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Renato Chiantoni
Renato Chiantoni (19 April 1906 – 24 December 1979) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1978. Born in Brescia, the son of the stage actor Amedeo, Chiantoni debuted on stage entering several drama and revue companies. He was later active as an actor of radio dramas. Very active in films as a character actor since the 1930s, after World War II Chiantoni also worked as a director of production and as a documentary director. Selected filmography * ''Lowered Sails'' (1931) * (1937) - (The Chancellor) * '' Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) - (Informer at the "Luna Bar") * (1938) - (Brigadier Sarcot) * (1938) - Spilunga * '' Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938) - (The messenger of Graiano) * (1938) * (1938) - (uncredited) * (1939) - (The third brother) * (1939) * (1939) - Andrea Lori * ''Guest for One Night'' (1939) - Truchet * (1939) * ''The Fornaretto of Venice'' (1939) - (The Tailer, witness at the trial) * (1939) - (Tanaka the policeman) * (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want Him Dead
''I Want Him Dead'' ( it, Lo voglio morto, es, Lo quiero muerto) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Paolo Bianchini Paolo Bianchini (born 1931) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Bianchini began his career in 1953 working as assistant director of a number of notable directors, including Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, ... and starring Craig Hill. Cast References External links * Spanish Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1968 Western (genre) films 1968 films Films directed by Paolo Bianchini Films scored by Nico Fidenco Films shot in Almería Plaion 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub ... [...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] |
The Barefoot Contessa
''The Barefoot Contessa'' is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, and Edmond O'Brien. The film's slow-paced plot focuses on social positioning and high-powered politics within the world of film and high society. For his performance, O'Brien won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe. Mankiewicz was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The majority of the film is explained by Harry Dawes (Bogart), narrating the events, with small sections narrated by Oscar Muldoon (O'Brien). Plot Down on his luck, a washed-up movie director and writer Harry Dawes is reduced to working for abusive, emotionally stunted business tycoon Kirk Edwards, who has decided that he wants to produce a film to boost his monumental ego. Looking for a glamorous leading lady, they go to a Madrid night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossed Swords (1954 Film)
''Crossed Swords'' or ''The Teacher of Don Juan'' (Italian: ''Il Maestro di Don Giovanni'') is a 1954 historical swashbuckling adventure film directed by Milton Krims and starring Errol Flynn, Gina Lollobrigida and Nadia Gray. It was co-production between Italy and the United States. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini. Plot The film is set in Early Modern Italy in the Duchy of Sidona. Raniero and Renzo are two friends who have been travelling together for two years, having adventures, fighting duels and womanizing. Raniero is the son of the Duke of Sidona, and the elder Renzo his Don Juan-type mentor. On their way back to Sidona after a two-year absence, Renzo and Raniero encounter Fulvia, a former lover of Renzo. She attacks him then invites him to her estate. Fulvia's rich husband Gennarelli is at a meeting at Sidona. Pavoncello, the Duke's counselor, is suggesting a new law where all men under twenty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life Is Yours
''My Life Is Yours'' (Italian: ''La mia vita è tua'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Masini and starring Armando Francioli and Patricia Roc.Hodgson p.152 Cast * Armando Francioli as Marco Ridolfi * Patricia Roc as Laura * Alba Arnova as Silvia * Lucien Gallas as Don Antonio * Achille Togliani * Mino Doro as Il medico * Roberto Bruni * Giulio Calì * Gemma Bolognesi * Nietta Zocchi * Renato Chiantoni * Fedele Gentile Fedele Gentile (1908–1993) was an Italian film actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.187 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''Fedora'' (1942) * ''B ... * Maria Grazia Monaci * Cesare Sindaci * Franco Franchi * Sandro Pistolini References Bibliography * Hodgson, Michael. ''Patricia Roc''. 2013. External links * 1954 films 1950s Italian-language films 1954 drama films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanting Enemy
''The Enchanting Enemy'' (Italian: ''L'incantevole nemica'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Claudio Gora and starring Silvana Pampanini, Robert Lamoureux and Carlo Campanini.Gundle p.275 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alberto Boccianti and Oscar D'Amico. Plot A wealthy industrialist cheese manufacturer has a paranoid fear of communists and comes to believe that one of his employees is the head of a cell of agents. To keep an eye on him he invites him into his life, even to the extent that he becomes engaged to his attractive daughter. Cast * Silvana Pampanini as Silvia * Robert Lamoureux as Roberto * Carlo Campanini as Albertini * Ugo Tognazzi as Direttore della fabbrica * Pina Renzi as Signora Albertini * Mita Dover * Giuseppe Porelli * Nando Bruno * Renato Chiantoni * Nerio Bernardi * Gianni Agus * Mario Siletti * Buster Keaton * Quartetto Cetra * Annette Poivre * Raymond Bussières Raymond Bussières (3 November 1907 – 29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puccini (film)
