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Pisorno Studios
The Tirrenia Studios (also known at one point as the Pisorno Studios) are a film studio complex located in the Italian coastal town of Tirrenia in Tuscany. The studios were constructed between 1933-1934 and intended, along with the Fert Studios in Turin, to provide northern competition to the increasingly dominant Cines Studios in Rome.Forgacs & Gundle p.129 Tirrenia was a new town which had grown with the support of Italy's Fascist regime. Although Italian film production was booming following an early 1930s slump, Tirrenia quickly faced increasing competition from the large Cinecitta studios in Rome which had been opened in 1937 as part of the Fascist's attempt to centralise film production in the capital. Nonetheless, the studios continued to be used, sometimes facilitating location shooting nearby. During the later stages of the Second World War the studios were requisitioned for other use first by the Germans and later by the Allies. In the post-war years the studios returned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Studio
A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company or motion picture company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to make films, which is handled by the production company. Most firms in the entertainment industry have never owned their own studios, but have rented space from other companies. There are also independently owned studio facilities, who have never produced a motion picture of their own because they are not entertainment companies or motion picture companies; they are companies who sell only studio space. Beginnings In 1893, Thomas Edison built the first movie studio in the United States when he constructed the Black Maria, a tarpaper-covered structure near his laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey, and asked circus, vaudeville, and dramatic actors to perform for the camera. He distributed these movies at vaudeville theaters, penny arcades, wax museums, and fairgrounds. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Ponti
Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. (11 December 1912 – 9 January 2007) was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. Along with Dino De Laurentiis, he is credited with reinvigorating and popularizing Italian cinema post-World War II, producing some of the country's most acclaimed and financially-successful films of the 1950s and 1960s. Ponti worked with many of the most important directors of Italian cinema of the era, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Vittorio De Sica, as well as many international directors. He helped launch the career of his wife, international film star Sophia Loren. He won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film for ''La Strada'' (1954) and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture for producing Doctor Zhivago (film), ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965). In 1996, he was ascended as a Knight Grand Cross to the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Career Ponti was born in Magenta, Lomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Circuit (1943 Film)
''Short Circuit'' (Italian: ''Cortocircuito'') is a 1943 Italian thriller film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Vivi Gioi, Umberto Melnati and Guglielmo Barnabò. The film was made at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. It is one of several films considered as a possible precursor to the giallo genre.Moliterno p.150 Plot Cast * Vivi Gioi as Cristina Redy * Umberto Melnati as Ugo Redy, suo marito * Guglielmo Barnabò as Il gionalista Saverio Funk * Bianca Doria as Eva Fredy * Lauro Gazzolo as L'editore Isidoro Storch * Gilda Marchiò as La signora Ipanoff * Giacomo Moschini as Il commissario Plunk * Egisto Olivieri as Il professore Ermanno Heker * Gualtiero Isnenghi as Il dottor Besson * Mario Besesti as Gruner, l'aiuntante del commissario * Enzo Biliotti as Il barone Von Springher * Dina Perbellini as La contessa * Mirka Bereny as L'infermiera * Dino Di Luca as Il primo giocatore di scacchi * Gerardo Frossi as Un domestico della clinica * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idyll In Budapest
''Idyll in Budapest'' (Italian: ''Idillio a Budapest'') is a 1941 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ansoldi and Gabriele Varriale and starring Germaine Aussey, Osvaldo Valenti and Sergio Tofano.Chiti & Poppi p.177 It was shot at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcello Avenati. Cast * Germaine Aussey as Rosy * Osvaldo Valenti as Sandor * Sergio Tofano as Altezza * Inge Dawry as Paolina * Giulio Alfieri * Elena Altieri * Arnaldo Arnaldi * Liana Del Balzo * Adele Garavaglia * Fausto Guerzoni * Loredana * Renato Malavasi * Evelina Paoli * Michele Riccardini Michele Mario Alberto Riccardini (October 2, 1910 – July 24, 1978) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in around fifty films during his career as well as several television episodes. In 1943 he played the role of Don Remigio in Luchino Visc ... References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of England Will Not Pay
