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Primo Zeglio
Primo Zeglio (8 July 1906 – 30 October 1984) was an Italian film director and writer. Selected filmography * ''The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (1941) *'' Accadde a Damasco'' (1943) *''Febbre'' (1943) *'' Genoveffa di Brabante'' (1947) *'' Nerone e Messalina'' (1949) *''Revenge of the Pirates'' (1951) *''La figlia del diavolo'' (1952) *''Captain Phantom'' (1953) *'' Dimentica il mio passato'' (1956) * '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1959) *''Morgan, the Pirate'' (1960) *''The Seven Revenges'' (1961) *''Seven Seas to Calais'' (1962) *''Slave Queen of Babylon'' (1962) *''I am Semiramis'' (1963) *'' Texas Ranger'' (1964) *'' The Relentless Four'' (1965) *'' Killer Adios'' (1967) *''Mission Stardust ''Mission Stardust'' ( it, ...4...3...2...1...Morte) is a 1967 science fiction film based on the early novels of the popular German ''Perry Rhodan'' series by K.H. Scheer and Walter Ernsting. Plot In a quest to find a source of radioactive materi ...'' (1967) References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. Leadership The institute is composed of leaders from the film, entertainment, business, and academic communities. The board of trustees is chaired by Kathleen Kennedy and the board of directors chaired by Robert A. Daly guide the organization, which is led by President and CEO, film historian Bob Gazzale. Prior leaders were founding director George Stevens Jr. (from the organization's inception in 1967 until 1980) and Jean Picker Firstenberg (from 1980 to 2007). History The American Film Institute was founded by a 1965 presidential mandate announced in the Rose Garden of the White House by Lyndon B. Johnson—to establish a national arts organization to preserve the legacy of American film heritage, educate the next generation of filmmaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seven Revenges
''The Seven Revenges'' ( it, Le sette sfide, also known as ''Ivan the Conqueror'') is a 1961 Italian adventure film directed by Primo Zeglio. It features American actress Elaine Stewart and was filmed in Yugoslavia. Plot The leaders of Circassians and Kyrgyz face off in a tournament divided into seven challenges: only one will gain the supremacy. Cast * Ed Fury: Ivan * Elaine Stewart: Tamara * Bella Cortez: Suani * Roldano Lupi: Great Khan * Paola Barbara: Deniza * Furio Meniconi: Amok * Gabriele Antonini: Kir * Sergio Ukmar: Yakub * Franco Ukmar Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" Prefix * Franco, a prefix used when ref ...: Ostop References External links * 1961 films 1961 adventure films Italian adventure films Films directed by Primo Zeglio Films with screenplays by Sergio Leone 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Births
Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the Majlis. * January 16–April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany. * January 22 – The strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. * January 31 – The Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths. * February 7 – is launched, sparking a naval race between Britain and Germany. * February 11 ** Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''Vehementer Nos'', denouncing the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State. ** Two British members of a poll tax collecting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission Stardust
''Mission Stardust'' ( it, ...4...3...2...1...Morte) is a 1967 science fiction film based on the early novels of the popular German ''Perry Rhodan'' series by K.H. Scheer and Walter Ernsting. Plot In a quest to find a source of radioactive material more powerful than uranium, Major Perry Rhodan leads a four-man mission to the Moon on the rocketship ''Stardust''. On the Moon, they find a stranded Arkonide spaceship, where Commander Thora is trying to save a scientist named Crest, along with a crew of robots. The earthmen find that Crest is suffering from leukemia, for which there is a cure available on Earth. Perry and others take an Arkonide shuttlecraft to Earth to bring back a doctor with the cure. One of the Earth crewmen is a traitor, however, supplying information to a crime lord who is after the radioactive material, but who sees the encounter with the Arkonides as providing an opportunity for an even greater prize. The crime lord arranges to replace the doctor and nurse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer Adios
''Killer Adios'' (also known as ''Killer Goodbye'', ''Winchester Justice'' and ''Winchester One of One Thousand'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Primo Zeglio. Cast * Peter Lee Lawrence: Jess Bryan * Rosalba Neri: Fanny Endes (as ''Sara Bay'') * Marisa Solinas: Sheila Simpson * Armando Calvo: Bill Bragg * Nello Pazzafini: Jack Bradshaw * Luis Induni: Sheriff Clint Simpson * Eduardo Fajardo: Sam Ringold * José Jaspe: Elliott * Victor Israel: Dixon * Paola Barbara Paola Barbara (22 July 1912 – 2 October 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1935 and 1978. She was sometimes credited as Pauline Baards. Life and career Born in Rome as Paola Proto, after her fi ...: Bragg's sister Reception ''Film Mese'' noticed how the film functioned largely as a detective film, and praised the sensual representation of actresses Solinas and Neri. ''Lexikon des Internationalen Films'' wrote: "Relatively bloodless, average spaghet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Relentless Four
''The Relentless Four'' or ''I quattro inesorabili'' is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film in Eastmancolor directed by Primo Zeglio. Synopsis A Texas Ranger is framed by the four outlaws he is chasing for a crime he did not commit. Cast * Adam West as Ranger Sam Garrett * Robert Hundar as Alan * Red Ross as Troy * Ralph Baldwyn as Moss * János Barta as Rancher John * José Jaspe as Implacable * Roberto Camardiel as Jeffrey Anders * Dina Loy as Eliza Anders / Susan Terry * Cris Huerta as Comisario * Elisa Mainardi as Nancy * Luis Induni Luis Induni (5 March 1920, in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy – 31 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian film actor of the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He made his debut in the western film ''Billy the Kid'' (1962) along ... as Sheriff Luke * Francisco Sanz as Doctor * Robert Johnson Jr. as Bobi Calhoun * Pauline Baards as Lucy Anders / Sra. Terry References External links * * 1965 films 1960s Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Ranger (1964 Film)
