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Mario Amendola
Mario Natalino Concetto Amendola (8 December 1910 – 22 December 1993) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and dramatist. Biography Amendola was born in Recco, which is located in Genova to parents from Rome. He began his career on stage in 1931 as a writer for Avanspettacolo, avanspettacolo shows. During that time, he wrote dialogue for Erminio Macario, Totò and more. He ended this profession and moved to cinema in 1949. He wrote for 153 films between 1941 and 1987. He also directed 37 films between 1949 and 1975. Amendola collaborated with Bruno Corbucci on conceiving the Nico Giraldi film series starring Tomas Milian. Amendola died in 1993 from complications from diabetes. Selected filmography * ''The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) * ''Romulus and the Sabines (1945 film), Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945) * ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * ''Captain Demonio'' (1950) * ''The Transporter (1950 film), The Transporter'' (1950) * ''Abbiamo vinto!'' (1951) * ''The Passa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recco
The RECCO is a rescue technology used by organised rescue teams as an additional tool to more quickly locate people buried by an avalanche or lost in the outdoors. The system is based on a harmonic radar system and composed by a detector and a passive reflector integrated into outdoor clothing and gears. History The RECCO rescue technology was developed by Magnus Granhed, in response to his personal experience with a fatal avalanche accident in Åre, Sweden, in 1973. Starting in the winter of 1978–1979, Granhed collaborated with Bengt Enander's team at the Department of Electromagnetic Theory, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm to develop an avalanche rescue system, using the principle of harmonic radar. Granhed formed RECCO AB in 1983 and created the first functional prototype. In 1987, a woman was localised with the RECCO rescue technology from a helicopter in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, in the first live rescue found using the technology. In 2015, RECCO introduce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transporter (1950 Film)
''The Transporter'' (Italian: ''La bisarca'') is a 1950 Italian comedy science fiction film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Peppino De Filippo, Silvana Pampanini, Lída Baarová and Aroldo Tieri. It is based on a radio program with the same name. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. It earned 182 and a half million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.63 Synopsis A barber is engaged to a manicurist working in the shop, but he grows jealous and picks a quarrel with one of the customers. Struck on the head he crashes into a radio playing a serial programme. Knocked unconscious he begins to have bizarre dreams about a deluge and a car transporter which functions as a Noah's Ark. Production The film was based on the homonymous radio broadcast by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini, broadcast for two seasons from 1949 to 1951. A theatrical magazine was also taken from the radio b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song Of The Heart (film)
''The Song of the Heart'' (Italian: ''La canzone del cuore'') is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Milly Vitale, Alberto Farnese and Dante Maggio.Parish & Canham p.44 The film's sets were designed by Ivo Battelli. Cast References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Kingsley Canham. ''Film Directors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1976. External links *''The Song of the Heart''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 ... 1955 films 1955 drama films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani Films with screenplays by Mario Amendola Melodrama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Friends
''The Two Friends'' (Italian: ''I due compari'') is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo and Giulia Rubini.Pintaldi p.69 The film's sets were designed by Flavio Mogherini. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Giovanni Bellini * Peppino De Filippo as Ciccillo * Giulia Rubini as Giulietta Bellini * Carlo Ninchi as Pietro Carletti * Germana Paolieri as Signora Carletti * Giacomo Furia as Vincenzo, il sarto * Ilse Peterson as Figlia di Carletti * Loris Gizzi as Un invitato * Leonardo Botta as Enrico Carletti * Vincenzo Talarico as Lorenzucci * Mario Siletti * Lidia Martora * Rosita Pisano * Lia Reiner * Pietro Carloni * Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso, born Domenico Pasquale Giuseppe Sasso (23 March 1910 - 21 July 1981), was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Turin, in the early 1930s Sasso moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia ... References Bibliography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passaguai Family Gets Rich
''The Passaguai Family Gets Rich'' (Italian: ''La Famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi and starring Fabrizi, Erminio Macario, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli. It is the sequel to the hit 1951 film ''The Passaguai Family''. It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and reunited many of the cast and crew from the previous film. It earned around 192 million lira at the domestic box office.Chiti & Poppi p.1949 Synopsis At the end of the previous film the family patriarch Giuseppe lost his job. Now after a chance meeting with an old comrade he goes into business with him, each pretending to the other that they are a millionaire. Cast *Aldo Fabrizi as Giuseppe "Beppe" Passaguai *Erminio Macario as Giocondo Diotallevi *Ave Ninchi as Margherita, Giuseppe's wife *Luigi Pavese as the landlord *Virgilio Riento as Cosimo Pelacoccie *Marisa Merlini as the countess *Giovanna Ralli as Marcella, Giuseppe's daughter *Carlo Delle Pia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Paupers In An Automobile
''Five Paupers in an Automobile'' ( it, Cinque poveri in automobile) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Eduardo De Filippo. Cast * Eduardo De Filippo as Eduardo Moschettone * Aldo Fabrizi as Cesare Baroni * Titina De Filippo as Mariù Palombella * Walter Chiari as Paolo * Isa Barzizza as Cicci * Hélène Rémy as Gina * Luigi Cimara as Le placier * Aldo Giuffré as Padella * Arnoldo Foà as Alfredo * Gianni Cavalieri as Gino Pranzi * Carlo Romano as Rodolfo * Nando Bruno as Battista * Mario Pisu as Titolare dell'autosalone * Raimondo Vianello as Maggiordomo * Alberto Talegalli as Clemente * Alberto Sorrentino as Padre ansioso * Enzo Garinei as Cameriere * Mario Feliciani as Parrucchiere * Luigi Cimara Luigi Cimara (19 July 1891 – 26 January 1962) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1914 and 1960. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * ''L'esplosione del forte B.2'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I, Hamlet
''I, Hamlet'' (Italian: ''Io, Amleto'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Erminio Macario, Franca Marzi and Rossana Podestà. A parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'', its lack of commercial success led the newly formed production company Macario Film to a rapid bankruptcy. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arrigo Breschi and Saverio D'Eugenio. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. Cast * Erminio Macario as Hamlet * Franca Marzi as Valchiria * Rossana Podestà as Ophelia * Adriano Rimoldi as Laertes * Luigi Pavese as King Claudius * Marisa Merlini as Queen Gertrude * Giuseppe Porelli as Polonius * Virgilio Riento as Anturius * Carlo Rizzo as Horatio * Silvio Noto as Rosadorno * Sergio Bergonzelli as Fencing Master * Guido Riccioli as Jorik il buffone * Manlio Busoni as Ambasciatore d'Inghilterra * Giancarla Vessio as Ausonia * Giovanni Onorato Giovanni Onorato (February 7, 1910 - February 23, 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauties In Capri
''Beauties in Capri'' (Italian: ''Bellezze a Capri'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Adelchi Bianchi and starring Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi and Tamara Lees.Miccichè p. 107 Cast * Nando Bruno as Don Violante * Ave Ninchi as Cornelia * Anna Bianchi as Clelia * Armando Francioli as Gennaro * Tamara Lees as Concetta * Lauro Gazzolo as Don Camillo * Aroldo Tieri as Zalasky * Alberto Sorrentino as Pasquale * Anna Arena as Assunta * Carlo Delle Piane as Peppino * Mario Carotenuto as Il direttore del 'Dancing' * Virgilio Riento as Il maresciallo * Michele Malaspina as Procolo * Pamela Palma as La danzatrice * Augusto Gamucci as Ballerino * Carlo Romano as Vittorio * Marco Tulli as Il maestro di tuffi * Oscar Andriani as Il vescovo * Roberta Bianchi as La bambina * Guido Riccioli * Vanda Carr * Giovanna Mazzotti * Rita Andreana Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Piano Tuner Has Arrived
''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (Italian: ''È arrivato l'accordatore'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi and Virgilio Riento.Segrave & Martin p.52 The film's sets were designed by Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Nino Taranto as Achille Scozzella * Alberto Sordi as Avvocato Adolfo * Virgilio Riento as Bartolomeo Porretti * Tamara Lees as Adelina Porretti * Antonella Lualdi as Giulietta Narducci * Ave Ninchi as Signora Narducci * Alberto Sorrentino as Signor Narducci * Fanfulla as Adetto militare di Limonia * Lia Di Leo as Cameriera * Sophia Loren as Amica di Giulietta * Galeazzo Benti Galeazzo Benti (6 August 1923 – 21 April 1993) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1942 and 1991. Life and career Born Galeazzo Bentivoglio in Florence, Italy, a descendant of the Bentivoglio family, which ru ... as Un giornalista * Armando Migliari as Commissario Filippini * ... [...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] |
The Dream Of Zorro
''The Dream of Zorro'' (Italian: ''Il Sogno di Zorro'') is a 1952 Italian comedy adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Walter Chiari, Delia Scala and Vittorio Gassman. The future star Sophia Loren had a minor role in the film. The film's sets were designed by Guido Fiorini. Plot A direct descendant of the legendary Zorro, an elderly gentleman has an only son named Raimondo (Walter Chiari), in whom there is no trace of the original pride of his ancestors. Raimondo is a shy and fearful young man, who has become this way since he was a child, following a terrible fall, in which he hit his head. When the father invites a friend with his daughter to his farm, whom he intends to marry Raimondo, the latter has such a childish and foolish demeanor that everything is upset. Chased out of the house he decides to enter the convent, but on the way he meets a powerful gentleman who conspires against the Governor and, involved in the melee between them and his opponents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauties On Motor Scooters
''Beauties on Motor Scooters'' (Italian: ''Bellezze in moto-scooter'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Isa Barzizza, Virginia Belmont and Fulvia Franco.Gennari p.185 Partial cast * Isa Barzizza as Laura * Virginia Belmont as Enrichetta * Fulvia Franco as Marcella * Carlo Giustini as Alberto * Enrico Viarisio as Carletti * Linda Sini as Franca * Guglielmo Inglese as Pelacardi * Galeazzo Benti as Gastone * Riccardo Billi * Tony Amendola * Maria Fiore * Maurizio Arena * Mario Riva * Tazio Nuvolari * Virgilio Riento * Renato Malavasi * Enrico Luzi Enrico Luzi (27 September 1919 – 18 October 2011) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1941 to 1980. Selected filmography References External links * 1919 births 2011 deaths Italian male film actors ... References Bibliography * Daniela Treveri Gennari. ''Post-War Italian Cinema: American Intervention, Vatican Interests''. Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