''The King of England Will Not Pay'' (Italian: ''Il re d'Inghilterra non paga'') is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Giovacchino Forzano and starring Andrea Checchi, Silvana Jachino and Osvaldo Valenti.Gundle p.181 It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Antonio Valente and Savino Fino. Synopsis In the thirteenth century a leading Florentine banking family are faced with ruin when the King of England The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiw ... refuses to repay a large loan he has taken out from them. Main cast References Bibliography * Gundle, Stephen. ''Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism''. Berghahn Books, 2019. External links * 1941 films Italian historical f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon (1941 Film)
''Honeymoon'' (Italian: ''Luna di miele'') is a 1941 Italian film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Assia Noris, Aldo Fiorelli and Luigi Cimara.De Giusti p.107 It was made at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. Cast * Assia Noris as Nicoletta * Aldo Fiorelli as Mario * Luigi Cimara as Valerio, zio di Mario * Carlo Campanini as Annibale * Clelia Matania as Anna * Ernesto Almirante as Ernesto Gelardi * Franco Scandurra as Pettinelli * Giacomo Moschini as Bosio * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as La signora Bosio * Emilio Petacci as Giovanni * Diana Dei * Alberto Marchió * Tina Maver * Alma Nerei * Giovanni Petrucci Giovanni Petrucci (said Gianni; born 19 July 1945, in Rome) is an Italian sports director. He is the current President of CONI for the fourth consecutive term, that will end after the Games of the XXX Olympiad of 2012. His career took place prim ... * Eugenia Zaresca References Bibliography * Luciano De Giusti. ''Giacomo Gentilomo, cineasta po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daughter Of The Green Pirate
''The Daughter of the Green Pirate'' (Italian: ''La figlia del corsaro verde'') is a 1940 Italian adventure film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Doris Duranti, Fosco Giachetti and Camillo Pilotto. It was shot partly at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia with sets designed by the art director Piero Filippone. The film was based on a novel by Emilio Salgari. Synopsis The son of a Spanish Governor in South America volunteers for an undercover mission to infiltrate a gang of notorious pirates.Gundle p.217 Cast * Doris Duranti as Manuela * Fosco Giachetti as Carlos de la Riva * Camillo Pilotto as Zampa di ferro * Mariella Lotti as Isabella * Enrico Glori as El Rojo * Sandro Ruffini as Don Luis, il governatore * Tina Lattanzi as Donna Mercedes, moglie del governatore * Polidor as Golia * Carmen Navasqués as Carmen, la danzatrice * Ernesto Almirante as Il precettore delle educante * Primo Carnera as El Cabezo * Mario Siletti as Il segretario del governatore * Nino M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Of Monte Carlo
''The Woman of Monte Carlo'' (Italian: ''La signora di Montecarlo'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" drama film directed by André Berthomieu and Mario Soldati and starring Dita Parlo, Fosco Giachetti and Jules Berry.Amelio p.25 A separate French version '' Unknown of Monte Carlo'' was released the following year. It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios in Tuscany. Cast * Dita Parlo as Vera * Fosco Giachetti as Giorgio Duclos * Jules Berry as Il conte Messirian * Claude Lehmann as Andrea Duclos * Danilo Calamai as Il detective * Cellio Bucchi * Enrico Glori * Umberto Melnati as Un banchiere * Osvaldo Valenti Osvaldo Valenti (17 February 1906 – 30 April 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1928 and 1945. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a Sicilian carpet trader and a wealthy Lebanese woman of Greek descen ... References Bibliography * Gianni Amelio. ''Mario Soldati e il cinema''. Donzelli Editore, 2009. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
The Divine Spark
''The Divine Spark'' is a 1935 British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Marta Eggerth, Phillips Holmes, Benita Hume and Donald Calthrop. An Italian-language version '' Casta Diva'' was shot simultaneously. Both films were made at the Tirrenia Studios in Italy. Cast * Marta Eggerth as Maddalena Fumaroli * Phillips Holmes as Vincenzo Bellini * Benita Hume as Giuditta Pasta * Donald Calthrop as Judge Fumaroli * Arthur Margetson as Ernesto Tosi * Edmund Breon as Gioacchino Rossini * Basil Gill as Romanie * Hugh Miller as Niccolo Paganini * Edward Chapman as Saverio Mercadante * John Clements as Fiorino * John Deverell as King * Felix Aylmer as Butler * Peter Gawthorne as Felice Romani Giuseppe Felice Romani (31 January 178828 January 1865) was an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology who wrote many librettos for the opera composers Donizetti and Bellini. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist betw ... References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
