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María Denis
María Denis (22 November 1916 – 15 April 2004) was an Argentine-born actress in Italian made films. Denis moved to Italy in 1932 when she was 16, and appeared in her first film there the same year. Denis became a top Italian star between 1936 and 1942 playing girl next door characters.Reich & Garofalo p.334 Denis later appeared in films in several other countries. In 1949 she appeared in the British film '' Private Angelo''. Her younger sister Michela Belmonte was also an actress. Selected filmography * ''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932) - (uncredited) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1932) - (uncredited) * '' Non c'è bisogno di denaro'' (1933) - Caterina * ''1860'' (1933) - Clelia * '' My Little One'' (1933) - La ragazza nel bar all'aperto * ''Tourist Train'' (1933) - Maria * '' L'impiegata di papà'' (1933) - Collega * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * ''Seconda B'' (1934) - Marta Renzi * ''The Matchmaker'' (1934) * '' La mia vita sei tu'' (1934) - La graziosa ragazza * ''Mr. Desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Matchmaker (1934 Film)
''The Matchmaker'' (Italian: ''Paraninfo'') is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Angelo Musco, Rosina Anselmi and Enrica Fantis.Goble p.70 Cast * Angelo Musco as Don Pasquale Minnedda * Rosina Anselmi * Enrica Fantis as Signora Minnedda * Luisa Garella * Carlo Petrangeli * Camillo Pilotto as Il direttore della banda * Francesco Amodio * Alberto Angelini * Ada Cannavò * Eugenio Colombo * Vera Dani * María Denis * Mariù Gleck * Maria Jacobini * Amedeo Vecci Amedeo is an Italian given name meaning "lover of God", "loves God", or more correctly "for the love of God" and cognate to the Latin name Amadeus and the Spanish and Portuguese Amadeo. People with this name include: * A number of rulers and noble ... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1934 comedy films Italian comedy films 1934 films 1930s Italian-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballerine (film)
Ballet flats are women's shoes for everyday wear which are similar to/inspired by a women's ballet shoes, with a very thin heel or the appearance of no heel at all. The style sometimes features a ribbon-like binding around the low tops of the slipper and may have a slight gathering at the top-front of the vamp (toe box) and sometimes a tiny, decorative string tie. Ballet slippers can be adjusted and tightened to the wearer's foot by means of this string tie. Ballet flats are especially popular for women and girls of all ages, being worn as a fashion trend and as a more comfortable alternative to high heels with everything from casual wear to formal wear and everything in between from jeans, shorts, skirts, dresses and leggings. Not all but a number of schools allow ballet flats as part of the uniform requirements and many school bands require ballet flats in black as part of the dress requirements for performances. History The essence of the ballet flat has existed since at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples Of Olden Times
''Naples of Olden Times'' (Italy: ''Napoli d'altri tempi'') is a 1938 Italian musical comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Vittorio De Sica, Emma Gramatica and Elisa Cegani.Gundle p.153 It was made at Cinecittà in Rome. Synopsis At the beginning of the Twentieth century, a young employee of a Naples shop dreams of becoming a famous singer. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Mario Esposito * Emma Gramatica as Maddalena Errante * Elisa Cegani as Maria * María Denis as Ninetta * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Zia Bettina * Giuseppe Porelli as Barracchi * Enrico Glori as Maurizio * Gianni Altieri as De Stasio * Vittorio Bianchi as Il marchese Leopoldo Piermarini * Nicola Maldacea as Nicola * Agostino Salvietti as Luigino * Guglielmo Sinaz Guglielmo Sinaz (20 November 1885 – 5 February 1947) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1935 and 1947. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''I Love You Only' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Misanthropists
''The Two Misanthropists'' (Italian: ''I due misantropi'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" historical comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Camillo Pilotto, María Denis and Nino Besozzi.Chiti & Poppi p.119-20 It was shot at the Cines Studios and Cinecittà in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti. Plot Cast * Camillo Pilotto as Don Pedro di Alcazar, il tutore * María Denis as Betty * Nino Besozzi as Damiano Bertelet * Enrico Viarisio as Marcello, parrucchiere * Sergio Tofano as Cosimo Bertelet * Nella Maria Bonora as Maria Grazia * Marcello Giorda as Don Ramiro Mayoz * Nicola Maldacea as Nicola, il domestico * Niní Gordini Cervi as Giuseppina * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Signora Argia * Giulio Alfieri * Ernesto Torrini Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasciate Ogni Speranza
''Lasciate ogni speranza'' () is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Antonio Gandusio, María Denis and Rosina Anselmi. Cast * Antonio Gandusio as Pasquale Grifone * María Denis as Gina Grifone * Rosina Anselmi as Filomena Grifone * Giorgio De Rege as Giovanni * Guido De Rege as Arturo * Elli Parvo as Gemma * Maria Dominiani as Assunta * Mario Siletti as Jack Hilton * Angelo Bizzari * Mario Colli * Rocco D'Assunta * Walter Grant * Edwige Masing * Giulio Mostocotto * Luigi Pellegrini * Edoardo Toniolo Production Raffaele Colamonici hired Riccardo Freda Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror film, horror, ''giallo'' and spy films. Freda began directing ''I Vampiri'' in 1956. The f ... as the screenwriter for the film, adapting the play ''L'agonia di Schizzo'' by Athos Setti. Freda would later dismiss the film and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Countess Of Parma
