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Rosina Galli (actress)
Rosina Fiorini Galli (August 10. 1906 – December 3, 1969) was an Italian film actress in Hollywood. Early years Galli was born in Venice and was a member of "a typical Italian theatrical family". She began performing as a child. Career Galli was an Italian character actress who worked in Hollywood between the mid-1930s and the mid-1940s, where she performed in about 40 films. She appeared with Clark Gable in ''They Met in Bombay'' (1941) and played Christine's maid in ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1943). The actress also portrayed the friendly wife of J. Carrol Naish in '' Star in the Night'' (1945), an Academy-Award-winning short film by Don Siegel. Through her accent she frequently played motherly characters of Italian or Spanish descent, mostly in small roles. Afterwards Galli returned to Italy where she also played in three other movies until 1950. She also worked as the Italian dubbing voice for actresses like Joan Crawford, Marie Dressler, and Myrna Loy. Rosina Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). In 2020, around 258,685 people resided in greater Venice or the ''Comune di Venezia'', of whom around 55,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Adri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (1938 Film)
''Blockade'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, and Leo Carrillo. Premise During the Spanish Civil War a farmer takes up arms to fight for the Republican side. Cast * Madeleine Carroll as Norma * Henry Fonda as Marco * Leo Carrillo as Luis * John Halliday as Andre Gallinet * Vladimir Sokoloff as Basil * Robert Warwick as General Vallejo * Reginald Denny as Edward Grant * Peter Godfrey as Magician * Fred Kohler as Pietro * Carlos De Valdez as Major del Rio * Nick Thompson as Seppo * William B. Davidson as Commandant * Katherine DeMille Katherine Lester DeMille (born Katherine Paula Lester; June 29, 1911 – April 27, 1995) was a Canadian-born American actress who played 25 credited film roles from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. The adopted daughter of director Cecil B. De ... as Cabaret Girl Release The film had a loss of $135,672. References External links * * 1938 films Spanish Civil War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Thing Called Love (1940 Film)
''This Thing Called Love'' is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas as newlyweds with an odd arrangement: the wife insists on not sleeping together for a trial period. It is the second film adaptation of the play of the same name by Edwin Burke: the 1929 version, which shares the same title, is believed to be lost. The film was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency as "contrary to the Christian concept of marriage". Cast *Rosalind Russell as Ann Winters *Melvyn Douglas as Tice Collins *Binnie Barnes as Charlotte Campbell *Allyn Joslyn as Harry Bertrand *Gloria Dickson as Florence Bertrand *Lee J. Cobb as Julio Diestro *Gloria Holden as Genevieve Hooper * Paul McGrath as Gordon Daniels *Leona Maricle as Ruth Howland (as Leona Maride) *Don Beddoe as Tom Howland * Rosina Galli as Mrs. Diestro *Sig Arno as Arno See also *List of films condemned by the Legion of Decency This is a list of films condemne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl From God's Country
''Girl from God's Country'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Sidney Salkow and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Robert Lee Johnson and Elizabeth Meehan. The film stars Chester Morris, Jane Wyatt, Charles Bickford, Ray Mala, Kate Drain Lawson and John Bleifer. The film was released on July 30, 1940, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast *Chester Morris as Jim Holden aka Dr. Gary Currier *Jane Wyatt as Anne Webster *Charles Bickford as Bill Bogler *Ray Mala as Joe *Kate Drain Lawson as Koda *John Bleifer as Ninimook *Mamo Clark as Mrs. Bearfat Tillicoot *Ferike Boros as Mrs. Broken Thumb *Don Zelaya as Tom Broken Thumb *Clem Bevans as Ben *Edward Gargan as Poker Player *Spencer Charters as Dealer *Thomas E. Jackson as Poker Player *Victor Potel as Barber *Si Jenks as Trapper *Gene Morgan Gene Morgan (March 12, 1893 – August 13, 1940) was an American actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1926 and 1941. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin, United States, and died in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Not So Tough
''You're Not So Tough'' is a 1940 Universal Studios drama film directed by Joe May and starring ''Dead End Kids'' and the '' Little Tough Guys'' and was the first in the series where Billy Halop and Huntz Hall weren't billed in the opening credits before the ''Dead End Kids'' name. Plot The Dead End Kids ride a freight train through California. After the kids get arrested for vagrancy, members Tom and Pig are hired to work on a ranch owned by kindly Mama Posito. Tom learns that Posito hasn't seen her son in years, but believes that he may still be alive. In an attempt to steal her money, Tom decides to pose as her son. However, Posito's soon gets the best of Tom, and he decides to stay with her for love, rather than for greed. Cast The Dead End Kids * Billy Halop - Tommy Abraham Lincoln * Huntz Hall - Albert 'Pig' * Gabriel Dell - String * Bernard Punsly - Ape * Bobby Jordan - Rap The Little Tough Guys * Hally Chester - Second Newsboy * Harris Berger - Jake, a Worker * David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Can't Fool Your Wife
