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Lila Rocco
Lyla Rocco (18 January 1933 – 17 January 2015) was an Italian film actress. She was also a contestant in Miss Italy. After making her screen debut in 1951, Rocco appeared in over thirty productions before retiring in 1964. In 1954 she played a supporting role in Roberto Rossellini's ''Journey to Italy''. In 1960, in one of her final roles, she appeared in the horror film ''The Playgirls and the Vampire''.Hogan p.304 She was married to the actor Steve Barclay. Selected filmography * ''Anna'' (1951) * '' The Lady Without Camelias'' (1953) * ''Journey to Italy'' (1954) * ''High Fashion'' (1954) * ''One Step to Eternity'' (1954) * ''Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love'' (1954) * ''He Died Fifteen Years Ago'' (1954) * ''Songs of Italy'' (1955) * ''The Red Cloak'' (1955) * ''La ladra'' (1955) * ''Burning Fuse'' (1957) * ''No Sun in Venice'' (1957) * ''Young Husbands'' (1958) * ''The Playgirls and the Vampire ''The Playgirls and the Vampire'' ( it, L'ultima preda del vampiro, lit=The Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provinces. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, on a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia; Slovenia lies approximately east and southeast of the city, while Croatia is about to the south of the city. The city has a long coastline and is surrounded by grassland, forest, and karstic areas. The city has a subtropical climate, unusual in relation to its relatively high latitude, due to marine breezes. In 2022, it had a population of about 204,302. Capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and previously capital of the Province of Trieste, until its abolition on 1 October 2017. Trieste belonged to the Habsburg monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Step To Eternity
''One Step to Eternity'' ( French:''Bonnes à tuer'', Italian:''Quattro donne nella notte'') is a 1954 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair and Corinne Calvet.Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1'', p.293. Scarecrow Press, 2009. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Plot A French newspaper editor invites his wife, ex-wife, mistress and intended fiancée to his apartment, planning to murder one of them. Cast * Danielle Darrieux as Constance Andrieux dite Poussy * Michel Auclair as François Roques dit Larry * Corinne Calvet as Véra Volpone * Miriam Di San Servolo as Maggy Lang * Lyla Rocco as Cécile Germain-Thomas * Gérard Buhr as William Jordan * Roberto Risso as Mario Mirador * Gil Delamare as Forestier * Ky Duyen as Bao, le serviteur * Émile Genevois as Le postier * Jean Berton as Un insp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Husbands
''Young Husbands'' ( it, Giovani mariti) is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. For this film Armando Nannuzzi won a Nastro d'Argento, Silver Ribbon (Nastro d'Argento) for Best Cinematography. Cast * Anne-Marie Baumann as Fanny * Gérard Blain as Marcello * Guido Celano as Franco's father * Roberto Chevalier as Checchino * Antonio Cifariello as Ettore * Isabelle Corey as Laura * Ennio Girolami as Franco * Anna Maria Guarnieri as Ornella * Franco Interlenghi as Antonio * Sylva Koscina as Mara * Antonella Lualdi as Lucia * Lilly Mantovani as Lily * Raf Mattioli as Giulio * Rosy Mazzacurati as Donatella * Lila Rocco as Gilda * Marcella Rovena as Franco's mother References External links * 1958 films Films scored by Nino Rota 1950s Italian-language films 1958 comedy films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mauro Bolognini Films set in Tuscany Commedia all'italiana 1950s Italian films {{1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Sun In Venice
''No Sun in Venice'' (french: Sait-on jamais...) is a 1957 French-Italian drama film directed by Roger Vadim. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. The soundtrack for the film was composed by pianist John Lewis, and performed by the Modern Jazz Quartet. The soundtrack album was released in 1957 on Atlantic. Cast * Françoise Arnoul as Sophie * Christian Marquand as Michel Lafaurie * Robert Hossein as Sforzi * O. E. Hasse as Eric von Bergen * Franco Fabrizi as Busetti * as Bernard * Carlo Delle Piane as Jeannot * as Inspecteur * Lila Rocco as Lisa * Margaret Rung as Comtesse * Christian Cazau as Coco * Venantino Venantini * Daniel Emilfork Production The film was made by Roger Vadim and producer Raoul Levy, who had just made '' And God Created Woman'' which was yet to be released. It was based on an unpublished novel Vadim had written a few years before. Levy had it relocated from Paris to Italy and cast Francoise Arnoul as he did not want to risk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Fuse
''Burning Fuse'' (French: ''Le feu aux poudres'') is a 1957 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Charles Vanel and Peter van Eyck. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The films sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Synopsis Lola, the wife of a notorious arms dealer Pédro Wassevitch is attracted to a young painter Ludovic. Unknown to her he has been sent to infiltrate Wassevitch's operation which both a rival and the police are interested in. Cast * Raymond Pellegrin as Ludovic 'Ludo' Ferrier * Charles Vanel as Albatrasse * Peter van Eyck as Pédro Wassevitch * Françoise Fabian as Lola Wassevitch * Lino Ventura as Legentil * Darío Moreno as Jeff * Lyla Rocco as Brigitte * Jacqueline Maillan as Mme Catherine, l'aubergiste * Mathilde Casadesus as Mimi * Pierre-Louis as L' inspecteur Fougeron * Roland Armontel as Antoine * Henri Cogan as Matt * Michel Flamme as Un inspecteur * Michel Jourdan as Dédé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ladra
