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Sergio Bruni
Sergio Bruni (stage name of Guglielmo Chianese; 15 September 1921 – 22 June 2003) was a popular Italian singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was often called "The Voice of Naples". He was born in the commune of Villaricca, near Naples, Italy. At nine years of age, he started attending a school of music. Two years later he was playing clarinet in a local band, which was his first experience as a musician. In 1938 the family moved to Chiaiano, where he started work as a labourer. In September 1943, while convalescing from the army at home, he heard of the uprising against German troops in Naples. With a number of acquaintances, he joined a group of volunteers to oppose the German army in the vicinity. While returning from an action he was seriously injured in a fire-fight with German soldiers, which left him with a permanent limp. After his release from hospital, he returned to studying music under Vittorio Parisi and had his singing debut at the Royal Theatre in Naples on 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villaricca
Villaricca, known until 17 May 1871 as Panicocoli (), is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italy, Italian region of Campania, located about 10 km northwest of Naples. It is the birthplace of popular Italian singer Sergio Bruni and the venerable physician and priest Vittorio De Marino. Geography Villaricca borders the following municipalities: Calvizzano, Giugliano in Campania, Marano di Napoli, Mugnano di Napoli, Qualiano and Quarto, Campania, Quarto. References External links Official website Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Hollywood cinema. He received seven Academy Awards (among 21 nominations), a BAFTA Award, the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or and two Golden Globe Awards. Wilder was born in Sucha Beskidzka, Austria-Hungary (the town is now in Poland). After moving to Berlin in his early adulthood, Wilder became a screenwriter. The rise of the Nazi Party and antisemitism in Germany saw him move to Paris. He then moved to Hollywood in 1934, and had a major hit when he, Charles Brackett and Walter Reisch wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award-nominated film ''Ninotchka'' (1939). Wilder established his directorial reputation and received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director with the film noir ''Double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Songwriters
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2003 Deaths
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1921 Births
Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks in two and sinks off Villa Garcia, Mexico, with the loss of 244 of the 300 people on board. * January 16 – The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa. * January 17 – The first recorded public performance of the illusion of "sawing a woman in half" is given by English stage magician P. T. Selbit at the Finsbury Park Empire variety theatre in London. * January 20 – British K-class submarine HMS K5, HMS ''K5'' sinks in the English Channel; all 57 on board are lost. * January 21 – The full-length Silent film, silent comedy drama film ''The Kid (1921 film), The Kid'', written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: '' Sciuscià'' and '' Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary), while '' Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'', and '' Il giardino dei Finzi Contini'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Indeed, the great critical success of ''Sciuscià'' (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and ''Bicycle Thieves'' helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Award. These two films are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. ''Bicycle Thieves'' was deemed the greatest film of all time by '' Sight & Sound'' magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1952, and was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Viaggio (film 1974)
''The Voyage'' (; also released as ''The Journey'') is a 1974 romantic drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica, based on the short story ''Il viaggio'' by Luigi Pirandello. It was De Sica's final film. Plot Set in Sicily in the years leading up to World War I, Adriana De Mauro loves Cesar Braggi, but Cesar, honoring his father's dying wish, allows his brother Antonio to marry her. As fate wills, Antonio dies in an automobile accident. Adriana's mourning for Antonio ends when Cesar steps in to rekindle her lust of life. Soon, Adriana begins having dizzy spells. Cesar brings her to a specialist, and she is diagnosed with having an incurable disease. For the rest of their time together, Cesar woos Adriana and eventually proposes to her on a gondola. Yet Signora De Mauro, Adriana's mother, is not pleased with the relationship and argues bitterly with Cesar and stands in the way. Cast * Sophia Loren as Adriana de Mauro * Richard Burton as Cesare Braggi * Ian Bannen as Antonio Braggi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avanti!
''Avanti!'' (; Italian interjection – 'come in!') is a 1972 comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on Samuel A. Taylor's play, which had a short run for the 1968 Broadway season.''Avanti!'' on the Internet Broadway Database It was co-produced by Wilder and Diamond's Phalanx Productions and Lemmon's Jalem Productions. The film follows a businessman attempting to recover the body of his father from . I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of Naples, province-level municipality is the third most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,958,410 residents, and the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. Naples metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately . Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, 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 () was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Capuano
Luigi Capuano (13 July 1904 – 20 October 1979) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, he directed 43 films between 1947 and 1971. He sometimes used the pseudonym Lewis King. Biography Luigi Capuano was born on July 13, 1904 and served as a pilot during World War II. After returning from the war, he worked as a sports journalist. Selected filmography * ''Vertigine d'amore'' (1949) * ''Flying Squadron (film), Flying Squadron'' (1949) * ''Stormbound'' (1950) * ''The Lovers of Ravello'' (1951) * ''What Price Innocence? (1952 film), What Price Innocence?'' (1952) * ''Beauties in Capri'' (1952) * ''Tragic Ballad (film), Tragic Ballad'' (1954) * ''Letter from Naples'' (1954) * ''New Moon (1955 film), New Moon'' (1955) * ''Mermaid of Naples'' (1956) * ''The Knight of the Black Sword'' (1956) * ''Serenata a Maria'' (1957) * ''Il Conte di Matera'' (1957) * ''World of Miracles'' (1959) * ''Queen of the Pirates'' (1960) * ''Terror of the Red Mask'' (1960) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenata A Maria
''Serenata a Maria'' (literally "Serenade for Maria") is a 1957 Italian musical melodrama film co-written and directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Maria Fiore and Sergio Bruni."Serenata a Maria". ''Segnalazioni Cinematografiche'', vol. XLII. 1957. Trama When Stefano Apicella, after having completed his studies at a music conservatory with the help of an uncle, returns to the town, he finds that the creditors are seizing his uncle's boats. Fortunately, a friend of Stefano's, the painter Pasqualino, with a brilliant cheat, saves the situation. In the village Stefano meets Maria, for whom he had a tender feeling in other times, and little by little love is rekindled between the two. But during Stefano's absence, Maria met Renato, an unscrupulous man who deceived her and made her a mother, and now threatens a scandal, thus forcing Maria to leave the country. In the meantime Stefano has put together an orchestra and the success brought back to town leads him to move with his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
