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Roberto Murolo
Roberto Murolo (19 January 1912 – 13 March 2003) was an Italian musician. Career Born in Naples, Italy as the son of poet Ernesto Murolo and Lia Cavalli, Murolo showed a began singing and playing the guitar as a child. Murolo won the Italian high diving championship in 1937, and attributed his remarkable lung capacity to the long practice of water sports. At the age of 24 he founded with three friends the "Midas Quartet" (Quartetto Mida), a jazz quartet, with which he performed away from Italy from 1939 through 1946. His solo career, focused almost exclusively on Neapolitan song, traditional and popular songs, began with his return to Italy in 1946. In addition to establishing himself as a concert artist and a popular figure on radio, with a romantic, sentimental sound, he also did some acting in movies, appearing in the 1953 crime drama The Counterfeiters, made in Italy by director Franco Rossi. Murolo's collection of twelve LPs of Neapolitan song, called ''Napoletana. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Bonnard
Mario Bonnard (24 December 1889 – 22 March 1965) was an Italian actor and film director. Bonnard was born and died in Rome. He began his cinematic career as an actor becoming a popular romantic lead in numerous silent films made before World War I. In 1917 he ventured into film directing for the first time. Before the arrival of sound films he worked for a period in Germany in films directed by Luis Trenker. Back in Italy in 1932, he became a prolific director working with the major stars of the time as: Assia Noris, Elsa Merlini, Amedeo Nazzari, Luisa Ferida, Henry Viarisio. ''Il feroce Saladino'' (1937) was the most popular of his films of the 1930s. During the war he continued to work. In the post World War II period his films, ranging from comedies to period dramas enjoyed much success. However, today he's no longer well known. One of his last films was ''The Last Days of Pompeii (1959 film), The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1959). An illness made him leave production early, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Falsari
''I falsari'' is a 1951 Italian crime film. It is the directorial debut by Franco Rossi. Plot Police inspector Moroni pretends to be a traveling salesman to unmask a gang of counterfeiters. Thus begins his investigations, which together with an anonymous letter lead him to investigate in the city of Naples. Cast *Fosco Giachetti as Moroni *Doris Duranti as Teresa *Erno Crisa as Pietro *Lianella Carell as Lucia *Saro Urzì as Commissioner *Mario Angelotti as Nicola *Gabriele Ferzetti as Dario *Nerio Bernardi as Maggiori *Roberto Murolo Roberto Murolo (19 January 1912 – 13 March 2003) was an Italian musician. Career Born in Naples, Italy as the son of poet Ernesto Murolo and Lia Cavalli, Murolo showed a began singing and playing the guitar as a child. Murolo won the Itali ... as Singer References External links * 1950 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Franco Rossi Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1950 directorial debut films Italian crim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Simonelli
Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist. Life and career Born in Rome, Simonelli obtained a high school diploma in business studies, then he started working as a journalist, and even as a film critic, for the weekly magazines ''Avvenimento'' and ''Gente nostra''. In 1928, at 22, he made his directorial debut co-directing with Nicola Fausto Neroni ''Maratona'' and two years later he was among the screenwriters of the first Italian talking film, ''The Song of Love (1930 film), The Song of Love'' by Gennaro Righelli. From 1934 Simonelli mainly devoted himself to the film editing, then, since 1940, he reprised his activity as a director specializing in comedy films of great commercial success, in which he directed some of the more popular actors of the period, including Totò, Eduardo De Filippo, Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo, Nino Taranto, Renato Rascel, Walter Chiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Labro
Maurice Labro (21 September 1910 – 23 March 1987) was a French film director. Filmography * 1947 in the movies, 1947: ' * 1948 in the movies, 1948: ''Three Boys, One Girl'' * 1949 in the movies, 1949: ''The Heroic Monsieur Boniface'' * 1950 in the movies, 1950: ' * 1951 in the movies, 1951: ''The King of the Bla Bla Bla'' * 1951: ''The Sleepwalker (1951 film), The Sleepwalker'' * 1951: ''No Vacation for Mr. Mayor'' * 1952 in the movies, 1952 ''Monsieur Leguignon, Signalman'' * 1953 in the movies, 1953: ' * 1953: ''Saluti e baci'' * 1954 in the movies, 1954: ' * 1954: ' * 1954: ''Leguignon the Healer'' * 1955 in the movies, 1955: ' * 1956 in the movies, 1956: ' * 1957 in the movies, 1957: ' * 1957: ' * 1959 in the movies, 1959: ' * 1960 in the movies, 1960: ' * 1962 in the movies, 1962: ' * 1962: ' * 1963 in the movies, 1963: ' * 1963: ' * 1964 in the movies, 1964: ''Coplan Takes Risks'' * 1965: ''Code Name: Jaguar'' * 1967 in the movies, 1967: ''Casse-tête chinois pour le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saluti E Baci