''The Countess of Parma'' (Italian: ''La contessa di Parma'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Elisa Cegani, Antonio Centa and María Denis. Marcella, a mannequin working in a fashion store in Turin, falls in love with an Italian International football player whose aunt has just acquired the store intending to replace its reliance on French fashions with Italian designs. Blasetti later described it as his only " white telephone" film,Moliterno p.41 although his 1939 comedy '' Backstage'' has also been noted for its similar characteristics. It was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin and on location around the city including at the Stadio Municipale and the Mirafiori district where the racetrack scenes were staged. Exterior shots were also taken at the Avigliana Lakes and the resort town of Sestriere to the west of the city on the French border. Filming began in November 1936 and lasted through the winter, with the fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Diamonds (film)
''King of Diamonds'' or ''The Money King'' (Italian: ''Il re di denari'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Angelo Musco, Rosina Anselmi Rosina Anselmi ( 26 July 1880 – 23 May 1965) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She was a prominent actress in the Sicilian language theater, especially in the province of Catania. Life and career Born in Caltagirone, Cata ..., and Mario Pisu.Goble p.924 Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1936 comedy films Italian comedy films 1936 films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Enrico Guazzoni Films set in Rome Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe The Red
''Joe the Red'' (Italian: ''Joe il rosso'') is a 1936 Italian comedy crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Armando Falconi, Luisa Garella and Ada Dondini.Apra p.99 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Cast * Armando Falconi as Joe Mark / Joe il Rosso * Luisa Garella as Marta Sandelle-Lafitte * Ada Dondini as Duchess Sofia di Sandelle-Lafitte * Barbara Monis as Annamaria * Aristide Baghetti as Gontrano Sandelle.Lafitte * María Denis as Marietta Clavel * Luigi Pavese as Stefano Sandelle-Lafitte * Angelo Bizzari as Giuliano lo spagnolo * Maria Dominiani as Ziska * Cesare Zoppetti as Ruggero d'Arment * Emilio Petacci as The detective * Remo Lotti as Germano il maggiordomo * 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Will Be Done
''God's Will Be Done'' (Italian: ''Fiat voluntas dei'') is a 1936 Italian comedy drama film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Angelo Musco, María Denis María Denis (22 November 1916 – 15 April 2004) was an Argentine-born actress in Italian made films. Denis moved to Italy in 1932 when she was 16, and appeared in her first film there the same year. Denis became a top Italian star between 1936 a ... and Sarah Ferrati.Apra p.102 Cast References Bibliography * Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979. External links * 1936 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films 1936 films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Amleto Palermi 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joker King
''The Joker King'' (Italian: ''Il re Burlone'') is a 1935 Italian historical comedy film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Luisa Ferida, Armando Falconi and Luigi Cimara.Moliterno p.158 It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Plot In Naples, in the time of king Ferdinand II, a girl organized a plot against the monarch to avenge her father who was executed for his political views. The plan, which also involves some officers, includes the kidnapping of the king, but the attempt fails. At the end, the king will set them free to escape to the Papal States The Papal States ( ; it, Stato Pontificio, ), officially the State of the Church ( it, Stato della Chiesa, ; la, Status Ecclesiasticus;), were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope fro .... Cast References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1935 films Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzino De' Medici (film)
Lorenzino de' Medici (23 March 1514 – 26 February 1548), also known as Lorenzaccio, was an Italian politician, writer, and dramatist, and a member of the Medici family. He became famous for assassinating his cousin, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence in 1537. He was in turn murdered in 1548 in retaliation for his deed. Biography Childhood and youth Son of Pierfrancesco and Maria Soderini, Lorenzino lost his father when he was only eleven (1525). He was then raised by his mother at the Villa del Trebbio along with his younger brother Giuliano and his two sisters Laudomia and Maddalena. In 1526 his mother decided to move to Venice with Giuliano and the future Cosimo I de' Medici to escape the arrival of the Landsknechts. Their departure was timely because, only one year later, the Sack of Rome enormously weakened Pope Clement VII (formerly known as Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici) and as a consequence, the Medici were expelled from Florence. In 1530 Lorenzino moved to R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
