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Quattro Passi Fra Le Nuvole
''Four Steps in the Clouds'' () is a 1942 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Gino Cervi and Adriana Benetti. It tells the story of a married man who agrees to act as the husband of a young pregnant woman who has been abandoned by her boyfriend. Aesthetically, it is close to Italian neorealism. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. It was nominated for BAFTA as Best Film from any Source. The movie was remade several times, including as '' A Walk in the Clouds'' in 1995. Plot The story deals with a married agent for a candy manufacturer, played by Gino Cervi. He leads a stable, if somewhat boring, family life in a large unnamed city in the North of Italy. While travelling on a South bound train on company business, he sees a young woman about to be put off by the conductor. She has no ticket and cannot afford to buy one. The agent helps her stay on the train, and she asks if he could do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s. Early life Blasetti was born in Rome, where he also died. After studying law at university, Blasetti chose to become a journalist and film critic. He worked for several film magazines and led a campaign for national film production, which had largely ceased by this point. In 1919 he made a brief foray into acting when he appeared as an extra in Mario Caserini's ''Tortured Soul''. Director In 1929 Blasetti made his directorial debut with ''Sun (film), Sun'', a fictional story set against the ongoing draining of the Pontine Marshes. The film was well received at a time when there were few Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuditta Rissone
Giuditta Rissone (10 March 1895 – 22 June 1977) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 25 films between 1933 and 1966. She was born in Genoa and died in Rome. Giuditta Rissone married the director and actor Vittorio De Sica in 1937 in Asti, in the Montferrat region of Piedmont. Her brother Checco Rissone was also an actor. Selected filmography * ''Bad Subject'' (1933) – Susanna, Willy's sister * ''La segretaria per tutti'' (1933) * ''Il trattato scomparso'' (1933) – Miss Alice Baskerville * ''Giallo'' (1934) * ''I Love You Only'' (1936) – Aunt Giuditta * ''Lohengrin'' (1936) – Marianna * '' These Children'' (1937) – Aunt Lucia * '' Triumph of Love'' (1938) – Aunt Lucia * ''At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) – Evelina Watron * ''La fanciulla di Portici'' (1940) – Marchioness Del Vasto * ''Schoolgirl Diary'' (1941) – boarding school director * ''The Adventuress from the Floor Above'' (1941) – Clara Marchini * ''Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) – governess An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Migliari
Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * '' La Damigella di Bard'' (1936) * ''The Man Who Smiles'' (1936) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''The Castiglioni Brothers'', (1937) * '' It Was I!'' (1937) * '' To Live'' (1937) * '' These Children'' (1937) * ''Destiny'' (1938) * ''The Two Mothers'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * '' Triumph of Love'' (1938) * ''At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) * ''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1939) * ''Wealth Without a Future'' (1939) * ''In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) * ''The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) * ''Naples Will Never Die'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?'' (1939) * ''Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * '' A Romanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Manara
Luciano Manara (23 March 1825 – 30 June 1849) was a Milanese soldier and politician of the Risorgimento era, who took part in the Roman Republic. Life Manara was born in Milan in 1825. A friend of Carlo Cattaneo, in 1848 he participated in the Five Days of Milan (leading, among others, the operation that led to the capture of Porta Tosa) and in the First Italian War of Independence with a group of volunteers he had organised himself. On the Austrians' return, he fled to Piedmont, where he was put at the head of a corps of bersaglieri, with whom he fought on the Po and at La Cava (now renamed Cava Manara after him). Fighting in defence of the Roman Republic and as Garibaldi's chief of staff, he died aged only 24 at the battle at Villa Spada on 30 June. His funeral was held at the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina, with the homily spoken by Don Ugo Bassi. For a short time his body remained in Rome, since his mother was unable to gain permission from the Austrian authoriti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pina Gallini