''You Can't Fool Your Wife'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Jerome Cady. The film stars Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Robert Coote, Virginia Vale, Emma Dunn and Elaine Shepard. The film was released on May 21, 1940, by RKO Pictures. Plot Young married couple Andrew Hinklin and Clara Hinklin née Fields, were college sweethearts, but they have started to feel that their lives are unexciting and unmotivated. Their marriage is not helped by Clara's opinionated mother living with them in their small one-bedroom apartment. Clara wishes that their life would be a little more exciting as Andrew said on their honeymoon that their married life would be. Her wish takes an unexpected turn when Andrew, at work, is assigned to show the visiting Mr. Battingcourt Jr. - the younger half of the head of their London office and who is the majority shareholder of their accounting firm - a good time while he's in the US. "Batty" as he is affectionately called by h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Take This Woman (1940 Film)
''I Take This Woman'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. Based on the short story "A New York Cinderella" by Charles MacArthur, the film is about a young woman who attempted suicide in reaction to a failed love affair. The doctor who marries her attempts to get her to love him by abandoning his clinic services to the poor to become a physician to the rich so he can pay for her expensive lifestyle. Plot On the way to New York in a ship, a famous psychiatrist, Dr. Karl Decker (Spencer Tracy), sees a young girl, Georgi (Hedy Lamarr) attempting suicide by jumping from the top because of a failed romance with Phil Mayberry (Kent Taylor). The doctor rescues her and makes her understand how to live by doing real work. After reaching New York, she visits the doctor and joins him in his practice at a clinic for the poor. They fall in love and marry. The doctor leaves his clinic and joins a famous hospital so that he can ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape To Paradise
''Escape to Paradise'' is a 1939 American film directed by Erle C. Kenton. Plot Jaded playboy Richard Fleming travels to the South American nation of Rosarita. Through his motorcycle riding guide Roberto he discovers true love and a career as a Yerba mate exporter. Cast *Bobby Breen as Roberto Ramos *Kent Taylor as Richard Fleming *Marla Shelton as Juanita *Rudolph Anders as Alexander Komac *Joyce Compton as Penelope Carter * Pedro de Cordoba as Don Miguel * Rosina Galli as Brigida, the Dueña *Anna Demetrio as Señora Ramos, Roberto's Mother *Francisco Marán as Perez *Carlos Villarías as Gonzales * Frank Yaconelli as Manuel, the Taxi Driver Soundtrack * "Tra-La-La" (Music by Nilo Menendez Nilo may refer to: * Nilo (name) * Nilo, Cundinamarca, a town in Colombia See also * Nilo-Saharan languages * Nilo Rukundpur, a village in Patepur Tehsil, Vaishali, Bihar, India * Nilo Syrtis, a region just north of Syrtis Major Planum on Mars ..., lyrics by Eddie Cherkose) * "Rhythm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Housekeeper's Daughter
''The Housekeeper's Daughter'' is a 1939 comedy film directed and produced by Hal Roach. The film stars Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou and John Hubbard. The screenplay was written by Rian James, Gordon Douglas, Jack Jevne and Claude Martin, based on a novel by Donald Henderson Clarke. It was the film debut of Victor Mature. Plot Hilda is fed up with her life as a gun moll to gangster Floyd and visits her mother, housekeeper for the cultured Randall family. Professor Randall and his wife go on vacation, leaving behind sheltered son Robert to embark upon a career as a reporter at Hilda's urging. Soon after, Benny, a feeble-minded flower vendor, follows showgirl Gladys Fontaine when Floyd forces her to join him on his houseboat to take Hilda's place. Fearing for Gladys' safety, Benny poisons a cup of coffee intended for the gangster, but Gladys drinks it instead. Benny watches in horror as Floyd tosses the dead girl's body into the river. The next morning, Robert reads about Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rains Came
''The Rains Came'' is a 1939 20th Century Fox film based on an American novel by Louis Bromfield (published in June 1937 by Harper & Brothers). The film was directed by Clarence Brown and stars Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce, and Maria Ouspenskaya. A remake of the film was released in 1955 under the name ''The Rains of Ranchipur''. Plot The story centers on the redemption of its lead female character, Lady Edwina Esketh. Tom Ransome is an artist who leads a rather dissolute, if socially active life in the fictional town of Ranchipur, India. His routine is shattered with the arrival of his former lover, Lady Edwina Esketh, who has since married the elderly Lord Esketh. Lady Edwina first sets out to seduce, then gradually falls in love with, Major Rama Safti who represents the "new India." Ranchipur is devastated by an earthquake, which causes a flood, which causes a cholera epidemic. Lord Esketh dies and Lady Esketh renounces her hedonistic l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing Daughters (1939 Film)
''Missing Daughters'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Richard Arlen, Rochelle Hudson, and Marian Marsh. Plot Kay Roberts comes to see radio crime commentator Wally King after the death of Josie, her sister and wife. Josie left home to become a nightclub hostess, only to fall victim to a series of murders covering up a slavery racket. Wally goes undercover to investigate with the police department's consent after disparaging their work on his radio program. Kay also takes a job as a cigarette girl, hoping to help Wally with his work. The nightclub's owner figures out what Wally is up to and is about to kill him when Capt. McGraw of the police intervenes, just in time. Cast * Richard Arlen as Wally * Rochelle Hudson as Kay * Marian Marsh as Josie Lamonte * Isabel Jewell as Peggy * Edward Raquello as Lucky Rogers * Dick Wessel as Brick McGirk * Eddie Kane as Nick * Wade Boteler as Capt. McGraw * Don Beddoe as Al Farrow * Claire Rochell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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