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Pazzo D'amore
''Pazzo d'amore'' (meaning "Madly in love") is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Renato Rascel. Plot Two unemployed vagrants, one of small stature and the other of greater height, one day find a bottle by the sea. Inside a map, with the indication of a treasure hidden in an island. After alternating situations, they arrive on the island, but, despite themselves, they discover that the story of the treasure is an advertising invention. The little tramp overcomes the disappointment for the lack of enrichment with the love for his girlfriend. Cast * Renato Rascel as Renato * Elena Grey as Milli * Pietro Tordi as Giovannone * Tino Scotti as Fegato * Tina De Mola as Elena * Augusto Di Giovanni as Fred * Enzo Biliotti as Il Guercio * Mario Siletti as Bombita * Lamberto Picasso as March * Claudio Ermelli as Signor Pignolo * Carlo Duse Carlo Duse (5 January 1898 – 9 September 1956) Birth name: Carlo Artemio e Vittorio Duse. With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Gentilomo
Giacomo Gentilomo (5 April 1909 – 16 April 2001) was an Italian film director and painter. Biography Born in Trieste, at very young age Gentilomo moved to Rome, where at 21 years old he entered the cinema industry, working as a script survivor and an assistant director. Active between 1933 and 1937 as a film editor, in 1939 he debuted as a director with ''Il Carnevale di Venezia''. In 1945 his film ''O sole mio'' got critical acclaim, but later his career was mainly devoted to genre films, and failed to achieve significant critical interest. Dissatisfied with cinema, in the mid-1960s Gentilomo decided to abandon films and to fulfill his passion for painting. Filmography * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (directed by Nunzio Malasomma, 1934) * '' I Love You Only'' (directed by Mario Mattoli, 1935) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * ''White Amazons'' (1936) * '' Sinfonia di Roma'' (1937, short) * ''Condottieri'' (directed by Luis Trenker, 1937) * ''The Carnival of Venice'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Siletti
Mario Giovanni Siletti (22 July 1903 – 19 April 1964) was an Italian actor. He was born in Turin. He performed in more than 160 films from 1932 to 1964. He began appearing in American films no later than 1946. From 1962 to 1964, he also portrayed a recurring character, Charlie Carlotti, on the American television series, ''Hazel''. In April 1964, he was killed in a Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ... automobile collision caused by a drunk driver. Siletti's pregnant wife was also critically injured in the crash. The driver of the other vehicle was arrested for felony manslaughter. Selected filmography References External links * Italian male film actors 1903 births 1964 deaths 20th-century Italian male actors Italian emigrants to the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Giacomo Gentilomo
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Italian Comedy Films
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1942 Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on November 5, 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III. It was the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of ...: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Comedy Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Duse
Carlo Duse (5 January 1898 – 9 September 1956) Birth name: Carlo Artemio e Vittorio Duse. With mention in margin of his date and place of death. was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1956. He was born in Udine, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Uragano'' (1918) * ''Il mistero della casa n. 30'' (1920) * ''Romola'' (1924) - Bargello (uncredited) * '' Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei'' (1926) - Burbo * ''Cento di questi giorni'' (1933) - Vito's Duel Assistant * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (1934) - Emisario borbonico * ''Teresa Confalonieri'' (1934) * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * ''Aurora sul mare'' (1934) * ''Le scarpe al sole'' (1935) - Tenente degli Alpini * '' I Love You Only'' (1935) - Policeman * ''The Joker King'' (1936) - Captain Ciro Romoa * ''Music in the Square'' (1936) * ''Tredici uomini e un cannone'' (1936) - Uomo #3 * ''Campo di maggio'' (1936) - Marchand * ''Ginevr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Ermelli
Claudio Ermelli (24 July 1892 – 29 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1915 to 1962. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ermelli, Claudio 1892 births 1964 deaths Actors from Turin Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamberto Picasso
Lamberto Picasso (21 October 1880 – 17 September 1962) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1914 and 1953. Selected filmography * ''The Naked Truth'' (1914) * ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1931) * ''Paradise'' (1932) * '' Your Money or Your Life'' (1932) * '' Fanny'' (1933) * ''Together in the Dark'' (1933) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * '' The Wedding March'' (1934) * ''Those Two'' (1935) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * '' Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal'' (1937) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * ''Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) * '' The Cuckoo Clock'' (1938) * ''Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938) * ''Wealth Without a Future'' (1939) * ''Diamonds'' (1939) * ''No Man's Land'' (1939) * '' Beyond Love'' (1940) * ''Caravaggio'' (1941) * ''A Garibaldian in the Convent'' (1942) * ''The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942) * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * ''Measure for Measure'' (1943) * ''I'll Sing No More'' (1945) * '' The Lovers'' (1946) * ''Mad About Opera'' (1948) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Biliotti
Enzo Biliotti (28 June 1887 – 19 November 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1916 and 1958. He was born in Livorno, Italy and died in Bologna, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Betrothed'' (1923) * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' I Love You Only'' (1935) * ''Bayonet'' (1936) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''I Want to Live with Letizia'' (1938) * '' Piccolo mondo antico'' (1939) * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * '' Backstage'' (1939) * '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?'' (1939) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * '' The Pirate's Dream'' (1940) * '' Non me lo dire!'' (1940) * '' Two on a Vacation'' (1940) * '' Piccolo mondo antico'' (1941) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * '' The Betrothed'' (1941) * '' Don Cesare di Bazan'' (1942) * ''The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942) * '' Malombra'' (1942) * ''Short Circuit'' (1943) * ''Two He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Metz
Vittorio Metz (18 July 1904 – 1 March 1984) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 110 films between 1939 and 1977. Selected filmography * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?'' (1939) * ''The Pirate's Dream'' (1940) * ''Non me lo dire!'' (1940) * '' Annabella's Adventure'' (1943) * '' The Za-Bum Circus'' (1944) * '' Macario Against Zagomar'' (1944) * '' Toto Tours Italy'' (1948) * '' Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * ''Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * '' Adam and Eve'' (1949) * '' Toto Looks for a House'' (1949) * ''Figaro Here, Figaro There'' (1950) * '' Totò Tarzan'' (1950) * '' The Cadets of Gascony'' (1950) * ''The Knight Has Arrived!'' (1950) * '' Toto Looks for a Wife'' (1950) * '' Toto the Sheik'' (1950) * '' The Transporter'' (1950) * '' Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * '' Seven Hours of Trouble'' (1951) * '' Toto the Third Man'' (1951) * ''Free Escape'' (1951) * '' I'm the Capataz'' (1951) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina De Mola
Ernesta De Mola, best known as Tina De Mola (28 October 1923 – 18 April 2012), was an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Milan, De Mola was the daughter of a barber. After winning a contest for new voices in 1941, she started her career as singer-actress with several avanspettacolo companies. In 1942, she met Renato Rascel, and soon she became his wife and the primadonna in his revue company. That same year she made her film debut, in Giacomo Gentilomo's '' Pazzo d'amore''. In 1946, De Mola participated to the Miss Italia beauty contest, getting the title of "Miss Sorriso D'Italia". After working on stage with the companies led by Erminio Macario, Ugo Tognazzi and Mario Carotenuto, she successfully toured South America with a program of Italian music. From 1955 onwards, she also became a central figure in the early Italian television, as a hostess and soubrette in a number of variety shows. De Mola and Rascel obtained the Roman Rota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
