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Luigi Bonelli
Luigi Bonelli (1892–1954) was an Italian playwright and screenwriter.Goble p.999 Selected filmography * ''Paradise'' (1932) * ''Palio'' (1932) *''Nini Falpala'' (1933) * ''Ginevra degli Almieri'' (1935) * ''Territorial Militia'' (1935) * ''The Man Who Smiles'' (1936) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1940) * ''Boccaccio'' (1940) * ''Rossini'' (1942) * ''Souls in Turmoil'' (1942) * ''The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' (1942) * '' The Iron Swordsman'' (1949) * ''Captain Demonio'' (1950) * '' The Captain of Venice'' (1951) * ''Tragic Spell ''Tragic Spell'' (Italian: ''Incantesimo tragico (Oliva)'') is a 1951 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring María Félix, Rossano Brazzi and Massimo Serato.Darby p.449 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Th ...'' (1951) * '' The Angels of the District'' (1952) * '' Redemption'' (1952) * '' The Angel of Sin'' (1952) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuries. Siena is also home to the oldest bank in the world, the Monte dei Paschi bank, which has been operating continuously since 1472. Several significant Renaissance painters worked and were born in Siena, among them Duccio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Sassetta, and influenced the course of Italian and European art. The University of Siena, originally called ''Studium Senese'', was founded in 1240, making it one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world. Siena was one of the most important cities in medieval Europe, and its historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From January until the end of September of 2021 it had about 217,000 arrivals, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Fra Diavolo
''The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' ( it, Fra' Diavolo) is a 1942 Italian adventure film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Enzo Fiermonte. Cast * Enzo Fiermonte - Michele Pezza detto " Fra' Diavolo" * Elsa De Giorgi - Fortunata Consiglio * Laura Nucci - Gabriella Del Prà * Cesare Bettarini - Carlo Consiglio * Agostino Salvietti - Ciccio La Rosa, il capo della polizia * Carlo Romano - Tiburzio * Loris Gizzi - Il prefetto * Marcello Giorda - Il generale * Renato Chiantoni Renato Chiantoni (19 April 1906 – 24 December 1979) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1978. Born in Brescia, the son of the stage actor Amedeo, Chiantoni debuted on stage entering several drama and revue comp ... - Sputafuoco See also * '' Donne e briganti'' (1950) External links * 1942 films 1942 adventure films Italian adventure films 1940s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Luigi Zampa Napoleonic Wars films Films set i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Siena
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered subm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angel Of Sin
''The Angel of Sin'' (Italian: ''L'angelo del peccato'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Leonardo De Mitri and Vittorio Carpignano and starring Roldano Lupi, Gaby André and Luigi Tosi.Chiti & Poppi p.417 The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini. Cast * Roldano Lupi as Conte * Gaby André as Elena * Luigi Tosi as Bruno * Maria Grazia Francia as Annetta * Umberto Spadaro as Scarpone * André Le Gall as Tore * Mario Mazza as Don Fabio * Violetta Gragnani as Maria Rosa * Guglielmo Ferro as Lunardo - padre di Bruno * Renato Lupi as L'amministratore * Anna Parisi as La Perpetua * Riccardo Ferri as Grippa - marito di Maria Rosa * Daniele Danielli Daniele is an Hebrew male given name, the cognate of the English name Daniel. Danièle is a French female given name, an alternative spelling of Danielle. Men with the given name Daniele * Daniele Bracciali (born 1978), Italian tennis player ... as Medico References Bibliography * Chiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redemption (1952 Film)
''Redemption'' (Italian: ''Redenzione'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Piero Caserini and starring Luisa Rossi, Marco Vicario and Juan de Landa.Chiti & Poppi p.306 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivo Battelli. Plot The young shepherdess Nicuzza is seduced and abandoned by a young count: the girl becomes pregnant with her but the count does not intend to recognize the child. Nicuzza decides to take revenge and she kills the count on the day of her marriage to another noblewoman. Nicuzza is imprisoned and gives birth to a child who immediately shows problems with her sight. Cast * Luisa Rossi as Nicuzza * Marco Vicario as Barone Paolo Di San Lario * Juan de Landa as Parroco * Enrico Olivieri as Figlio Di Nicuzza * Laura Tiberti * Paolo Iacopozzi as Piero * Peter Trent * Giuseppe Corradi * Clara Paoloni * Arrigo Basevi * Margherita Bambini Margherita is an Italian feminine given name. It also is a surname. As a word, in Italian it means " dais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angels Of The District
''The Angels of the District'' (Italian: ''Gli Angeli del quartiere'') is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Rossana Podestà, Jacques Sernas and Marisa Merlini.Borin p.72 The film's sets were designed by the art director Luigi Ricci while the score was composed by Nino Rota. Plot Italy in the early 1950s. Five children whose parents died in World War II live in the dilapidated basement of an old apartment building. One night, Virgola, the youngest of them, discovers several boxes in an adjoining room, all of which are filled with 1,000 lira bills. The boys, who have suddenly become infinitely rich, decide not to tell any adults their secret, but soon have to realize that they cannot do without an adult to manage the money and shop for them. So they take Mario, a pickpocket, into their midst. Although Mario originally only wanted the boys' money and wanted to steal from them, the children's genuine affection and trust transforms him into a better ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragic Spell
''Tragic Spell'' (Italian: ''Incantesimo tragico (Oliva)'') is a 1951 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring María Félix, Rossano Brazzi and Massimo Serato.Darby p.449 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio. Cast * María Félix as Oliva * Rossano Brazzi as Pietro * Massimo Serato as Berto * Charles Vanel as Bastiano * Irma Gramatica as Grandmother * Giulio Donnini as L'orafo Golia * Italia Marchesini as Adele * Fiorella Betti as Cleofe * Fausto Guerzoni as Girasole * Wanda Carpentieri as Berto's Girlfriend * Franco Coop as Cavaliere * Maria Zanoli as Witch * Ada Dondini as Gesuina * Giovanni Barrella * Paola Quattrini as Camilla * Vittoria Febbi as Maria * Maria Piazzai as Zaira * Angelo Dessy as Farmer * Lita Perez * Christina Thorer * Ettore Vincelli * Anna Maestri as Oliva's Maid * Armando Annuale Armando may refer to: * Armando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain Of Venice
''The Captain of Venice'' ( it, Il Capitano di Venezia) is a 1951 Italian historical adventure film directed by Gianni Puccini and starring Leonardo Cortese, Mariella Lotti, and Andrea Checchi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini Arrigo Equini was an Italian art director who designed the sets of around eighty films during his career.Palmer & Riley p.164 Selected filmography * '' The Black Eagle'' (1946) * '' The White Devil'' (1947) * '' Ring Around the Clock'' (1950) * .... Main cast References Bibliography * External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films 1950s historical adventure films Films directed by Gianni Puccini Italian historical adventure films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Demonio
''Captain Demonio'' ( it, Capitan Demonio) is a 1950 Italian historical adventure film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Adriano Rimoldi, María Martín and Luisella Beghi. Plot In 1700 in Florence, the adventurer Capitan Demonio saves and then falls in love with him, a dancer from the snares of the Bargello. Cast * Adriano Rimoldi as Capitan Demonio * María Martín as Ballerina * Luisella Beghi * Otello Toso * Nerio Bernardi as Il granduca * Luigi Tosi as Il bargello * Beniamino Maggio * Jole Fierro * Renato De Carmine * Pietro Tordi * Ria Teresa Legnani * Carlo Ninchi * Arrigo Peri * Rodolfo Terlizzi * Alberto Archetti * Gianni Lova * Luigi Benvenuti * Nella Bartoli * John Pasetti John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ... References Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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