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Mario Gallina
Mario Gallina (23 March 1889 – 26 September 1950) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Gallina was born in Trieste, which was then a possession of Austria-Hungary (now Italy). He was the son of theatre actors Enrico Gallina and Elena Fabbri and the nephew of playwright Giacinto Gallina. He began his career in 1911 working as a theatre actor, starring in many plays and working alongside other stage icons such as Enrico Viarisio, Marga Cella and Alfredo Sainati. Gallina was mainly active on stage and screen. He appeared in over 28 films between 1916 and 1950. In 1933, Gallina sought a career as a screen actor and later, a voice dubber. He had already starred in two silent films between 1916 and 1917. Among his most popular filmography includes the 1943 film '' The Children Are Watching Us'' directed by Vittorio De Sica. He also provided the Italian voice of Honest John in the 1940 animated film ''Pinocchio'' as well as the Ringmaster in ''Dumbo''. Death Gallina died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Children Are Watching Us
''The Children Are Watching Us'' ( it, I bambini ci guardano) is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Plot Pricò is a young Italian boy who lives with his parents in a middle-class household. His mother, Nina, takes him to a local park where he enjoys his time out while watching a puppet show, but is also concerned with a handsome lover named Roberto (with whom Nina has shared a past romance) courting his mother while he is assumed to not be paying attention. As the boy returns home, the family has dinner while Pricò reflects on his day in the park. Later that night, after his mother puts him to bed, she runs off with the stranger, leaving Pricò's father distressed at the idea of having to raise his son himself. While their neighbors share a number of rumors concerning the disappearance of Nina, it is quickly agreed that she ran off with another man. While concerned with her disappearance, Nina quickly returns to the home after a few days for the sake of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Married (1934 Film)
''Just Married'' (Italian: ''Oggi sposi'') is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Umberto Melnati, Leda Gloria and Ugo Ceseri. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome.Mancini p.88 Synopsis A newly-married couple from a small town near Como take advantage of a government policy offering new couples a honeymoon in the capital Rome. They enjoy a series of misadventures, and struggle to understand the ways of the city's inhabitants. In one of the most celebrated scenes they win a thoroughbred racehorse which they then have to navigate through the city's traffic. Cast * Umberto Melnati as Renzo * Leda Gloria as Lucia * Ugo Ceseri * Giuseppe Porelli * Marcella Melnati * Mario Gallina * Gino Viotti * Ada Dondini Ada Dondini (18 March 1883 – 3 January 1958) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 48 films between 1916 and 1954. She was born in Cosenza, Italy and died in Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Cinderella
''Princess Cinderella'' ( it, Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura) is a 1941 Italian fantasy-comedy film written and directed by Sergio Tofano. It is based on the characters of the popular comic strip series Signor Bonaventura, created in 1917 by the same Tofano for the children magazine ''Corriere dei Piccoli''. Plot After her marriage to Prince Charming, Cinderella spends her days in their luxurious palace, keeping his affability with all the people around her, but her two stepsisters, always envious of her, manage to get her away from the palace. The Prince falls into a state of despair, but Bonaventura promises him to go in search of the girl and bring her back. After fighting bitter enemies such as Barbariccia and the Ogre, helped by the loyal Cecè and by the Little Fairy he will finally succeed. Cast *Paolo Stoppa as Bonaventura *Silvana Jachino as Cinderella * Roberto Villa as Prince Charming *Sergio Tofano as the Doctor *Guglielmo Barnabò as the King * Rosetta T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen (1942 Film)
''Carmen'' is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane Romance, Jean Marais and Lucien Coëdel. It is a version of the famous opera.Zanger p.147 Although filmed in 1942 it was not released until 1944 in France and 1945 in Italy. It was one of the most popular movies in France in 1945 with admissions of 4,277,813.French box office of 1945 at Box Office Story The film's sets were designed by the . It was shot at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Visconti (1941 Film)
''Marco Visconti'' is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Carlo Ninchi, Roberto Villa and Mariella Lotti. It is based on the novel of the same name by Tommaso Grossi which had previously been made into a 1925 silent film.Goble p.858 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Vittorio Nino Novarese. Main cast * Carlo Ninchi as Marco Visconti * Roberto Villa as Ottorino Visconti * Mariella Lotti as Bice Del Balzo * Alberto Capozzi as Lodrisio Visconti * Guglielmo Barnabò as Oldrado Del Balzo * Ernesto Almirante as Tremacoldo * Alfredo De Antoni as Il conte Rusconi * Mario Gallina as Pelagrua * Augusto Di Giovanni as Lupo * Nini Dinelli Nini may refer to: Geography * Nini River, Ghana * Nini Suhien National Park, Ghana Film and television * '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa'', an Italian comedy film * '' Nini's Treehouse'', a chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'arcidiavolo (film 1940)
