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Maurizio D'Ancora
Rodolfo Gucci (16 July 1912 – 15 May 1983), also known by his stage name Maurizio D'Ancora, was an Italian actor and entrepreneur, who appeared in more than 40 films between 1929 and 1946. He was a member of the Gucci family. His only child, Maurizio Gucci, was named after his stage name. Biography Rodolfo Gucci was born in 1912 in Florence, Italy to Aida Calvelli and Guccio Gucci. He was one of five sons and one daughter. He was spotted by the director Alfred Lind who gave him his film debut in 1929. The same year he appeared in Mario Camerini's ''Rails'', which launched his career. He used Maurizio D'Ancora as his screen name. While filming ''Together in the Dark'', he met his future wife. He was married in 1944 in Venice, Italy to the actress Sandra Ravel. Their only child was born in 1948, Maurizio, named after his father's stage name. Member of the Gucci Family He was one of the five sons of Guccio Gucci, founder of the eponymous fashion house. In January 1953, D'A ... [...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] |
Grace Kelly
Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. Kelly was born into a prominent Catholic family in Philadelphia. After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, Kelly began appearing in New York City theatrical productions and television broadcasts. She gained stardom from her performance in John Ford's adventure-romance ''Mogambo'' (1953), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama '' The Country Girl'' (1954). Other notable works include the western '' High Noon'' (1952), the romantic comedy ''High Society'' (1956), and three consecutive Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: ''Dial M for Murder'' (1954), ''Rear Window'' (1954), and ''To Catch a Thief'' (1955). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canal Of The Angels
''The Canal of the Angels'' (Italian: ''Il canale degli angeli'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Pasinetti and starring Maurizio D'Ancora, Anna Ariani and Ugo Gracci. The film is shot in semi-documentary style. In a poor neighborhood of Venice, a young boy becomes aware of his mother's adultery.Brunetta p.100 Along with a number of other films of the 1930s, it has elements which are a precursor to the emergence of Italian neorealism in the mid-1940s. Cast * Maurizio D'Ancora as Il 'Capitano' * Anna Ariani as Anna * Ugo Gracci as Daniele * Nina Simonetti as Gina * Aldo Rinaldi as Aldo * Pino Locchi as The Child * Mara Dussia * Otello Toso Otello Toso (22 February 1914 – 15 March 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor. Born in Padua, Toso graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1939 and immediately later he started his film career. He was particularly pro ... References Bibliography * Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourist Train
''Tourist Train'' (Italian: ''Treno popolare'') is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Marcello Spada, Lina Gennari and Carlo Petrangeli. The film portrays the comic adventures of a group of summertime travellers. It was shot on the Florence-Rome railway and in Orvieto. It was one of a number of films made during the 1930s whose realism pointed in the direction of the later development of Italian neorealism.Brunetta p.101 Cast *Marcello Spada as Carlo * Lina Gennari as Lina * Carlo Petrangeli as Giovanni * Cesare Zoppetti as un viaggiatore * Maria Denis as Maria *Jone Frigerio as viaggiatrice *Raffaello Matarazzo as direttore di banda *Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il viaggiatore abusivo *Gino Viotti as Il signore anziano con papillon *Umberto Sacripante Umberto Sacripante (2 October 1904 – 14 January 1975) was an Italian film and stage actor. Life and career Born Umberto Sacripanti in Rome, Sacripante debuted on stage in 1921, and in 1926 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five To Nil
''Five to Nil'' (Italian: ''Cinque a zero'') is a 1932 Italian sports comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Angelo Musco, Milly, and Osvaldo Valenti.Moliterno p.5 It was inspired by a 5–0 victory by A.S. Roma against their rivals Juventus in 1931. It was shot at the studios of Caesar Film and included scenes featuring the real-life Roma players. Synopsis The president of a football club becomes concerned that his captain is spending too much time romancing a celebrated nightclub singer and not enough on training. Cast * Angelo Musco as Presidente della società calcistica * Milly as Billie Grac, a singer * Osvaldo Valenti as Barenghi * Franco Coop as Direttore d'Orchestra dell'Eden * Mario Siletti as Professore di Matematica * Luciano Molinari as Direttore del Teatro * Maurizio D'Ancora as Masseur * Oreste Bilancia as Masseur * Tina Lattanzi as Moglie del Presidente * Aristide Garbini as Membro del Club * Umberto Sacripante as Membro del Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Lady
''The Old Lady'' ( it, La vecchia signora) is a 1932 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi. It features Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film. Cast * Emma Gramatica as Maria * Nella Maria Bonora as Bianchina * Maurizio D'Ancora as Fausto * Armando Falconi as Zaganello * Memo Benassi as Lenticcio * Maria Della Lunga Mandarelli * Vittorio De Sica * Anna Maria Dossena as Bianca La Nipotina * Camillo Pilotto * Lydia Simoneschi Lydia Simoneschi (4 April 1908 – 5 September 1981) was an Italian actress and voice actress. During her career, she gave her voice to actresses mainly during the Golden Ages. Biography Born in Rome and the daughter of silent film actor and dir ... References External links * 1932 films 1932 comedy films Italian comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Amleto Palermi 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus (1932 Film)