Pina Gallini (19 March 1888 – 31 January 1974) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1935 and 1963. Selected filmography * '' The Countess of Parma'' (1936) * ''The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * '' Unjustified Absence'' (1939) * ''The Document'' (1939) * ''Mad Animals'' (1939) * ''The Document'' (1939) * ''Guest for One Night'' (1939) * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) * ''The Hussar Captain'' (1940) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1942) * ''Four Steps in the Clouds'' (1942) * ''Before the Postman'' (1942) * ''Music on the Run'' (1943) * ''Fatal Symphony'' (1947) * ''The Emperor of Capri'' (1949) * ''How I Discovered America'' (1949) * ''The Elusive Twelve'' (1950) * ''Rapture'' (1950) * ''The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950) * ''Toto the Third Man'' (1951) * ''Toto and the Women'' (1952) * '' The Daughter of the Regiment'' (1953) * ''Days of Love'' (1954) * ''Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!'' (1954) * '' No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Carena
Anna Carena (30 January 1899 - 15 April 1990) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1941 to 1983. Filmography References External links * 1899 births 1990 deaths Italian film actresses {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Bragaglia
Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961. Selected filmography References External links * 1893 births 1962 deaths Italian male film actors People from Frosinone {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gildo Bocci
Gildo Bocci (1 September 1886 – 22 July 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1913 and 1959. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * ''Messalina'' (1924) - Apollonio * ''Quo Vadis'' (1924) - Vittelius * ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) - Diomede * ''Da Icaro a de Pinedo'' (1927) * ''Boccaccesca'' (1928) * ''The Storyteller of Venice'' (1929) * ''Maratona'' (1929) - Giovanne, Il Massaggiatore * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) - Il regista * ''L'avvocato difensore'' (1935) - Angelo * ''Ho perduto mio marito'' (1939) * '' Dora Nelson'' (1940) - Pasquale, il tassista * ''Arditi civili'' (1940) - Il vigile del fuoco a riposo Checco Focone * ''Validità giorni dieci'' (1940) - Il cuoco dell'albergo Mondiale * ''The Palace on the River'' (1940) - Un terzo barbone * ''Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * ''La donna perduta'' (1940) - Galileo * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) - Il capitano delle guardie * ''L'uomo del romanzo'' (1940) - Il fattore * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Bilancia
Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany which had the largest European film industry of the era. He appeared in 134 films between 1915 and his death in 1945. Selected filmography * '' Lucciola'' (1917) * '' Il trono e la seggiola'' (1918) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1918) * ''Hedda Gabler'' (1920) *'' Red Love'' (1921) * '' Chief Saetta'' (1924) * '' Pleasure Train'' (1924) * ''Maciste's American Nephew'' (1924) * ''The Girl with a Patron'' (1925) * '' One Minute to Twelve'' (1925) * ''Letters Which Never Reached Him'' (1925) * ''Women You Rarely Greet'' (1925) * ''Nick, King of the Chauffeurs'' (1925) * ''The Flight in the Night'' (1926) * ''One Does Not Play with Love'' (1926) * ''The Pink Diamond'' (1926) * '' The Queen of the Baths'' (1926) * ''Department Store Princess'' (1926) * ''The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' (1 ... [...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] |
Aldo Silvani
Aldo Silvani (21 January 1891 – 12 November 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1934 and 1964. He was born in Turin, Italy and died in Milan, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Cardinal Lambertini'' (1934) * ''The Ancestor'' (1936) * '' The Three Wishes'' (1937) * ''The King of England Will Not Pay'' (1941) * '' Carmela'' (1942) * '' The Jester's Supper'' (1942) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1942) * ''Four Steps in the Clouds'' (1942) * ''Lively Teresa'' (1943) * ''Anything for a Song'' (1943) * ''Maria Malibran'' (1943) * '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1943) * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945) * ''L'abito nero da sposa'' (1945) * ''The Ten Commandments'' (1945) * ''Life Begins Anew'' (1945) * ''The Ways of Sin'' (1946) * ''The Courier of the King'' (1947) * ''To Live in Peace'' (1947) * ''The Captain's Daughter'' (1947) * ''Difficult Years'' (1948) * ''Mad About Opera'' (1948) * ''Little Lady'' (1949) * ''A Night of Fame'' (1949) * '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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