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Roberto Pregadio
Roberto Pregadio (6 December 1928 – 15 November 2010) was an Italian composer, conductor and TV-personality. Born in Catania and graduated in piano at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples, in 1960 Pregadio became a pianist in the RAI Light Music Orchestra.Enzo Giannelli. "Pregadio, Roberto". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. p. 1388. From the second half of the sixties, for about fifteen years, he composed and directed about fifty musical scores. In the 1980s he founded a jazz ensamble, the Sestetto Swing di Roma. As composer he was probably best known for the whistled musical score for the 1969 Spaghetti Western ''The Forgotten Pistolero'', that he composed with Franco Micalizzi and that was later used in several episodes of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. In Italy he was also well known as the partner of Corrado Mantoni, from 1968 to 1997, and later of Gerry Scotti until 2007, in the radio and TV show ''La corri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by the presence of important road and rail transport infrastructures as well as by the main airport in Sicily, fifth in Italy. It is located on Sicily's east coast, at the base of the active volcano, Mount Etna, and it faces the Ionian Sea. It is the capital of the 58-municipality region known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan city in Italy. The population of the city proper is 311,584, while the population of the Metropolitan City of Catania is 1,107,702. Catania was founded in the 8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks. The city has weathered multiple geologic catastrophes: it was almost completely destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169. A major eruption and lava flow from nearby Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciccio Forgives, I Don't : Barkeeper
''Ciccio perdona... Io no!'' (internationally known as ''Ciccio Forgives, I Don't'') is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Marcello Ciorciolini starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a Spaghetti Western parody of '' God Forgives... I Don't!''. Cast * Franco Franchi: Franco * Ciccio Ingrassia: Ciccio * Adriano Micantoni: Angel Face * Fernando Sancho: El Diablo * Mario Maranzana: Lightning * Gia Sandri: Calamity Jane * Luca Sportelli Luca Sportelli (11 March 1927 - 29 August 1999) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than one hundred films from 1964 to 1991. Selected filmography References External links * 1927 births 1999 deaths Italian male film actors< ... References External links * 1968 films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Experiment Camp
''SS Experiment Camp'' (also known as ''SS Experiment Love Camp''; original release title: ''Lager SSadis Kastrat Kommandantur'') is a 1976 Nazi exploitation film directed by Sergio Garrone. The plot concerns non-consensual sexual experimenting with female prisoners of a concentration camp run by Colonel von Kleiben (Giorgio Cerioni), a Nazi officer who needs a testicle transplant after being castrated by a Russian girl. It gained infamy in the 1980s for its controversial themes and a public advertising campaign that involved obscene, suggestive posters. The film was banned in some countries, including the United Kingdom, where the film was subject to prosecution as one of the films known as "video nasties"; a title used in the press and by campaigners that came to be used for a list of films that could be found obscene under the Obscene Publications Act. Cast * Mircha Carven as Helmut *Giorgio Cerioni as Col. Von Kleiben * Paola Corazzi as Mirelle * Giovanna Mainardi as * Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Malicious Age
''That Malicious Age'' (Italian: ''Quella età maliziosa'') is a 1975 Italian erotic drama film co-written and directed by Silvio Amadio. It features Nino Castelnuovo and Gloria Guida. Plot Napoleone (Castelnuovo) is an artist bored of his married life and applies to work as a gardener at a summer mansion. On his way to Elba, he meets an attractive teenage girl (Guida) who attempts to seduce him and when he gets to the mansion, he learns that she is Paola, his employers' daughter living with her mother (Anita Sanders) and stepfather (Silvio Amadio). The mother is soon attracted to Napoleone but he has a growing affection for Paola, fuelled by her flirtatious behavior and his passion eventually turns into violence against a mentally disturbed fisherman (Mimmo Palmara) courting Paola. Cast *Gloria Guida as Paola *Nino Castelnuovo as Napoleone *Anita Sanders as Paola's mother *Mimmo Palmara as Fisher *Andrea Aureli as Adolfo, the writer * Fabio Garriba Critical reception The film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious
''Peccati di gioventù'', internationally released as ''So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...'', is a 1975 Italian psychological drama/coming-of-age film directed by Silvio Amadio. The film stars Gloria Guida and Dagmar Lassander. Plot Angela is not satisfied with her father's choice for new wife Irene. Angela pretends to be nice with Irene, but privately does everything she can to damage her stepmother-to-be, starting by forcing her boyfriend (Sandro) on her, then when she realizes she is hiding a scandal from her past, schemes to start a lesbian relationship with her in which Sandro will take pictures to blackmail her. Cast * Gloria Guida as Angela Batrucchi * Dagmar Lassander as Irene * Silvano Tranquilli as Dr. Batrucchi * Fred Robsahm as Sandro Romagnoli * Dana Ghia See also * List of Italian films of 1975 A list of films produced in Italy in 1975 (see 1975 in film): Footnotes References * * * * External linksItalian films of 1975at the Internet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Minorenne
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catene (1974 Film)