''Venus'' (Italian: ''Venere'') is a 1932 Italian film directed by Nicola Fausto Neroni and starring Ellen Meis, Maurizio D'Ancora and Evelina Paoli. Cast * Ellen Meis as La diva del varietà * Maurizio D'Ancora as Il giovane Italo-Americano * Evelina Paoli as Sua madre * Giorgio Bianchi as L'amante della diva * Rossana D'Alba * Olga Capri * Oreste Fares Oreste Fares (1885–1950) was an Italian stage and film actor.Landy p.155 Selected filmography * '' Before the Jury'' (1931) * ''Venus'' (1932) * '' Villafranca'' (1934) * '' Red Passport'' (1935) * '' Cavalry'' (1936) * '' To Live'' (1937) * '' ... * Tina Ceccaci Renaldi * Alfredo Del Pelo as Il chitarrista References External links * 1932 films 1930s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figaro And His Great Day
''Figaro e la sua gran giornata'' (in English, ''Figaro and his Great Day'') is a 1931 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Gianfranco Giachetti, Leda Gloria and Ugo Ceseri.Celli & Cottino-Jones p.192 It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Ivo Perilli. Synopsis In a small town in the Veneto region, an attempt to stage Rossini's ''The Barber of Seville'' is threatened when the prima donna loses her voice. An attempt is made to replace her with a singing student, but both her father and boyfriend object. Cast * Gianfranco Giachetti as Piero Basoto * Leda Gloria as Nina * Ugo Ceseri as Rantoloni, l'impresario * Maurizio D'Ancora as Asdrubale Chiodini * Umberto Sacripante as Gedeone, il portaceste * Olga Capri as Caterina, la fantesca * Gemma Schirato as Costanza Basoto * Augusto Bandini as Il maestro Salsuga * Umberto Cocchi as Felicetti, il farmacista * Giuseppe Gambardella a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Do Not Joke
''Girls Do Not Joke'' (Italian: ''Ragazze non scherzate'') is a 1929 Italian silent comedy film directed by Alfred Lind and starring Leda Gloria, Maurizio D'Ancora and Giuseppe Pierozzi.Redi p.201 Cast * Isa Bluette * Maurizio D'Ancora * Leda Gloria * Piero Pastore * Giuseppe Pierozzi Giuseppe Pierozzi (8 March 1883 – 22 April 1956) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.349 Selected filmography * ''Maddalena Ferat'' (1920) * '' Through the Shadows'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * '' The F ... References Bibliography * Riccardo Redi. Cinema muto italiano: 1896-1930'. Fondazione Scuola nazionale di cinema, 1999. External links * 1929 films 1929 comedy films Italian comedy films Italian silent feature films 1920s Italian-language films Films directed by Alfred Lind Italian black-and-white films Silent comedy films 1920s Italian films {{Italy-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Irons
Jeremy John Irons (; born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969 and has appeared in many West End theatre productions, including the Shakespeare plays ''The Winter's Tale'', ''Macbeth'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''The Taming of the Shrew'', and ''Richard II''. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's '' The Real Thing'', receiving the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Irons's break-out role came in the ITV series '' Brideshead Revisited'' (1981) which is frequently ranked among the greatest British television dramas as well as greatest literary adaptations. It would earn him a Golden Globe Award nomination. His first major film role came in the romantic drama '' The French Lieutenant's Woman'' (1981), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in dramas, such as ''Moonlighting'' (1982), '' Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Gucci
''House of Gucci'' is a 2021 American biographical crime drama film directed by Ridley Scott, based on the 2001 book ''The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed'' by Sara Gay Forden. The film follows Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) and Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), as their romance transforms into a fight for control of the Italian fashion brand Gucci. Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Jack Huston, Salma Hayek, and Al Pacino also star. Scott wanted to make a film about the Gucci dynasty after acquiring rights to Forden's book in the early 2000s. The project languished for several years, with a number of directors and rumored actors being considered before Scott and Gaga became officially attached in November 2019. Much of the remaining cast joined the following summer, and filming began in Italy, lasting from February through May 2021. The world premiere of ''House of Gucci'' was held at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London on November 9, 2021. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrizia Reggiani
Patrizia Reggiani (; Martinelli; born 2 December 1948) is an Italian convicted criminal and former socialite. She was convicted in a highly publicized trial of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci. Early life and marriage to Maurizio Gucci Patrizia Martinelli was born in Vignola, Province of Modena, in Northern Italy. She grew up poor and never knew her biological father. When Patrizia was 12, her mother Silvana married wealthy entrepreneur Ferdinando Reggiani, who later adopted Patrizia. When she was about 22, Patrizia met Maurizio Gucci, heir to the Gucci fashion house, at a party in 1970. On 28 October 1972 the couple married and moved to New York City. Gucci's father, Rodolfo Gucci, initially did not approve of the marriage, as he believed Patrizia was "a social climber who had nothing in mind but money," but he gifted his son and daughter-in-law with a luxury penthouse in New York's Olympic Tower. Patrizia became active in New York social circles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
