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Olinto Cristina
Olinto Cristina (5 February 1888 – 17 June 1962) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Florence to actors Raffaello Cristina and Cesira Sabatini, Cristina began acting on stage as a child. His sisters Ines Cristina Zacconi, Jone Frigerio and Ada Cristina Almirante were also actresses. His sister Ines was the mother of actress Margherita Bagni and the grandmother of actress Nora Ricci, she married secondly Ermete Zacconi. On screen, he appeared in more than 75 films between 1932 and 1957. He also was a renowned dubber in Italian post-synchronized versions of foreign films, providing his voice for actors such as C. Aubrey Smith, Sig Ruman, Frank Morgan or Lionel Barrymore. As far as animated films are concerned, he dubbed Doc in ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', Friend Owl in ''Bambi'' and others. Selected filmography * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * ''Creatures of the Night'' (1934) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * ''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) * ''White ... [...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] |
The Black Corsair (1937 Film)
''The Black Corsair'' (Italian: ''Il corsaro nero'') is a 1937 Italian adventure film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Ciro Verratti, Silvana Jachino and Ada Biagini.Moliterno p.80 The film is an adaptation of the 1898 novel ''The Black Corsair'' by Emilio Salgari. Cast * Ciro Verratti as Emilio Ventimiglia, the Black Corsair * Silvana Jachino as Honorata * Ada Biagini as Amy * Nerio Bernardi as Van Gould, Gouvernor of Maracaibo * Piero Carnabuci as Giovanni * Cesco Baseggio as Van Stiller, Corsair * Checco Durante as Carmeau, Corsair * Guido Celano as Morgan, Corsair * Olinto Cristina Olinto Cristina (5 February 1888 – 17 June 1962) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Florence to actors Raffaello Cristina and Cesira Sabatini, Cristina began acting on stage as a child. His sisters Ines Cristina Zaccon ... as Rabouillon, Spanish Commander * C. Conti as Stoik, Spanish Sergeant References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farewell Love!
''Farewell Love!'' (Italian: ''Addio, amore!'') is a 1943 Italian historical drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi.Gundle p.123 It is based on the 1890 novel of the same title by Matilde Serao. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Cast * Jacqueline Laurent as Anna Acquaviva * Clara Calamai as Laura Acquaviva * Roldano Lupi as Cesare Dias * Leonardo Cortese as Luigi Caracciolo * Renato Cialente as Carafa * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Giustino Morelli * Evelina Paoli as La signora Stella Martini * Dhia Cristiani as Sofia * Nando Tamberlani as Il maggiordomo di casa Caracciolo * Riccardo Fellini as Un amico di Luigi * Olinto Cristina as Il dottore Montechiaro * Peppino Spadaro as Il cameriere di casa Acquaviva * Vanni Torrigiani as Il cameriere di casa Dias * Cosetta Greco Cosetta Greco (8 October 1930 – 14 July 2002) was an Italian film ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Story (1942 Film)
''Love Story'' (Italian: ''Una storia d'amore'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Piero Lulli and Carlo Campanini.Aprà p.82 It is based on the play ''Life Begins'' by Mary McDougal Axelson, previously adapted into a 1932 film of the same title and a 1939 film '' A Child Is Born''. Along with '' A Pistol Shot'' it marked an attempt to showcase Noris as a dramatic actress, rather than the White Telephone comedies she had become known for. It was screened at the 1942 Venice Film Festival. It was produced by Lux Film, one of the leading film companies of Fascist Italy. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Gino Brosio. The future star Marcello Mastroianni appeared briefly as an uncredited extra. Plot A young woman with a troubled past marries a worker from a mechanical engineering factory and tries to live a respectable life. However a man who knows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caravaggio (1941 Film)
''Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto'' is a 1941 Italian historical film, historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai and Lamberto Picasso. Nazzari portrays the painter Caravaggio as a wayward genius. It was one of his favourite screen roles. Main cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Michelangelo Merisi, il "Caravaggio" * Clara Calamai as Madonna Giaconella * Lamberto Picasso as Il cavalier d'Arpino * Nino Crisman as Alef di Wignacourt * Lauro Gazzolo as Zio Nello * Beatrice Mancini as Lena * Olinto Cristina as Il cardinale Dal Monte * Maria Dominiani as Alessandra * Achille Majeroni as Il cardinale Scipione Borghese * Renato Malavasi as Mauro Production Screenwriter Riccardo Freda met Francesco Curato and parter of his Carbone, who were trying to produce a film on the Italian painter Caravaggio. The budget of the film became higher and higher. It was shot in 1940 and was released the following year, making it the first fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Night (1941 Film)
''Lucky Night'' (1939) is a comedy movie from MGM starring Robert Taylor and Myrna Loy, directed by Norman Taurog. Plot Two people meet in a park (Cora, played by Myrna Loy, and William "Bill" Overton, played by Robert Taylor). They become acquainted and each discovers that the other is also poor. They try to get 50 cents to eat at a restaurant but a man complains to the police. They convince a policeman to give them 50 cents by saying that they are engaged (which they are not). While walking, they drop the money without knowing it. When their restaurant bill comes to 50 cents, they suddenly realize they must have lost it. Someone leaves a coin on the table, Bill tells Cora to steal it, which she does. Bill spots a slot machine in the restaurant and tells Cora to gamble, which she does and wins. Bill and Cora go to a casino, win a car in a game and make more money gambling. The two get drunk and wake up to find out they are married. Bill gets a job but still gets the urge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Shoes
''Big Shoes'' (Italian: ''Scarpe grosse'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Dino Falconi and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Lilia Silvi and Elena Altieri.Pruzzo & Lancia p.63 It is based on a play by Sándor Hunyady which had previously been turned into a 1939 Hungarian film '' Istvan Bors''. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Camillo Del Signore. Cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Stefano Di Marco * Lilia Silvi as Ninì * Elena Altieri as Marta * Enzo Biliotti as Il conte Carlo Garlandi * Tina Lattanzi as Sofia Garlandi * Lauro Gazzolo as Giancola * Olinto Cristina as Dossena, l'amministratore * Beatrice Mancini as Maria * Emilio Petacci as Il notaio Sandelli * Oreste Fares as Il curato * Gualtiero De Angelis as Il procuratore Guzzini * Gorella Gori as Concetta, la cuoca * Franca Volpini as Annetta, la cameriera * Gastone Schirato as Michele, il maggiordomo * Oscar An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Hundred Thousand Dollars
''One Hundred Thousand Dollars'' (Italian: ''Centomila dollari'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Amedeo Nazzari and Lauro Gazzolo.Gundle p.169 It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fulvio Jacchia. It was part of the traditional of White Telephone comedies, popular during the era. Synopsis An American millionaire staying at a Budapest hotel falls in love with the telephone operator working there. When she refuses his advances because she already has a fiancée, he offers her a hundred thousand dollars to have dinner with him. Although she refuses, when her family find out the amount they pressure her to accept his offer. Cast * Assia Noris as Lily Zilay * Amedeo Nazzari as Woods * Lauro Gazzolo as Stefano Zilay * Maurizio D'Ancora as Paolo * Calisto Bertramo as Barton * Ernesto Almirante as Michele Zilay * Emilio Cigoli as Oldham * Arturo Bragaglia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Woman Who Passes
''The First Woman Who Passes'' (Italian: ''La prima donna che passa'') is a 1940 Italian historical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Carlo Lombardi and Niní Gordini Cervi. The film is set in eighteenth century France.Gundle p.226 It was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome. Cast * Alida Valli as Gabrielle de Vervins * Carlo Lombardi as Il duca di Richelieu * Niní Gordini Cervi as La marchesa de Prie * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Raoul d'Aubigny * Lisa Varna as Marietta * Achille Majeroni as Il vescovo di Fleury * Olinto Cristina as Il conte di Vervins * Guglielmo Barnabò as Il console d'Auvray * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il duca di Borbone * Renato Malavasi as Andrea * Augusto Marcacci as Il governatore Delaroche * Emilio Petacci as Lagrange * Mario Giannini as Luigi XV * Diana Lante as Madame Charolais * Eugenio Duse Eugenio Duse (1889–1969) was an Italian stage and film actor who appeared in thirty one films during his career.Hoch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamonds (1939 Film)
''Diamonds'' (Italian: ''Diamanti'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Corrado D'Errico and starring Doris Duranti, Lamberto Picasso and Laura Nucci.Lancia p.436 It was made at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Salvo D'Angelo. Cast * Doris Duranti as Marta Aurasco * Lamberto Picasso as Il marajah principe Mohammed * Laura Nucci as Anna * Enrico Glori as Carlo Deremont * Guglielmo Sinaz as Riccardo Krauss * Gemma Bolognesi as Jeanne Deremont * Romolo Costa as Il barone Kapperdorf * Alberto Manfredini as Morino, il direttore della tipografia * Fausto Guerzoni as Sguerza, il capo tipografo * Olinto Cristina * Carlo Mariotti * Ori Monteverdi * Giuseppe Ricagno * Lia Rosa * 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 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sons Of The Marquis Lucera
''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (Italian: ''I figli del marchese Lucera'') is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Armando Falconi, Caterina Boratto and Sergio Tofano. It is based on a play of the same name by Gherardo Gherardi.Goble p.178 The film was shot at Cinecittà and the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Salvo D'Angelo. The future star Mariella Lotti Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She ... had a small role in the production. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1939 films Italian comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1939 comedy films 1930s Italian-language fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wealth Without A Future
''Wealth Without a Future'' (Italian: ''Ricchezza senza domani'') is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Lamberto Picasso, Paola Borboni and Doris Duranti.Moliterno p.258 A wealthy industrialist A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ... retires to live in the countryside. Cast References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1939 films Italian drama films 1939 drama films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