''La ladra'' (french: Les anges aux mains noires) is a 1955 Italian-French crime-melodrama film co-written and directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Lise Bourdin and Fausto Tozzi. Plot Whistle is an orphaned boy, raised in an environment unsuitable for a budding child and thief. A shady lawyer, an accomplice of thieves and fences, entrusts him to Nino, the leader of a gang that is preparing a particularly valuable coup. On the appointed day, Whistle and Bebè, accompanied by Nino who passes himself off as an employer, must present themselves at Countess Barenghi's house as chimney sweeps, but Whistle seriously injures himself falling from the chimney and sends the blow upstream. Anna, who has lost a small son and has begun to become attached to the child, pretends to be his mother to take him away but the doctor, called by the countess, forbids him to move. The two thus live a few days in that strange house, during which they become attached to each other. In the meantime, Nino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Cloak
''The Red Cloak'' (Italian: ''Il mantello rosso'') is a 1955 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and starring Patricia Medina, Fausto Tozzi and Jean Murat.Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990 p.134 Cast * Patricia Medina as Laura Lanfranchi * Fausto Tozzi as Luca de Bardi * Jean Murat as Cosimo, il capitano del popolo * Bruce Cabot as Capitano Raniero d'Anversa * Colette Deréal * Guy Mairesse as il Guercio * Lyla Rocco as Stella * Domenico Modugno as Saro * Nyta Dover * Jean-François Calvé * Aldo Pensa * Erminio Spalla * Franco Caruso * Eduardo de Santis as Capitano dei Guelfi * Jeanne Fusier-Gir * Giorgio Gandos * Giacomo Rossi Stuart * Franco Fantasia * Andrea Fantasia Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Italy
''Songs of Italy'' (Italian: ''Canzoni di tutta Italia'') is a 1955 Italian musical film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Marco Vicario, Rossana Podestà and Silvana Pampanini.Torriglia p.208 It was shot in Ferraniacolor. It was one of several musicarello directed by Paolella. Cast * Marco Vicario * Rossana Podestà * Silvana Pampanini * Fausto Tozzi * Anna Maria Ferrero * Tamara Lees * Giorgio De Lullo * Dante Maggio * Irène Galter * Lyla Rocco * Roberto Risso * Carlo Sposito * Armida De Pasquali * Italia Dini * Sandra Francis * Gisella Monaldi * Mercedes Mozart Mercedes may refer to: People * Mercedes (name), a Spanish feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or last name Automobile-related * Mercedes (marque), the pre-1926 brand name of German automobile m ... References Bibliography * Anna Maria Torriglia. ''Broken Time, Fragmented Space: A Cultural Map for Postwar Italy''. University of Toronto P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Died Fifteen Years Ago
''He Died Fifteen Years Ago'' (Spanish: ''Murió hace quince años'') is a 1954 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Rafael Rivelles, Francisco Rabal and Lyla Rocco. Synopsis Diego Acuña was one of the children transferred to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War and educated in communism and prepared to act as an international spy. Among his destinations are France and Italy, where he will work under the command of Germán Goeritz. After several years he is entrusted with a mission in Spain, in which he must collaborate in the murder of his father, an important opponent of communism. Cast * Rafael Rivelles as Coronel Acuña * Francisco Rabal as Diego * Lyla Rocco as Mónica * Gérard Tichy as Germán Goeritz * Carmen Rodríguez as Cándida * Ricardo Calvo as Daniel * Fernando Sancho as Joaquín Campos * Félix de Pomés as Jefe de policía * Antonio Prieto as Ramón Iranzo * José Manuel Martín as Muñoz * Porfiria Sanchíz as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripoli, Beautiful Land Of Love
''Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love'' (Italian: ''Tripoli, bel suol d'amore'') is a 1954 Italian comedy war film directed by Ferruccio Cerio and starring Alberto Sordi, Lyla Rocco and Fulvia Franco.Chiti & Poppi p.376 It takes its title from a traditional song of the same name which features prominently on the soundtrack. The plot draws some inspiration from that of ''The Three Musketeers''. It was shot in Ferraniacolor, and took around 248 million lire at the Italian box office. It is set against the backdrop of the Libyan War between Italy and the Ottoman Empire in 1911. A young man from the countryside volunteers to join the Bersaglieri, but quickly clashes with three overbearing comrades. They resent the newcomer because Maria the daughter of the marshal, who they are all in love with, has shown attention to the young man. However all eventually become close friends. When war breaks out they travel to Tripoli to fight, accompanied by Maria who has enlisted in the Red Cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