''Puccini '' is a 1953 Italian biographical musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti in the role of Giacomo Puccini. Plot The film narrates the composer's life full of loves and recklessness, starting from the youthful period in which, after falling in love with Cristina who had helped him achieve success, he convinces Elvira, a mild-mannered girl from the provinces, to follow him to Milan. Elvira soon gives him a son and remains close to him despite her betrayals. Cristina, who has now become a famous soprano, reappears again in the life of the master and tries to distance him from her partner but, after the triumph of La bohème, driven by her gratitude towards Elvira, Giacomo decides to marry her. This does not mean that her infidelities end and Elvira, increasingly alone, decides to separate from her husband. The episode of the suicide of a young maid madly in love with him and the sensational failure of Madama Butterfly upset Pucci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Coach
''The Golden Coach'' (french: Le Carrosse d'or; it, La carrozza d'oro) is a 1952 film directed by Jean Renoir that tells the story of a '' commedia dell'arte'' troupe in 18th-century Peru. The screenplay was written by Renoir, Jack Kirkland, Renzo Avanzo and Giulio Macchi, and is based on the 1829 play '' Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement'' (The Coach of the Blessed Sacrament), by Prosper Mérimée. It stars Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro and Duncan Lamont. Plot The Viceroy of a remote 18th-century Peruvian town has purchased a magnificent golden coach from Europe. The Viceroy hints of his intention to give the coach to his mistress, the Marquise, but has decided to pay for it with public funds, since he plans to use it to overawe the populace and flatter the local nobility, who enthusiastically look forward to taking turns parading in it. By coincidence, the coach arrives on the same ship that carries an Italian '' commedia dell'arte'' troupe composed of men, women and children w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maschera Nera
''Maschera nera'' (''Black Mask'') is a 1952 Italian crime film. Cast *Cesare Danova: Villeneuve *Franca Marzi: Henriette * Nino Pavese: Dupont *Lia Di Leo: Hippolite *Renato Chiantoni Renato Chiantoni (19 April 1906 – 24 December 1979) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1978. Born in Brescia, the son of the stage actor Amedeo, Chiantoni debuted on stage entering several drama and revue comp ...: Damprepois * Gianna Baragli: Valentine External links * 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Italian crime films 1952 crime films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Charterhouse Of Parma (film)
''The Charterhouse of Parma'' (french: La Chartreuse de Parme, it, La Certosa di Parma) is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Renée Faure, Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès. It is based on the 1839 novel of the same name by Stendhal. The film's sets were created by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Ottavio Scotti and the costumes were designed by Georges Annenkov. The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome while location shooting took place in Italy around Milan and Lake Como. It entered the competition at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival, being awarded for best cinematography. It was the most popular French film at the French box office in 1948. In Italy it earned around 166 million lira on its release.Chiti & Poppi p.94 Cast * Renée Faure as Clélia Conti * Gérard Philipe as Fabrice del Dongo * Maria Casarès as Duchess Gina de San Severina * Louis Salou as Prince Ernest IV * Louis Seigner a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime News
''Cronaca nera'' (Italian for ''Black news'') is a 1947 Italian crime film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring María Denis, Gino Cervi and Andrea Checchi. The title refers to the section given over to crime stories in Italian newspapers. Plot synopsis A mob boss (Gino Cervi) wanted by the police takes refuge at the home of his unsuspecting associate's (Andrea Checchi) honest family, aiming to regroup his gang again when the time is right. In the process, he falls in love with his associate’s sister (María Denis) and decides to go straight. Critical reception On the occasion of ''Cronaca neras 2015 showing on Harvard's film program, the film was described as " neorealist cinema itself" and as "exemplifying the fatalism associated with noir" in "films such as ''Ossessione'' (1943)." The program also noted that "among the film’s screenwriters are Sergio Amidei and Cesare Zavattini, who between them worked on most of the postwar masterpieces by Rossellini and de Sica." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'abito Nero Da Sposa
''L'abito nero da sposa'' () is a 1945 Italian historical drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Fosco Giachetti. It is based on the play ''The Cardinal'' by Louis N. Parker. Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Il cardinale Giovanni de Medici * Jacqueline Laurent as Berta Chigi * Enzo Fiermonte as Giuliano de Medici * Carlo Tamberlani as Andrea Strozzi * Aldo Silvani as Bartolomeo Chigi * Domenico Viglione Borghese as Il governatore Baglioni * Manoel Roero as Raffaello (as Manuel Roero) * Fausto Guerzoni as Beppe, il campanaro * Evelina Paoli as Madonna de Medici * Peppino Spadaro as Luigi * Renato Chiantoni as Bernardino * Emilio Petacci as Un mercante della statua di Venere * Franco Pesce as Un invitato alla festa Production ''L'abito nero da sposa'' is based on the play ''The Cardinal'' by Louis N. Parker. The film had some notoriety in Italy as it was blacklisted by the church. The film was originally going to be the directorial debut of Mario Pannunzio, who dropped out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