''The Devil in Love'' (Italian: ''L'arcidiavolo'') is a 1966 Italian fantasy-comedy film. It stars Vittorio Gassman and Gabriele Ferzetti. It is loosely based on the tale '' Belfagor arcidiavolo'' by Niccolò Machiavelli. Synopsis The new peace between Rome and Florence worries Ades in hell, who anticipates a reduction in the number of damned souls with the cease fire. He decides to send on Earth among the mortals his archdevil Beelphegor, disguised as a human and assisted by the invisible lower demon Adrammelech, to sabotage the peace and renew hostilities between the Pope and the Signoria. Beelphegor starts his mission, improvising his first moves and indulging to curiosity toward experiencing carnal pleasure like eating, drinking, and sleeping with women - vices which as a spiritual entity he had been using to tempt humans over the centuries, but he could not really understand, until this first occasion to have a physical body. Even in human form, he retains nevertheless h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Partner (1939 Film)
''The Silent Partner'' (Italian: ''Il socio invisibile'') is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Carlo Romano, Clara Calamai and Evi Maltagliati.Goble p.958 It is based on the 1928 novel '' The Partner'' by Jenaro Prieto, which was turned into a British film ''The Mysterious Mr. Davis'' the same year. It was made by the Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...-based Scalera Films. The sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel and Alfredo Manzi. Synopsis A financially struggling man creates a fake business partner. His creation is an enormous success despite the fact that nobody has ever met him. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ettore Fieramosca (1938 Film)
''Ettore Fieramosca'' is a 1938 Italian historical film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gino Cervi, Mario Ferrari and Elisa Cegani. It is adapted from the 1833 Ettore Fieramosca (novel), novel of the same title by Massimo D'Azeglio, based on the life of the 16th century condottiero Ettore Fieramosca.Bondanella p.15 Plot Partial cast * Gino Cervi as Ettore Fieramosca * Mario Ferrari as Graiano d'Asti * Elisa Cegani as Giovanna di Morreale * Osvaldo Valenti as Guy de la Motte * Lamberto Picasso as Prospero Colonna * Corrado Racca as Don Diego Garcia de Paredes * Clara Calamai as Fulvia * Umberto Sacripante as Franciotto * Gianni Pons as Il duca di Nemours * Carlo Duse as Jacopo, lo scudiero spia di Graiano * Mario Mazza (actor), Mario Mazza as Bartolomeo Fanfulla, Fanfulla * Andrea Checchi as Gentilino See also * ''Soldier of Fortune (1976 film), Soldier of Fortune'' (1976) References Bibliography * Bondanella, Peter E. ''Italian Cinema: From Neoreali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Defeat Of Hannibal
''Scipione l'africano'' (1937) — in English ''Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal'' — is an Italian historical film that focuses on Publius Cornelius Scipio (Scipio Africanus) from the time of his election as proconsul until his defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. It was directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Annibale Ninchi and Camillo Pilotto. The film was funded by Benito Mussolini and was released in 1937, serving as propaganda for the fascist ambitions in North Africa. A division of the Italian army was used as extras in the film, shortly before being transferred to duty in the Spanish Civil War. Cast *Annibale Ninchi as "Publius Cornelius Scipio" *Camillo Pilotto as "Hannibal" *Fosco Giachetti as "Captain Masinissa" *Francesca Braggiotti as "Queen Sophonisba" *Marcello Giorda as " Syphace" *Guglielmo Barnabò as "Furius, Fat Roman" *Isa Miranda as "Velia, a Roman woman" *Memo Benassi as "Cato the Elder" *Franco Coop as "Mezio, Roman soldier" *Ciro Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Former Mattia Pascal
'' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (Italian: ''Il fu Mattia Pascal'') is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Irma Gramatica.Landy p.155 It is based on the 1904 novel '' Il fu Mattia Pascal'' by Luigi Pirandello. The film was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. A separate French-language version was also made, under the title '' The Man from Nowhere''. The film's art direction was by Guido Fiorini. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Mattia Pascal * Isa Miranda as Luisa Paleari * Irma Gramatica as La vedova Pescatore * Nella Maria Bonora as Romilda Pescatore Pascal * Olga Solbelli as Silvia Caporale * Enrico Glori as Il conte Papiano * Adele Garavaglia as Angelica Bonafede Pascal * Silvio Bagolini as Il portiere dell'hotel Luxor * Pina Gallini as Zia Scolastica * Luigi Pralavorio as Pomino * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il bibliotecario anziano * Luigi Zerbinati as L'idiota della pensione * Cesare Zoppetti as Paleari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam's Tree
''Adam's Tree'' (Italian: ''L'albero di Adamo'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Elsa Merlini, Antonio Gandusio and Renato Cialente.Goble p.663 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. Cast * Elsa Merlini as Duchessa Graziella Santori * Antonio Gandusio as L'ingegnere Lorenzo Baldi * Renato Cialente as Dottore Alfonso Lombardi * Dria Paola as Eugenia, sua moglie * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Angelica Pupini * Margherita Bagni as Matilde Narchetti * Olinto Cristina as Prospero Pupini * Calisto Bertramo as Avvocato Giantini * Marcello Giorda as Il duca Santori * Luigi Mottura as Gaspare * Nietta Zocchi as Infermiera Ersilia * Nicola Maldacea as Matteo * Claudio Ermelli as L'invitato affamato * Mario Gallina as Il direttore del giornale 'La Sentinella') * Dina Romano as La giornalaia * Edda Soligo as Una invitata pettegola * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Invitato al ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |