Mino Doro
Mino Doro (6 May 1903 – 13 April 1992) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred films between 1932 and 1970. Doro generally played supporting and character roles. He appeared as a blackshirt in the 1934 Fascist propaganda film '' The Old Guard''. In popular magazines of the 1930s, Doro was portrayed as the Italian equivalent of the American actor Clark Gable.Forgacs & Gundle p. 159 Selected filmography * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * ''T'amerò sempre'' (1933) - Il conte Diego * '' Fanny'' (1933) - Mario * ''Il trattato scomparso'' (1933) - Carlo - suo figlio * ''Cento di questi giorni'' (1933) - Guglielmo * '' The Old Guard'' (1934) - Roberto * ''Tenebre'' (1934) - Emerson * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) - Delfo Delfi * ''Quella vecchia canaglia'' (1934) - Giovanni * ''La fanciulla dell'altro mondo'' (1934) - Rigo * ''Music in the Square'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) - Il sergente Roberto Magni * ''The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * '' Doctor A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bianca Doria
Bianca Doria (22 September 1915 – 2 February 1985) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films during her career. She appeared in the 1963 peplum ''Hercules Against the Mongols''.Hughes, Howard. ''Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult''. I.B. Tauris, 2011. p. 35. She was married to director Alberto Doria. Life and career Born in San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Doria studied music, painting and sculpture since young age. She made her critical acclaimed film debut in '' Piccolo hotel'', which premiered at the 1939 Venice International Film Festival and got reviews in which she was paired to Katharine Hepburn. Following the overthrow of Benito Mussolini's government in 1943 she and her husband went to work in the film industry of the pro-German Italian Social Republic in Venice, for which she was criticized after the Second World War ended. In the following years she was mainly cast in character roles, and occasionally worked on stage and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Two Sergeants (1936 Film)
''The Two Sergeants'' (Italian: ) is a 1936 Italian historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Evi Maltagliati, Gino Cervi and Mino Doro. It was based on the play '' The Two Sergeants'' by Theodore d'Aubigny, which has been made into films several times. It is set in the Napoleonic Wars. The film marked the debut of Alida Valli who had until recently been a student of the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia. Valli went on to be a leading star of Italian cinema.Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. p.321 The film was shot at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia and on location in Tuscany. The sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi, a noted architect who worked for many years in the film industry. Main cast * Evi Maltagliati as Marilyne Gould * Gino Cervi as Federico Martelli/ Guglielmo Salvoni * Mino Doro as Roberto Magni * Luisa Ferida as Lauretta Fracassa * Ugo Ceseri as Fracassa * Antonio Centa as Carlo D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Margaret Of Cortona (film)
''Margaret of Cortona'' (Italian: ''Margherita da Cortona'') is a 1950 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Maria Frau, Isa Pola and Galeazzo Benti.Scaraffia & Zarri p.299 It portrays the life of the thirteenth century saint Margaret of Cortona. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Cast * Maria Frau as Margherita * Isa Pola as Lucia, la matrigna * Galeazzo Benti as Arsenio del Monte * Aldo Nicodemi as Marco * Mario Pisu as Rinaldo Degli Uberti * Giovanni Grasso as Tancredi, padre di Margherita * Lorenza Mari as Francesca degli Uberti * Virginia Balestrieri as Druba * Carlo Tamberlani as Vescovo * Mino Doro as Capitano del popolo * Raimondo Van Riel as messer Dal Monte * Fulvio Battistini as Zufolo * Riccardo Billi as Menestrello * Domenico Serra * Giovanna Galletti as Madre del bambino ammalato * Rita Andreana as Popolana al torneo * Arnaldo Mochetti * Diego Pozzetto * Ivo Karavany * Wal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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My Beautiful Daughter
''My Beautiful Daughter'' ( it, Miss Italia) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti. Cast * Gina Lollobrigida: Lisetta Minneci * Richard Ney: Massimo Lega * Constance Dowling: Lilly * Luisa Rossi: Gabriella * Carlo Campanini: Don Fernando * Luigi Almirante: Cav. Minneci * Umberto Melnati: "Fotoromanzo" Director * Marisa Vernati: Stena Randi * Mario Besesti: Sindaco Favarelli * Mino Doro: Guidi * Lilia Landi: Carla * Carlo Hintermann: Livio Toschi * Mirella Uberti: Lucia * Dina Perbellini: Miss Favarelli * Odoardo Spadaro: Master of ceremonies * Enrico Luzi: Sacerdote * Silvio Bagolini Silvio Bagolini (4 August 1914 – 26 September 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1936 and 1973. Life and career Born in Bologna, Bagolini studied architecture at the Bologna University, without g ...: Photographer References External links * 1950 films 1950 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Duili ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Bandit (1946 Film)
''The Bandit'' ( it, Il Bandito) is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Anna Magnani, Amedeo Nazzari and Carla Del Poggio. It was shot on location in Turin. Nazzari won the Nastro d'Argento as Best Actor for his performance. The film was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Plot A contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto (played by Nazzari) lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing. State help for returning veterans is scant and bureaucracy rampant. Ernesto tries to get an honest job, but fails. After finding a lost purse and meeting the dangerously seductive Lidia (played by Anna Magnani), Ernesto discovers the whereabouts of his lost sister (played by Carla del Poggio), who has turned to prostitution to survive during the war years. He unwittingly causes her death, kills her pimp, escapes capture with Lidia's help and joins h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Special Correspondents (1943 Film)