Texas Rangers most commonly refers to: * Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety, commonly called the Texas Rangers * Texas Rangers (baseball), a Major League Baseball team Texas Rangers may also refer to: Sports * Texas City Rangers, a team of the American Basketball Association which began in 2008 Police and military * Hays's Texas Rangers, the popular name of the 1st Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifle Volunteers in the early MexicanAmerican War * Terry's Texas Rangers, the popular name of the 8th Texas Cavalry * Terry's Texas Rangers, a modern regiment in the Texas State Guard Entertainment * ''Texas Rangers'' (film), a 2001 film directed by Steve Miner * ''The Texas Rangers'' (1936 film), a 1936 film directed by King Vidor * ''The Texas Rangers'' (1951 film), a 1951 Western directed by Phil Karlson * ''The Texas Ranger'', a 1931 film * ''Tales of the Texas Rangers'', 1950s radio and television series * ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', a TV series starring Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Semiramis
''Io Semiramide'' (AKA: ''I Am Semiramis'', AKA: ''Slave Queen of Babylon'', AKA: ''Duelo de Reyes'') is a 1963 film about Semiramis, a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was directed by Primo Zeglio. The legends are in part based on the historical Shammuramat, queen consort of Shamshi-Adad V and regent for her son Adad-nirari III. Plot During the reign of Semiramis, the beautiful queen of the Assyrian people, Assyria reaches one of the periods of greatest splendour, and to crown her successes she gives the order to build the great city of Babylon. A young woman of the court of great political ambition, Semiramis falls in love with Kir, a prince enslaved who reciprocates. Kir, king of the Dardanians, is defeated in combat by General Onnos during a military campaign launched by the latter against Nineveh in Assyria. Reduced to slavery, Kir is taken with other slaves to the capital where the general presents his prizes to King Minurte. Semiramis persuades Minurte to offer him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slave Queen Of Babylon
''Io Semiramide'' (AKA: ''I Am Semiramis'', AKA: ''Slave Queen of Babylon'', AKA: ''Duelo de Reyes'') is a 1963 film about Semiramis, a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was directed by Primo Zeglio. The legends are in part based on the historical Shammuramat, queen consort of Shamshi-Adad V and regent for her son Adad-nirari III. Plot During the reign of Semiramis, the beautiful queen of the Assyrian people, Assyria reaches one of the periods of greatest splendour, and to crown her successes she gives the order to build the great city of Babylon. A young woman of the court of great political ambition, Semiramis falls in love with Kir, a prince enslaved who reciprocates. Kir, king of the Dardanians, is defeated in combat by General Onnos during a military campaign launched by the latter against Nineveh in Assyria. Reduced to slavery, Kir is taken with other slaves to the capital where the general presents his prizes to King Minurte. Semiramis persuades Minurte to offer him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Seas To Calais
''Seven Seas to Calais'' (in Italy ''Il dominatore dei sette mari'') is a 1962 Italian adventure film in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, produced by Paolo Moffa, directed by Rudolph Maté (his final film) and Primo Zeglio, that stars Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, and Edy Vessel. The film depicts the career of Britain's Sir Francis Drake. Plot Sir Francis Drake (Rod Taylor) is one of Queen Elizabeth I of England's (Irene Worth) leading commanders in its battles with longtime adversary Spain over the gold riches found in the New World. He is a privateer who has no problems about raiding those Spanish gold arsenals, as well as a military commander who plans and executes naval battles with the Spanish Armada. He is also a skilled diplomat who knows how to maneuver in courtly circles. Cast Main * Rod Taylor as Sir Francis Drake * Keith Michell as Malcolm Marsh * Edy Vessel as Arabella Ducleau * Terence Hill as Babington (Credited as Mario Girotti) * Basil Dignam as Sir Francis Walsingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan, The Pirate
''Morgan, the Pirate'' ( it, Morgan il pirata) is a 1960 Italian-French international co-production historical adventure film, directed by André de Toth and Primo Zeglio, and starring Steve Reeves as Sir Henry Morgan, the pirate who became the self-proclaimed governor of Jamaica. Plot In 1670, freeborn Englishman, Henry Morgan, is enslaved by the Spaniards in Panama and sold to Doña Inez, daughter of Governor Don José Guzmán. Morgan falls in love with his mistress, much to the dismay of her father, who punishes him by sentencing him to a life of hard labor aboard a Spanish galleon. Morgan leads his fellow slaves in mutiny, takes command of the ship, and becomes a pirate, without knowing that Doña Inez was on board, on her way to Spain. She becomes his prisoner, but spurns him when he declares his love in Tortuga. Not long after, Morgan's daring exploits on the Spanish Main pique the interest of King Charles II of England, and Morgan agrees to attack only Spanish vessels in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mask Of Cesare Borgia
''The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (Italian: ''La maschera di Cesare Borgia'') is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Osvaldo Valenti, Elsa De Giorgi and Carlo Tamberlani. Coletti asserted that the 1948 20th Century Fox film ''Prince of Foxes'' was a remake of his work, the American studio having bought the rights, although the latter film's source is credited as a novel of the same title by Samuel Shellabarger.Anile p.129 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... The film's sets were designed by the art directors Antonio Tagliolini and Enrico Verdozzi. Cast References Bibliography * Alberto Anile. ''Orson Welles in Italy''. Indiana University Press, 2013. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
