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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 forty, Del Balzo was one of the most active character actresses in the Italian cinema, usually cast in humorous roles. She was also active on stage and in the operetta, in which she met her husband-to-be, the tenor Guido Agnoletti. Selected filmography * '' Casta Diva'' (1935) * '' A Wife in Danger'' (1939) - Una invitata alla festa di nozze * ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) - Passenger * ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) - La cameriera dell' albergo * ''Torna, caro ideal!'' (1939) - Madame de Villet * ''Le educande di Saint-Cyr'' (1939) - L'insegnante di musica * ''Ballo al castello'' (1939) * ''Scandalo per bene'' (1940) * ''One Hundred Thousand Dollars'' (1940) - Miss Vernon * ''Kean'' (1940) - Una in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Of Sin
''The Woman of Sin'' (Italian: ''La donna del peccato'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Harry Hasso and starring Viveca Lindfors, Otello Toso and Gustav Diessl. It was one of two films Swedish actress Lindfors made in wartime Italy. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.Chiti & Poppi p.110 Synopsis A shady adventurer persuades his wife to steal an important invention from an Engineer she has encountered on a train. However they quickly fall in love with each other and he asks her to marry him. Tormented by her dilemma she attempts to commit suicide, but is rescued in time. Cast * Viveca Lindfors as La giovane donna * Otello Toso as Suo marito * Gustav Diessl as L'ingegnere * Alberto Capozzi * Nino Marchesini * Tatiana Farnese * Giulio Panicali * Vasco Creti * Giuseppe Varni * Leo Garavaglia * Amelia Bissi * Carlo Monteaux * Ruggero Capodaglio * Giovanni Petrucci * Renato Nava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wife For A Night
''Wife for a Night'' ( it, Moglie per una notte) is a 1952 Italian film starring Gina Lollobrigida. It was based on the play ''The Dazzling Hour'' by Anna Bonacci, which was later updated for the Billy Wilder film ''Kiss Me, Stupid''. Plot The late nineteenth century: Count d'Origo, a notorious roué, spots an attractive woman. Hoping to seduce her, he attempts to find out who she is. In fact she is Geraldine, a practiced courtesan. However, the local mayor tells the Count that she is Ottavia, the wife of his nephew, Enrico, a struggling young musician. Enrico is hoping to stage his newly completed opera. With the Count's support he will get the backing he needs. His uncle hopes to help Enrico by employing Geraldine to impersonate Ottavia, so she can be "seduced". Before she submits, Geraldine will extract a promise from the Count to stage her "husband"'s opera. Geraldine, Ottavia and Enrico agree to go along with the plot. However, as Enrico introduces Geraldine to the eager Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Bruna Indiavolata!
''Una bruna indiavolata!'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. Cast * Silvana Pampanini as Clara * Ugo Tognazzi as Carlo Soldi * Nando Bruno as Autista del taxi * Carlo Sposito as Giulio Scanagatta * Rocco D'Assunta as Il ladro * Luigi Pavese as Commissario * Virgilio Riento as Cameriere * Nino Milano as Dino * Anna Campori as Signora Cartoni * Alfredo Rizzo as Finto testimone * Ughetto Bertucci as Camionista * Liana Del Balzo as Mamma di Giulio * Gigi Reder Gigi Reder (born Luigi Schroeder; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was best known for the role of Filini in the ''Fantozzi'' film series. Biography Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolita ... as Cameriere al bar della stazione External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films 1951 comedy films Films directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Films set in Rome Italian comedy films Italian black-and-white fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quo Vadis (1951 Film)
''Quo Vadis'' (Latin for "Where are you going?") is a 1951 American epic film set in ancient Rome during the final years of Emperor Nero's reign, based on the Quo Vadis (novel), 1896 novel of the same title by Polish Nobel Laureate author Henryk Sienkiewicz. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and filmed in Technicolor, it was directed by Mervyn LeRoy from a screenplay by S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien, and John Lee Mahin. It is the fourth screen adaptation of Sienkiewicz's novel. The film stars Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, and Peter Ustinov, and features Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie, Abraham Sofaer, Marina Berti, Buddy Baer, and Felix Aylmer. Future Italian stars Sophia Loren and Carlo Pedersoli, Bud Spencer appeared as uncredited extras. The score is by Miklós Rózsa and the cinematography by Robert Surtees (cinematographer), Robert Surtees and William V. Skall. The story, set between 64–68 AD, combines both historical and fictional event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Hours Of Trouble