''Special Correspondents'' (Italian: ''Inviati speciali'') is a 1943 Italian romantic thriller film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Dorothea Wieck, Otello Toso and Maurizio D'Ancora.Trubiano p.16 It was produced as a propaganda film in support of the Italian war effort during the Second World War, released a few months before the overthrow of Benito Mussolini's regime. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alberto Boccianti and Camillo Del Signore. Synopsis During the Spanish Civil War an Italian journalist meets a woman he takes to be a colleague, but is in fact a Communist agent. They encounter each other years later during the North African Campaign, where she has a change of heart and heroically sacrifices herself. Cast * Dorothea Wieck as Lidia Warren * Otello Toso as Renato Marini * Maurizio D'Ancora as L'operatore Galletti * Nerio Bernardi as Il maggiore Alessandri * Mino Doro as Il gi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Harlem (film)
''Harlem'' is a 1943 Italian sports crime film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Massimo Girotti, Amedeo Nazzari and Vivi Gioi. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. The former world heavyweight champion Primo Carnera appears in a small role. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Knock Out''. It is noted for its anti-Americanism at a time when the two countries were at war. In postwar re-releases, Amedeo's final line was redubbed with a more positive view on life in the United States.Bondanella & Pacchioni p.52 Synopsis Tommaso Rossi, a young Italian goes to America to visit his elder brother Amedeo who has a business in the construction industry. He is discovered as a talented boxer after getting into a fight with a champion in a restaurant and flooring him. However his elder brother's business is wrecked and he is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Forced to fight in order to raise eno ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Redemption (1943 Film)
''Redemption'' ( it, Redenzione) is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Marcello Albani and starring Carlo Tamberlani, Mario Ferrari and Camillo Pilotto.Bondanella & Pacchioni p.52 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Made during wartime, it is a propaganda film written by Roberto Farinacci a leading Fascist supporter of Benito Mussolini. Synopsis A communist deserts from the Italian Army in the closing stages of the First World War. He battles against the rise of the Fascist Party, but eventually changes sides and takes part in the March on Rome. Main cast * Carlo Tamberlani as Giuseppe Madidini * Mario Ferrari as Il segretario del fascio * Camillo Pilotto as Il capolega * Vera Carmi as Maria * Mino Doro as Carlo * Lauro Gazzolo as Tonio * Aroldo Tieri Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969. Life and career Born in Corigliano Calabro, son of the journalist and p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hurricane In The Tropics
''Hurricane in the Tropics'' (Italian:''Uragano ai tropici'') is a 1939 Italian adventure film directed by Pier Luigi Faraldo and Gino Talamo and starring Fosco Giachetti, Rubi D'Alma, and Osvaldo Valenti.Poppi p.396 The film is based on a novel by Anton Giulio Majano. The film was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin, with sets designed by Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Il capitano Moraes * Rubi D'Alma as Manoela Moraes * Osvaldo Valenti as Il tenente Reguero * Mino Doro as Nichols * Vinicio Sofia as Il radiotelegrafista * Danilo Calamai * Aristide Garbini Aristide Garbini (1890–1950) was an Italian film actor.Verdone p.83 Selected filmography * '' The Crusaders'' (1918) * ''Messalina'' (1924) * '' Miryam'' (1929) * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' Ragazzo'' (1934) * '' The Old Guard'' (1934) * ''Ald ... * Antimo Reyner References Bibliography * Poppi, Roberto ''Dizionario Del Cinema Italiano. I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944''. Ext ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Make Believe Pirates
''The Make Believe Pirates'' ( it, Allegri masnadieri) is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Marco Elter. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Assia Noris * Mino Doro (as Mino d'Oro) * Camillo Pilotto * Calisto Bertramo * Olivia Fried * Giorgio De Rege (as Fratelli de Rege) * Virgilio Riento Virgilio Riento (29 November 1889 – 7 September 1959) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 108 films between 1936 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) - Man on train * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) - P ... * Rosanna Schettina * Guido De Rege References External links * 1937 films Italian comedy films 1930s Italian-language films 1937 comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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All Of Life In One Night
''All of Life in One Night'' (Italian: ''Tutta la vita in una notte'') is a 1938 Italian drama film directed by Corrado D'Errico and starring Luisa Ferida, Camillo Pilotto and Mino Doro.Lancia p.436 It was made at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by Salvo D'Angelo. Main cast * Luisa Ferida as Maria * Camillo Pilotto as Francesco * Mino Doro as Giorgio * Germana Paolieri as Giulia * as Vinny * Umberto Sacripante as Walter * Fausto Guerzoni as Tramontana * Guglielmo Sinaz as Zanis * * Carla Fatarella * * Jucci Kellermann * Nais Lago * Ferruccio Manzetti * Livia Minelli * Renato Navarrini * * Yvonne Sandner * Edda Soligo Edda Soligo (1905–1984) was an Italian film and television actress.Verdone p.111 Selected filmography * '' Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) * '' To Live'' ... References Bibliography * Enrico Lancia. ''Dizionario del c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pietro Micca (film)
''Pietro Micca'' is a 1938 Italian historical war film directed by Aldo Vergano and starring Guido Celano, Renato Cialente and Camillo Pilotto. It was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin. The film marked the screen debut of Clara Calamai, who went on to be a leading Italian star of the next decade.Moliterno p.57-58 The film portrays the life and death of Pietro Micca who was killed in 1706 at the Siege of Turin while fighting for the Duchy of Savoy against France in the War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phil .... Cast References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1938 films Italian war films Italian historical films 1930s war films 1930s historical ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |