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Mario Chiari
Mario Chiari (14 July 1909 – 8 April 1989) was an Italian production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Doctor Dolittle''. Selected filmography * ''Un giorno nella vita'' (1946) * '' The Enemy'' (1952) * ''At Sword's Edge'' (1952) * ''Storm'' (1954) * ''House of Ricordi'' (1954) * ''Le notti bianche'' (1957) * '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1959) * ''Doctor Dolittle'' (1967) * ''King Kong King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...'' (1976) References External links * * 1909 births 1989 deaths Italian production designers Italian art directors {{artdirector-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At Sword's Edge
''At Sword's Edge'' (Italian ''A fil di spada'') is a 1952 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Frank Latimore, Milly Vitale and Pierre Cressoy.Lancia & Melelli p.113 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mario Chiari and Gianni Polidori. Cast * Frank Latimore as Don Ruy * Milly Vitale as Linda * Pierre Cressoy as Don Sebastiano * Doris Duranti as Columba * Franca Marzi as Rita * Nando Bruno as Bruno * Peter Trent as Don Hernando * Arturo Bragaglia as Marzarillo * John Kitzmiller * Enrico Glori as Miguel * Jone Morino * Ugo Sasso * Anthony La Penna * Luciana Vedovelli * Antonio Chinnici * Ignazio Leone Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Walk'' (1953) * '' I Chose Love'' (1953) * ''Amici per la pelle'' (1955) * '' A Wom ... * Leonardo Braga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Deaths
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large Exxon Valdez oil spill, oil spill; The Fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification; The United States United States invasion of Panama, invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega; The Singing Revolution led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union; The stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred; 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1989 Loma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Births
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King Kong (1976 Film)
''King Kong'' is a 1976 American monster adventure film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a modernized remake of the 1933 film about a giant ape that is captured and taken to New York City for exhibition. It stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange in her first film role, and features mechanical effects by Carlo Rambaldi and makeup effects by Rick Baker. It is the 5th entry in the King Kong franchise. The idea to remake ''King Kong'' was conceived by Michael Eisner, who was then an ABC executive, in 1974. He separately proposed the idea to Universal Pictures CEO Sidney Sheinberg and Paramount Pictures CEO Barry Diller. Dino De Laurentiis quickly acquired the film rights from RKO-General and subsequently hired television writer Lorenzo Semple, Jr. to write the script. John Guillermin was hired as director and filming lasted from January to August 1976. Before the film's release, Universal Pictures sued De Laurentiis and RKO-Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Son Of The Red Corsair (1959 Film)
''The Son of the Red Corsair'' (Italian: ''Il figlio del corsaro rosso'') is a 1959 Italian historical adventure film written and directed by Primo Zeglio and starring Lex Barker, Sylvia Lopez and Vira Silenti. It is based on the novel with the same name by Emilio Salgari. The story had previously been made into a 1943 film '' The Son of the Red Corsair''.Goble p.405 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mario Chiari and Alfredo Montori. Cast * Lex Barker as Enrico di Ventimiglia * Sylvia Lopez as Carmen di Montélimar * Vira Silenti as Neala di Ventimiglia * Luciano Marin as Miguel di Montélimar * Antonio Crast as Don Juan de Sasebo * Fanfulla as Marquese di Montélimar * Vicky Lagos as Paquita * Roberto Paoletti as Barrejo * Nietta Zocchi as Isabella * Saro Urzì as Mendoza * Elio Pandolfi as Sergeant * Livio Lorenzon as José * Franco Fantasia Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Notti Bianche
''White Nights'' ( it, Le notti bianche, french: Nuits blanches) is a 1957 romantic drama film directed by Luchino Visconti, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1848 short story of the same name. It was written for the screen by Visconti and Suso Cecchi d'Amico, and stars Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, and Jean Marais. The film earned positive reviews from critics and audiences, and won the Silver Lion at the 18th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Late one winter night in downtown Livorno, a lonely young man named Mario meets an equally-lonely young woman, Natalia, standing on a bridge. Mario is lonely for social reasons; he is a stranger and a newcomer to town, and is only there because of a recent work transfer. Natalia is lonely because she has always lived in isolation with an overbearing grandmother, even in the heart of the city. Her near-blind grandmother is extremely protective and refuses to allow her out at night, forcing her to sneak out. She fell in love wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Ricordi
''House of Ricordi'' ( it, Casa Ricordi) is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Marcello Mastroianni and Micheline Presle. The Ricordi family's interactions with many of the great composers of the nineteenth century are portrayed. The film's sets were designed by Mario Chiari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios and on location in Milan, Paris and Rome. Main cast * Roland Alexandre as Gioacchino Rossini * Myriam Bru as Luisa Lewis * Elisa Cegani as Giuseppina Strepponi * Andrea Checchi as Giulio Ricordi * Danièle Delorme as Maria * Gabriele Ferzetti as Giacomo Puccini * Fosco Giachetti as Giuseppe Verdi * Renzo Giovampietro as Tito Ricordi * Nadia Gray as Giulia Grisi * Roldano Lupi as Domenico Barbaja * Marcello Mastroianni as Gaetano Donizetti * Micheline Presle as Virginia Marchi * Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm (1954 Film)
''Storm'' (French: ''Orage'', Italian: ''Delirio'') is a 1954 French-Italian melodrama film directed by Pierre Billon and Giorgio Capitani and starring Raf Vallone, Françoise Arnoul and Elena Varzi. Gili & Tassone p.246 The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari. It is based on the play ''Le Venin'' by Henri Bernstein, which had previously been made into the 1938 film '' Orage''. Synopsis The engineer André goes to see his brother-in-law's lover Françoise to try and warn her off. However, despite being in love with his wife Elena, he finds himself falling for Françoise Cast * Raf Vallone as André * Françoise Arnoul as Françoise * Elena Varzi as Elena * Ave Ninchi as Cecilia * Giorgio Albertazzi as Il coloniale * Aldo Silvani as Padre di Andrea * Andrea Valle as Gilberto * Ferdinando Cappabianca as Giorgio * Annette Ciarli Annette may refer to: Film and television * '' Walt Disney Presents: Annette'', 1950s television series * ''Annette'' (film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enemy (1952 Film)
''The Enemy'' (Italian: ''La Nemica'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Elisa Cegani, Frank Latimore and Vira Silenti.Bayman p.151 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari. Cast *Elisa Cegani as Duchessa Anna *Frank Latimore as Roberto *Vira Silenti as Fiorenza * Jacques Verlier as Gastone *Carlo Ninchi as Monsignore *Ada Dondini as Nonna *Filippo Scelzo as Notario Ragaldi *Cosetta Greco as Marta *Sandro Franchina as Roberto bambino *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'' (1914) * ''Cura di baci'' ( ... as Lord John Lumb References Bibliography * Bayman, Louis. ''The Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama''. Edinburgh University Press, 2014. External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Un Giorno Nella Vita
''Un giorno nella vita'' ("A Day in Life") is a 1946 Italian war film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. American title: "A Day In the Life". This film was screened in 2009 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's retrospective "Life Lessons" Italian Neorealism and the birth of modern cinema. Plot A group of partisans seek refuge in a cloistered convent. The sisters reluctantly aid the ailing men, but not without terrible consequences. A day in the life offers an image of a big tent Italy, in which the differences that had earlier cleaved society, especially between the church and the political Left, are temporarily tabled for the higher cause of national unity. Cast * Enzo Biliotti - Don Eusebio * Elisa Cegani - Suor Maria * Ada Colangeli - Suor Gaetana * Ada Dondini - Madre Superiora * Arnoldo Foà - Brusan * Massimo Girotti - Luigi Monotti * Flavia Grande - Suor Luisa * Mariella Lotti - Suor Bianca * Dante Maggio - Carlo * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
