – 24 June 1967) was a Spanish-born Italian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of the actor Giuseppe Brignone. She often played divas, and appeared in numerous silent films for Milano Films during the 1910s.Moliterno p.207 In later years she played largely supporting roles. She was the older sister of film director and actor Guido Brignone and the aunt of actress Lilla Brignone. Selected filmography * ''Hamlet'' (1917) * ''The Painting of Osvaldo Mars'' (1921) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1922) * ''Maciste's American Nephew'' (1924) * ''The Song of Love'' (1930) * '' Nerone'' (1930) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Seconda B'' (1934) * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) * '' The Wedding March'' (1934) * ''The Ancestor'' (1936) * '' To Live'' (1937) * ''The Document'' (1939) * ''The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) * ''Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * ''Winter Holidays ''Winter Holidays'' ( it, Vacanze d'inverno) is a 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piero Pastore
Pietro Mario Pastore, also known as Piero Pastore (3 April 1908, in Padua – 8 January 1968, in Rome) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker; he later became an actor. Football career Pastore was the youngest ever player to play for Juventus F.C. at the age of 15 years, 222 days. He played for 6 seasons (108 games, 46 goals) in the Serie A for S.S. Lazio, A.C. Milan and A.S. Roma. Pastore represented Italy at the 1928 Summer Olympics and won bronze medal, but he did not play in any games. Acting career After retirement, he became an actor, among other roles, he played small parts in Roman Holiday, Barabbas and War and Peace. Honours Club ;Juventus *Italian Football Championship: 1925–26 International ;Italy * Olympic Bronze Medal: 1928 Selected filmography * '' Girls Do Not Joke'' (1929) * ''La Leggenda di Wally'' (1930) - Hagenbach * ''Ninna nanna delle dodici mamme'' (1930) * ''Steel'' (1933) - Mario Velini * ''Trois balles dans la peau'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Billi
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of ''Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called "Mr. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolores Palumbo
Dolores Palumbo (14 June 1912 – 30 January 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Naples, the daughter of two stage actors, Palumbo debuted in 1930 with a bit role in the farce ''La bella trovata''. Shorty later she entered the stage company of Nino Taranto, with whom she starred in a number of successful revues. In 1945 she joined the stage company of Eduardo De Filippo and she was critically appreciated for her performance in the comedy play '' Napoli milionaria''. Two years later she rejoined the company of Nino Taranto until the 1950s, then, in 1955, she worked again with Eduardo De Filippo, who called her in his company to replace his sister Titina. Palumbo was also very active in films, mainly of comedic genre. Selected filmography * ''In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) * ''Non ti pago!'' (1942) * '' Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * ''Neapolitan Carousel'' (1954) * '' Poverty and Nobility'' (1954) * '' Milanese in Naples'' (1954) * ''Oh! Sabella'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Fersen
Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher. Born Aleksander Fajrajzen in Łódź to a Jewish family, Fersen he moved to Genoa with his family in 1913. A student under Giuseppe Rensi, in 1934 he graduated in philosophy from the University of Genoa with a thesis later published under the title ''L'Universo come giuoco'' ("The Universe as a game"). Due to the racial laws of 1938 he moved to Paris (where he attended the Collège de France) and then in Eastern Europe.Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema''. Gremese, 2006. . Back in Italy in 1943, he participated in the resistance in Liguria, in a partisan group linked to the Italian Socialist Party, before working in Switzerland, where he became friends with Emanuele Luzzati and Giorgio Colli."Un maestro in palcoscenico (Alessandro Fersen)", ''Sorgente di vita''. Rai 2. 5 Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedele Gentile
