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Letizia Quaranta
Letizia Quaranta (30 December 1892 – 9 January 1977) was an Italian film actress. Mainly active in the silent era, she also appeared in a few sound films. She was married to the director Carlo Campogalliani and appeared in a number of his films.Moliterno p.62 Letizia Quaranta had a twin sister, Isabella Quaranta, who was also an actress. Her older sister was actress Lidia Quaranta. Selected filmography * '' Love Everlasting'' (1913) * '' Floretta and Patapon'' (1913) * ''Hedda Gabler'' (1920) * ''The Woman at Midnight'' (1925) * '' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * ''Forbidden Music'' (1942) * ''The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) * ''The Devil's Gondola'' (1946) * ''Orphan of the Ghetto ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.Goble p.238 Cast * Franca Marzi * Luisella B ...'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po (river), Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alps, Alpine arch and Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 847,287 (31 January 2022) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Larger Urban Zones, Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city used to be a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman At Midnight
''The Woman at Midnight'' (Portuguese: ''La Mujer de medianoche'') is a 1925 Brazilian mystery film drama directed by Carlo Campogalliani. The film premiered in Rio de Janeiro on 7 September 1925. Cast *Paulo Benedetti *Carlo Campogalliani as Jorge Peirada *Amália de Oliveira *Polly de Viana *Bastos Estefânio *Augusto Gonçalves as Mena *Luiz Lizman *Lia Lupini *Letizia Quaranta Letizia Quaranta (30 December 1892 – 9 January 1977) was an Italian film actress. Mainly active in the silent era, she also appeared in a few sound films. She was married to the director Carlo Campogalliani and appeared in a number of his films. ... *Alberto Sereno *Ivo Soares *Luiza Valle External links * 1920s mystery drama films 1925 films Brazilian black-and-white films Brazilian mystery drama films Brazilian silent films Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani 1925 drama films Silent drama films {{silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Silent Film Actresses
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Italian Film Actresses
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Preside ... [...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] |
Orphan Of The Ghetto
''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.Goble p.238 Cast * Franca Marzi * Luisella Boni as Viola * Anna Arena * Renato Baldini * Alberto Farnese * Carlos Lamas * Barbara Leite * Carlo Lombardi * Nino Marchetti * Floriana Mulas * Nico Pepe * Letizia Quaranta * Domenico Serra References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links *''Orphan of the Ghetto''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1954 films 1954 drama films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Gondola
''The Devil's Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola del diavolo'') is a 1946 Italian historical drama-crime film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Loredana, Carlo Lombardi, and Erminio Spalla.Klossner p.103 Made by Scalera Films, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in Venice during the wartime Italian Social Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Luigi Scaccianoce and Ottavio Scotti. Synopsis In the Venetian Republic a series of murders are carried out by a hooded man in black who always makes his escape through the city's waterways on a gondola. Cast * Loredana as Marina * Carlo Lombardi as messer Stelio Ricunis * Erminio Spalla as Marco, il gondoliere * Nino Pavese as Idillius, il bravo * Alfredo Varelli as Paolo Venier * Flora Marino as Imperia * Letizia Quaranta as Madre di Paolo * Carlo Micheluzzi as Il ministro di giustizia * Mario Sailer as Lorenzo * Giorgio Piamonti as Alvise Venier, padre di Paolo * Edgardo Pellegrini as B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Innocent Casimiro
''The Innocent Casimiro'' (Italian: ''L'innocente Casimiro'') is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Erminio Macario, Lea Padovani and Olinto Cristina. It is based on a play ''Scandalo al Collegio'' by Mario Amendola, and was mainly shot in 1943. However it was disrupted by wartime events and was not released until 1945. It was the first release to be distributed by Lux Film following the Liberation. Critics were generally disappointed with the film, made in the traditional pre-war style of "schoolgirl comedies". The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Gino Brosio. Cast *Erminio Macario as Casimiro Pelagatti *Lea Padovani as Marcella *Olinto Cristina as principal *Enzo Biliotti as Dr. Raglia *Ada Dondini as Zia Tecla * a Miss Pannelli *Baby Donall as Paola *Lauro Gazzolo as Pietro *Loris Gizzi as Gustavo Corra *Alberto Sordi as Corra's driver * Adriana Serra as Silvia *Paola Veneroni as Emilia *Vinicio Sofia as Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Music
''Forbidden Music'' (Italian: ''Musica proibita'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Tito Gobbi, María Mercader and Giuseppe Rinaldi.Bayman p.138 An elderly composer recalls his youthful romance with a woman while a student in Florence. It was made at the Fert Studios in Turin. Cast * Tito Gobbi as Paolo Marini, detto Paolo Folchi * María Mercader as Claretta Melzi * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Giulio Folchi * Loredana as Elena Landi * Mario Casaleggio as Il maestro Bignami * Carlo Romano as Otello * Enzo Morisi as Arnaldo Rovere * Carlo Duse as Il marchese Melzi * Letizia Quaranta as La marchesa Beatrice Melzi * Giorgio Costantini as Mario Melzi * Mario Siletti as Il conte Landi, padre di Elena * Ilena Jurick * Valfrido Picardi as L'impresario Salvetti * Lori Randi * Giuseppe Zago Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Lantern
''The Devil's Lantern'' (Italian: ''La lanterna del diavolo'') is a 1931 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Nella Maria Bonora, Donatella Neri, and Carlo Gualandri.Mancini p.54 It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. Cast * Nella Maria Bonora * Donatella Neri * Carlo Gualandri as Capobanda * Letizia Quaranta * Carlo Tamberlani * Raimondo Van Riel * Alfredo Martinelli * Guido Celano Guido Celano (19 April 1904 – 7 March 1988) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two Spaghetti Westerns: '' Cold Killer'' and '' Gun Shy Piluk''. He was born ... * La Baiocchi * Il Piccolo Lamberto References Bibliography * Mancini, Elaine. ''Struggles of the Italian film industry during fascism, 1930-1935''. UMI Research Press, 1985. External links * 1931 films 1931 drama films Italian drama films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doctor In Spite Of Himself (1931 Film)
''The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (Italian: ''Medico per forza'') is a 1931 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is a free adaptation of Molière's play Le Médecin malgré lui. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. After starring the comedy, for many times in the theaters, Ettore Petrolini reinvents ''Sganarelle'', in a way close to the character Bertoldo of Giulio Cesare Croce. Referring to Petrolini, the film critic Filippo Sacchi had written "''You have to accept it as it is, with his temperament and his admirable qualities ... with the grotesque and the joke that elude even without logic in the comic genre''" Cast *Ettore Petrolini as Sganarello * Tilde Mercandalli as Lucinda * Letizia Quaranta as Martina * Augusto Contardi as Geronte * Sergio Rovida as Leandro * Elma Krimer as the nurse * Dria Paola * Enzo De Felice *Checco Durante Francesco "Checco" Durante (19 November 1893 – 5 January 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