''Catene'' is a 1974 Italian melodrama film directed by Silvio Amadio. The film is the remake of the 1949 top grossing film with the same title by Raffaello Matarazzo. It was a commercial failure, grossing about 60 million lire. Cast * Maurizio Merli as Alfio Capuano * Rosemary Dexter as Francesca * Mimmo Palmara as Giovanni * Marco Liofredi as Ricuccio * José Greci * Tuccio Musumeci Tuccio Musumeci (born 20 April 1934) is an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Catania, Musumeci started his career in the 1960s, performing in local cabarets and avanspettacolo companies.Santino Mirabella. ''In scena - conversa ... References External links * 1974 films Italian drama films Films directed by Silvio Amadio Remakes of Italian films Films scored by Roberto Pregadio 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Carries A Cane
''Death Carries a Cane'' (Italian title: ''Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio''/ ''Dance Steps on the Edge of a Razor''), is a 1973 Italian giallo film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux. It starred Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro and Luciano Rossi. The film was later released on video as ''The Tormentor'', ''Maniac at Large'', ''The Night of the Rolling Heads'' and ''Devil Blade''. (Pradeaux went on to direct another giallo, the 1977 ''Death Steps in the Dark''.) Plot Kitty (Susan Scott) is vactioning in Italy with her parents to again meet with her boyfriend Alberto (Robert Hoffmann). She tries the coin-operated binoculars and scans the city's buildings, when she sees an attack through a window. A woman is killed in her apartment by being stabbed to death by a killer in a black hat, glasses, and overcoat. She unfortunately runs out of time for the scope, so she tries again with anothet coin. She can only catch the house number, a peanut vendor, and a cleaning woman on the street wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smile Before Death
''Smile Before Death'' ( it, Il sorriso della iena/ translation: ''Smile of the Hyena'') is a 1972 Italian giallo film written and directed by Silvio Amadio, and starring Rosalba Neri. Plot Marco, a bankrupt nobleman, is unhappily married to the wealthy Dorothy Emerson. Her best friend, Gianna, is his mistress. Marco murders his wife (making it appear to be suicide by slashing her throat with a shard of glass) and becomes the administrator of his wife's estate, with the proviso that Nancy, Dorothy's daughter from a previous marriage, takes over control when she turns twenty. Marco has retired to live with Gianna in a luxurious lakeshore villa. Marco's daughter Nancy contacts him to notify him that she will be taking control of her mother's estate very soon. Nancy has been living in a boarding school for years and hadn't seen her mother for a long time. Gianna tries to encourage Marco to kill Nancy, since Marco's standard of living will drop severely once she takes over the estate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika (film)
''Erika'' is a 1971 Italian drama film directed by Filippo Walter Ratti and starring Pierre Brice, Patrizia Viotti and Carla Mancini.Curti p.43 The film grossed over 300 million lire on release, but was then banned due to alleged obscene content. It was shot at the Elios Studios in Rome and on location around Faleria in Lazio. It was shot back-to-back with '' The Night of the Damned'', using the same sets. The art direction was by Elio Balletti. Synopsis A free-spirited young German woman arrives to stay with an aristocratic family in Sicily, causing havoc to their lives. Cast * Pierre Brice as Renato Laurana * Patrizia Viotti as Erika * Giuseppe Fortis as Baron Giovanni Laurana * Carla Mancini Carla Mancini (born 21 April 1950) is an Italian film and television actress.Cox p.295 A graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia she made numerous appearances in films of the early 1970s. Selected filmography * '' Rough Justice'' (1 ... as Concettina * Bernard De V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paths Of War
''Paths of War'' ( it, Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra) is a 1970 Italian western-comedy film directed by Aldo Grimaldi starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot summary In 1858 in Italy, in Sicily, Franco and Ciccio defend the Bourbon army to prevent the unification of Italy built by Giuseppe Garibaldi. However, when the troops of Garibaldi defeated the Bourbons, Franco and Ciccio escape, taking refuge in a box, which is delivered in America. In the Far West, Franco and Ciccio find themselves involved in the American War of Independence against the Apache Indians. They, camouflage, disguise themselves first by warlike Americans, and then by Indian holy men, being able to save their skin. Cast * Franco Franchi: Franco * Ciccio Ingrassia: Ciccio * Stelvio Rosi: Martin * Renato Baldini: Jeff * Adler Gray: Lucy Foster * Joseph P. Persaud: Indian Chief * Alfredo Rizzo: Sgt. Douglas * Lino Banfi: Mormon * Luigi Bonos Luigi Bonos (1910–2000) was an Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco, Ciccio E Il Pirata Barbanera
''Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera'' (''Franco, Ciccio and Blackbeard the Pirate'') is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Is a parody of the 1883 adventure novel ''Treasure Island'' of Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Plot England, 1700: Franco is the illegitimate son of a pirate died at sea, and now he works as a waiter in a tavern. Ciccio is an unfortunate Capitan Black who tries to bring up his image as that of a great bloody killer. The two meet in a ship, where Franco discovers a map where there are directions to a mysterious island, where there's buried the treasure of the notorious pirate Flint. Ciccio then proposes to recruit a crew, and so doesn't realize that between the hubs and the people of the sea enters the dreaded pirate Blackbeard, who's seeking revenge, because years ago he helped Flint earning the coveted treasure... Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco * Ciccio Ingrassia as Capitan Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