''Seven Hours of Trouble'' (Italian: ''Sette ore di guai'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi and starring Totò, Isa Barzizza and Carlo Campanini.Goble p.958 Plot Toto De Pasquale (Toto) is the holder of a modest tailoring. The day of the baptism of his son, receives the visit of the Advocate Espinaci (Eduardo Passarelli), charge d'notice the seizure of his property because of a debt long overdue and unpaid. When the lawyer discovers that the wife of De Pasquale (Clelia Matania) is an old friend of his, he decides to postpone. Toto, to ingratiate himself further, he decides to do godfather, forgetting that he had already entrusted the task to brother Matthew (Nino Milano), incurable bully. A few minutes later Toto, the lawyer and Matthew discover that the nurse (Bice Valori) has lost the baby after a fight on the streets with her husband. Without saying anything to his wife, Toto goes to look for the child and, in order not to suspect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ungrateful Heart
''The Ungrateful Heart'' ( nap, Core 'ngrato) is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carla Del Poggio, Frank Latimore and Gabriele Ferzetti.Forgacs & Gundle p.29 It takes its name from the Neapolitan song "Core 'ngrato". It was released in West Germany in 1953. The film's sets were designed by Piero Filippone Piero Filippone (1911–1998) was an Italian art director who designed the sets for around two hundred films. He created the sets for Roberto Rossellini's 1954 film '' Journey to Italy''.Brunette p.416 Selected filmography * '' Three Cornered H .... Cast References Bibliography * Forgacs, David & Gundle, Stephen. ''Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War''. Indiana University Press, 2007. External links * 1951 films 1951 drama films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Guido Brignone Melodrama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows Over Naples '' was also released.
''Shadows Over Naples'' (german: Schatten über Neapel) is a 1951 German-Italian crime film directed by Hans Wolff and starring Maria Montez, Massimo Serato, and Hans Söhnker. A separate Italian version ''Love and Blood ''Love and Blood'' ( it, Amore e sangue) is a 1951 Italian-German action melodrama film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Maria Montez in one of her last roles. Cast References Bibliography *External links * 1951 films 1951 crime drama films German ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Blood
''Love and Blood'' ( it, Amore e sangue) is a 1951 Italian-German action melodrama film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Maria Montez in one of her last roles. at Maria Montez Fan Fage It was also known as ''City of Violence''. The film's was by and . A separate German-language version '' |
The Thief Of Venice
''The Thief of Venice'' or ''Il Ladro di Venezia'' is a 1950 Italian film directed by John Brahm. The US title was "The Thief of Venice". It was released in the US two years after being made. Plot In 1575 Venice, the Doge has just died and Scarpa the Grand Inquisitor leads a plot to seize control of Venice. Disani, a popular admiral works to stop the Grand Inquisitor's power grab with the help of Lorenzo, one of his officers. They manage to get back to Venice in record time by promising the galley slaves their freedom. When they arrive back Disani is killed and Lorenzo goes into hiding. Lorenzo continues the fight against Scarpa, who plans to marry Disani's daughter Francesca. Lorenzo and Francesca fall in love even though Lorenzo is also loved by tavern girl Tina. Lorenzo's rebellion against Scarpa is successful. Cast *Maria Montez as Tina * Paul Christian as Alfiere Lorenzo Contarini *Massimo Serato as Scarpa the Inquisitor * Faye Marlowe as Francesca Disani *Aldo Silvani a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanzo D'amore
''Romanzo d'amore'' is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Duilio Coletti. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Enrico Toselli * Danielle Darrieux as Archduchess Louise of Austria * Olinto Cristina * Jone Morino * Vira Silenti * Elena Altieri * 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 ... External links * 1950 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Duilio Coletti Films set in the 1900s Adultery in films Melodrama films Italian historical drama films 1950s historical drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirates Of Capri
''The Pirates of Capri'' ( it, I pirati di Capri), released in the United Kingdom as ''The Masked Pirate'', is a 1949 Italian/American international co-production swashbuckler film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Louis Hayward. It was filmed on location in Italy. Plot In Naples in 1798, foppish nobleman Count Amalfi (Louis Hayward), adviser to the Queen (Binnie Barnes), is secretly the heroic pirate Captain Sirocco, who leads a band of rebels to overthrow the aristocratic regime, dominated by villainous Police Chief Von Holstein (Massimo Serato). Cast * Louis Hayward as Count Amalfi/Captain Sirocco * Binnie Barnes as Queen Carolina * Alan Curtis as Commodore Van Diel * Massimo Serato as Von Holstein * Mariella Lotti as Countess Mercedes * Mikhail Rasumny as Pepino * Virginia Belmont as Annette * Franca Marzi as Carla * William Tubbs as Pignatelli Critical reception In a contemporary review, ''The New York Times'' wrote "the thundering noise, confusion and blood-letting of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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