''Saluti e baci'' is a Franco-Italian comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Labro and Giorgio Simonelli Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist. Life and career Born in Rome, Simonelli obtained a high school diploma in business stud ... and released in 1953. Synopsis In a village in Italy, a radio presenter, Carlo Mastelli, loses his hearing, and passes the microphone to Marina, the young teacher, who suggests launching an appeal whereby all listeners send postcards from their country to Tonino, a young student in danger. Artists and celebrities, mostly from Italy and France, take part in the appeal, and a number respond, which at the same time boosts the show's ratings, and brings great happiness to Carlo. Commentary ''Saluti e baci'' or ''Love and Kisses'', is a film which deals with charity appeals a long time before the humanitarian appeals of Band Aid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo Maria Del Colle
Ubaldo Maria Del Colle (27 June 1883 – 24 August 1958) was an Italian actor and film director. He directed more than one hundred films from 1911 to 1952. Selected filmography *'' L'Odissea'' (dir. Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan and Giuseppe De Liguoro, 1911), as actor *'' Jone or the Last Days of Pompeii'' (1913) *'' ...La bocca mi bacio tutto tremante'' (1919) *'' Tragic Carnival'' (1924) * ''New Moon'' (1925) *'' Star of the Sea'' (1928) *''Falsehood Deception or falsehood is an act or statement that misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept, or idea that is not true. It is often done for personal gain or advantage. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda and sleight o ...'' (1952) References External links * 1883 births 1958 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors 20th-century Italian male actors Italian film directors Male actors from Rome {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falsehood (1952 Film)
''Falsehood'' ( it, Menzogna) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film.Bayman p.32 Cast * Yvonne Sanson: Luisa Sanni * Irène Galter: Mariella * Alberto Farnese: Gianni * Folco Lulli: Rocco * Mario Ferrari: Padre di Mariella * Emma Baron: Maddalena * Enrica Dyrell: Capena * Tino Carraro: Fabrizio * Gualtiero Tumiati: Don Clemente * Enrico Olivieri: Cucciolo * Carletto Sposito: Brigadiere Oriani * Virgilio Riento: Brigadiere Sante * Roberto Murolo: Il pescatore cantante * Carlo Sposito Carlo Sposito (1 May 1924 – 9 September 1984) was an Italian character actor, sometimes credited as Carletto Sposito. Born in Palermo, he was among the most active actors in the post-war Italian genre cinema. He was also pretty active on stag ...: Il brigadiere Oriani References Bibliography * Bayman, Louis. ''The Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama''. Edinburgh University Press, 2014. External links * 1952 films 1952 drama films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-langu ... [...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) * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Marchesi
Marcello Marchesi (; 4 April 1912 – 19 July 1978) was an Italian author, screenwriter and film director. He wrote more than 60 films between 1939 and 1977. He also directed six films between 1951 and 1952. He was born in Milan and died in San Giovanni di Sinis, Cabras, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * ''Non me lo dire!'' (1940) * ''Schoolgirl Diary'' (1941) * '' Invisible Chains'' (1942) * '' The Lady Is Fickle'' (1942) * '' Labbra serrate'' (1942) * ''Stasera niente di nuovo'' (1942) * ''The Za-Bum Circus'' (1944) * ''The Whole City Sings'' (1945) * ''Toto Tours Italy'' (1948) * ''Fear and Sand'' (1948) * ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * ''Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * ''Little Lady'' (1949) * ''The Firemen of Viggiù'' (1949) * ''Adam and Eve'' (1949) * ''Totò Tarzan'' (1950) * ''The Dream of Zorro'' (1952) * ''Figaro Here, Figaro There'' (1950) * ''The Cadets of Gascony'' (1950) * ''The Knight Has Arrived!'' (1950) * ''Toto the Shei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marino Girolami
Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor. Biography Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a Professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of ''Campo de'fiori'' which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with ''La strada buia'', a variation on the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milano Miliardaria
''Milano miliardaria'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami, Marcello Marchesi and Vittorio Metz. Cast * Tino Scotti: Cavalier Luigi Pizzigoni * Isa Barzizza: Vittoria Pizzigoni * Franca Marzi: Italia Furioni * Dante Maggio: Peppino Avallone * Mario Carotenuto: Avvocato Amleto Furioni * Aroldo Tieri: Marito geloso * Giovanni Barrella: Comm. Fantini * Alberto Sorrentino: Oscar, il fotografo * Galeazzo Benti: Walter * Marsha Gayle: Corinna * Gipsy Kiss: Giovannina * Vera Carmi: Paola * Giovanni D'Anzi: Se stesso * Sofia Loren: Commessa del bar * Carlo Giuffré: Tifoso coi pomodori * Roberto Murolo: Himself * Giuseppe Meazza Giuseppe "Peppino" Meazza (; 23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979), also known as il Balilla, was an Italian football manager and player. Throughout his career, he played mainly for Inter Milan in the 1930s, scoring 242 goals in 365 games for the ...: Himself External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
