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Short Circuit (1943 Film)
''Short Circuit'' (Italian: ''Cortocircuito'') is a 1943 Italian thriller film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Vivi Gioi, Umberto Melnati and Guglielmo Barnabò. The film was made at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. It is one of several films considered as a possible precursor to the giallo genre.Moliterno p.150 Plot Cast * Vivi Gioi as Cristina Redy * Umberto Melnati as Ugo Redy, suo marito * Guglielmo Barnabò as Il gionalista Saverio Funk * Bianca Doria as Eva Fredy * Lauro Gazzolo as L'editore Isidoro Storch * Gilda Marchiò as La signora Ipanoff * Giacomo Moschini as Il commissario Plunk * Egisto Olivieri as Il professore Ermanno Heker * Gualtiero Isnenghi as Il dottor Besson * Mario Besesti as Gruner, l'aiuntante del commissario * Enzo Biliotti as Il barone Von Springher * Dina Perbellini as La contessa * Mirka Bereny as L'infermiera * Dino Di Luca as Il primo giocatore di scacchi * Gerardo Frossi as Un domestico della clinica * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Gentilomo
Giacomo Gentilomo (5 April 1909 – 16 April 2001) was an Italian film director and painter. Biography Born in Trieste, at very young age Gentilomo moved to Rome, where at 21 years old he entered the cinema industry, working as a script survivor and an assistant director. Active between 1933 and 1937 as a film editor, in 1939 he debuted as a director with ''Il Carnevale di Venezia''. In 1945 his film ''O sole mio'' got critical acclaim, but later his career was mainly devoted to genre films, and failed to achieve significant critical interest. Dissatisfied with cinema, in the mid-1960s Gentilomo decided to abandon films and to fulfill his passion for painting. Filmography * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (directed by Nunzio Malasomma, 1934) * '' I Love You Only'' (directed by Mario Mattoli, 1935) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * ''White Amazons'' (1936) * '' Sinfonia di Roma'' (1937, short) * ''Condottieri'' (directed by Luis Trenker, 1937) * ''The Carnival of Venice'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Doria
Bianca Doria (22 September 1915 – 2 February 1985) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films during her career. She appeared in the 1963 peplum ''Hercules Against the Mongols''.Hughes, Howard. ''Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult''. I.B. Tauris, 2011. p. 35. She was married to director Alberto Doria. Life and career Born in San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Doria studied music, painting and sculpture since young age. She made her critical acclaimed film debut in '' Piccolo hotel'', which premiered at the 1939 Venice International Film Festival and got reviews in which she was paired to Katharine Hepburn. Following the overthrow of Benito Mussolini's government in 1943 she and her husband went to work in the film industry of the pro-German Italian Social Republic in Venice, for which she was criticized after the Second World War ended. In the following years she was mainly cast in character roles, and occasionally worked on stage and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Notari
Guido Notari (10 May 1893 - 21 January 1957) was an Italian actor and radio presenter. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1939 to 1956. Filmography References External links * 1893 births 1957 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Guerzoni
Fausto Guerzoni (1904–1967) was an Italian film actor.Freire-Medeiros p.193 A character actor, he appeared in Italian films in supporting roles from the mid-1930s. Selected filmography * ''Cavalry'' (1936) * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * '' Star of the Sea'' (1938) * '' All of Life in One Night'' (1938) * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) * ''Diamonds'' (1939) * ''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' Backstage'' (1939) * '' The Thrill of the Skies'' (1940) * ''Lucky Night'' (1941) * ''The King's Jester'' (1941) * '' Idyll in Budapest'' (1941) * ''A Husband for the Month of April'' (1941) * ''A Garibaldian in the Convent'' (1942) * ''Short Circuit'' (1943) * ''L'abito nero da sposa'' (1945) * ''Unknown Man of San Marino'' (1946) * ''The Great Dawn'' (1947) * ''Bicycle Thieves'' (1948) * ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * '' Altura'' (1949) * ''Tragic Spell'' (1951) * ''His Last Twelve Hours'' (1951) * ''Mamma Mia, What an Impression!'' (1951) * ''Frontier Wolf'' (1952 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisa Garella
Luisa Garella is an Italian former film actress who appeared in a number of films during the Fascist era.Goble p.179 Her birth year has been given as both 1913 and 1921. Selected filmography * ''The Matchmaker'' (1934) * ''The Man Who Smiles'' (1936) * ''Joe the Red'' (1936) * ''The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * ''Scampolo'' (1941) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) * '' Grattacieli'' (1943) * ''Short Circuit A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or very low electrical impedance. This results in an excessive current flowing through the circuit ...'' (1943) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 20th-century births Year of death unknown Italian film actresses Actresses from Florence {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerardo Frossi
Gerardo may refer to: People Given name Gerardo is the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of the male given name Gerard. * Gerardo Amarilla (born 1969), Uruguayan politician * Gerardo Bonilla (born 1975), Puerto Rican-born professional race car driver * Gerardo Carrera Piñera (born 1987), Spanish professional footballer, usually simply Gerardo * Gerardo Diego (1896–1987), Spanish poet * Gerardo García León (born 1974), Spanish footballer * Gerardo Greco (born 1966), Italian journalist * Gerardo Herrero (born 1953), Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer * Gerardo de León (1913–1981), Filipino actor and film director * Gerardo Machado (1871–1939), President of Cuba * Gerardo Martino (born 1962), retired Argentine footballer and current manager * Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (1897–1948), Uruguayan musician, composer and journalist * Gerardo Mejía (born 1965), Ecuadorian-born musician, known as Gerardo * Gerardo Miranda (born 1956), retired Spanish footballer, usu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Di Luca
Dino Di Luca (5 May 1903 - 11 May 1991), also billed as Dino Diluca, was a leading Italian actor of both stage, screen and television. He was active in both Italy and the United States of America from the 1930s through the 1960s. Biography Dino Di Luca was born in Livorno, Italy and received critical acclaim for his performances opposite the American actress Shirley Booth in the dramatic Broadway production of ''The Time of the Cuckoo'' at the Empire Theatre, with the Italian-American accordionist John Serry Sr. in New York City (1952 -1953).''The New York Times'', 16 October 1952, pg. 37 He also achieved credit for his performances in the musical '' House of Flowers'', which was based on the book by Truman Capote and was produced at the Alvin Theatre (1954 - 1955). As a writer, Di Luca is also credited with his early work on the film '' Il Su Destino'' (1938). In later years during the 1950s, Di Luca appeared frequently on various American television productions including: '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Bereny
Mirka ( ar, مِركة) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located Southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,555 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. History Just southeast of the village (at grid 172/199) is a site where sherds mainly from the Persian era have been found. Pottery sherds from the early and late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and Medieval eras have been found at the village site. Ottoman era Mirka, like all of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. In the 1596 tax registers, it was part of the ''nahiya'' ("subdistrict") of Jabal ''Sami'', part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 9 households, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, a press for olive oil or grape syrup, in addition to occasional re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dina Perbellini
Dina Perbellini (14 January, 1901–2 April, 1984) was an Italian actress. She appeared in over sixty films and television series between 1934 and 1969 and was also a leading voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy. She made her film debut in the 1934 school comedy ''Seconda B''.Reich & Garofalo p.154 Partial filmography * ''Seconda B'' (1934) - Professorina Vanni * '' Three Cornered Hat'' (1935) - Donna Dolores, moglie del governatore * ''Le scarpe al sole'' (1935) - La moglie di Bepo * ''Ginevra degli Almieri'' (1936) * ''Amore'' (1936) - Luisa * ''The Castiglioni Brothers'' (1937) - Berta * '' It Was I!'' (1937) - Signora in villeggiatura * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''Il conte di Brechard'' (1938) * ''La sposa dei re'' (1938) - La signora Clary * ''Crispino e la comare'' (1938) - La comare * ''The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) - La contessa Scoperlati * ''Il barone di Corbò'' (1939) - Didone * ''Mad Animals'' (1939) - La direttrice dell'ospedale de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Biliotti
Enzo Biliotti (28 June 1887 – 19 November 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1916 and 1958. He was born in Livorno, Italy and died in Bologna, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Betrothed'' (1923) * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' I Love You Only'' (1935) * ''Bayonet'' (1936) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''I Want to Live with Letizia'' (1938) * '' Piccolo mondo antico'' (1939) * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * '' Backstage'' (1939) * '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?'' (1939) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * '' The Pirate's Dream'' (1940) * '' Non me lo dire!'' (1940) * '' Two on a Vacation'' (1940) * '' Piccolo mondo antico'' (1941) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * '' The Betrothed'' (1941) * '' Don Cesare di Bazan'' (1942) * ''The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942) * '' Malombra'' (1942) * ''Short Circuit'' (1943) * ''Two He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Besesti
Mario Besesti (20 November 1894 – 21 June 1968) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Besesti began a career acting on stage and screen in 1932. He made his film debut in 1938 and among his most popular filmography includes the 1949 film ''The Mill on the Po''. Besesti was also well known as a voice dubber. Because of his strong voice and large build, he usually dubbed actors with the same stature such as Charles Laughton, Edward Arnold, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Coburn and many more. Besesti was considered to be one of Italy's most significant, well-known dubbers during the Golden Ages. He worked for the Cooperativa Doppiatori Cinematografici and made collaborations with other dubbers which included Gualtiero De Angelis, Lauro Gazzolo, Carlo Romano, Wanda Tettoni and Nino Pavese. Besesti was also active in the Italian dubs of some of the early Disney animated films. He dubbed Stromboli in ''Pinocchio'', The Huntsman in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gualtiero Isnenghi
Gualtiero is the name of: * Gualtiero Bassetti (born 1942), Italian prelate * Gualtiero Calboli (born 1932), Italian classicist and linguist * Gualtiero De Angelis (1899–1980), Italian actor and voice actor * Gualtiero Driussi (1920–1996), Italian politician and syndicalist * Gualtiero Giori (1913–1992), Italian security printer and inventor * Gualtiero Jacopetti (1919–2011), Italian documentary film director * Gualtiero Marchesi (1930–2017), Italian chef * Gualtiero Negrini (born 1961), American conductor, filmmaker, singer, actor, director and vocal coach * Gualtiero Piccinini (born 1970), Italian-American philosopher * Gualtiero Tumiati (1876–1971), Italian actor and stage director * Gualtiero Zanolini, volunteer member of the World Scout Committee See also * Walter of Palearia Walter of Palear (or Palearia, also Gualtiero da Pagliaria; died 1229 or 1231) was the chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily under Queen Constance and the Emperor Henry VI. He was also the bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