Fedele Gentile (1908–1993) was an Italian film actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.187 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''Fedora'' (1942) * ''Bengasi'' (1942) * ''Souls in Turmoil'' (1942) * ''The Ten Commandments'' (1945) * ''The Whole City Sings'' (1945) * ''The Opium Den'' (1947) * ''Eleonora Duse'' (1947) * ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * '' The Two Sisters'' (1950) * ''The Black Captain'' (1951) * ''Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * '' Il romanzo della mia vita'' (1952) * ''My Life Is Yours'' (1953) * '' Captain Phantom'' (1953) * ''Condemned to Hang'' (1953) * ''Naples Is Always Naples'' (1954) * ''Barrier of the Law'' (1954) * ''Supreme Confession'' (1956) * ''Herod the Great'' (1958) * ''Devil's Cavaliers'' (1959) * ''Juke box urli d'amore'' (1959) * ''Knight of 100 Faces'' (1960) * ''Caesar the Conqueror'' (1962) * ''Revolt of the Praetorians'' (1964) * ''The Magnificent Gladiato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Balducci
Franco Balducci (23 November 1922 – 7 June 2001) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 75 films between 1947 and 1978. He was born in Umbria, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Bullet for Stefano'' (1947) - Giacomo * ''Tempesta su Parigi'' (1948) * ''Les Misérables'' (1948) - (uncredited) * ''Il monello della strada'' (1950) - Arizona Bill * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) * ''Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * '' The Captain of Venice'' (1951) * '' Stranger on the Prowl'' (1952) - Morelli * ''Milady and the Musketeers'' (1952) * ''Son of the Hunchback'' (1952) * ''Le marchand de Venise'' (1953) * ''Mystery of the Black Jungle'' (1954) - Kammamuri * '' The Captain of Venice'' (1954) - Marin Soldero * ''Black Devils of Kali'' (1954) - Kammamuri * ''I cinque dell'Adamello'' (1954) - Renato * ''Honey degli uomini perduti'' (1956) * ''Ciao, pais...'' (1956) - Amleto * ''Nights of Cabiria'' (1957) - Spectator on the Stage of the Cinema (uncredited) * ''La grande ombra'' (1957) - Ranuccio * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Bagolini
Silvio Bagolini (4 August 1914 – 26 September 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1936 and 1973. Life and career Born in Bologna, Bagolini studied architecture at the Bologna University, without graduating. He made his acting debut with a leading role in a 1934 experimental amateur film, ''Verde nei prati''. Moved to Rome, he enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. In 1936 he made his professional debut in the film ''La danza delle lancette'', and from then he started an intense career as a character actor, often cast in humorous roles. Also active on stage and on television, in the 1970s he abandoned his career to become manager of a spinning mill. Selected filmography * ''Cavalry'' (1936) * '' The Dance of Time'' (1936) *''The Castiglioni Brothers'' (1937) * '' It Was I!'' (1937) * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * ''Happy Days'' (1942) * '' The Jester's Supper'' (1942) * '' Hand of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natale Cirino
Natale Cirino (5 February 1894 – 29 May 1962) was an Italian stage and film actor. Life and career Born in Catania, Cirino started his career entering the most important theatrical companies active in Sicily (including the ones held by Turi Pandolfini, Michele Abruzzo, Rosina Anselmi and Giovanni Grasso) before forming his own stage company in 1928. In 1943 he made his film debut in the Pino Mercanti's historical drama ''All'ombra della gloria'', and from then he started an intense career as a character actor, with some sporadic main roles. He was married to stage actress Rita Alaimo (1894-1964). Selected filmography * ''For the Love of Mariastella'' (1946) * ''Appointment for Murder'' (1951) * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) * '' Carcerato'' (1951) * ''Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * ''Buon viaggio pover'uomo'' (1951) * ''Ergastolo'' (1952) * ''Saluti e baci'' (1953) * ''It Happened at the Police Station'' (1954) * ''Letter from Naples'' (1954) * '' Tragic Ballad'' (1954) * '' Maddalena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo D'Angelo
Carlo D'Angelo (February 2, 1919 – June 9, 1973) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Milan, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at La Scala. After studying law at the University of Milan, in 1941 he started working on radio and shortly later as a film dubber. In 1947 he made his stage debut at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, under Giorgio Strehler. In the 1950s he worked several times in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman, and in 1958 he formed a stage company together with Lia Zoppelli and Renzo Giovampietro. Between 1963 and 1964, he got large critical acclaim for his performance in ''Il diavolo e il buon Dio'', under the direction of Luigi Squarzina. D'Angelo was also active in films, where alternated major and character roles, and on television, where he had several significant roles in a number of TV-series. D'Angelo was also diction teacher at the Silvio d’Amico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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