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Sleeping Beauty (1942 Film)
''Sleeping Beauty'' (Italian: ''La bella addormentata'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Chiarini and starring Luisa Ferida, Amedeo Nazzari and Osvaldo Valenti.Moliterno p.80 The film was screened at the 1942 Venice Film Festival. It is based on a 1919 play by Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. Cast * Luisa Ferida as Carmela * Amedeo Nazzari as Salvatore detto 'Il Nero della solfara' * Osvaldo Valenti as Don Vincenzo Caramandola * Teresa Franchini as Zia Agata * Pina Piovani as Nunziata * Margherita Bossi as Donna Concetta, la barista * Giovanni Dolfini as Isidoro * Guido Celano as Lo solfataro * Angelo Dessy as Un altro solfataro * Fiorella Betti as Erminia detta "Pepespezie" * Gildo Bocci Gildo Bocci (1 September 1886 – 22 July 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1913 and 1959. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * ''Messalina'' (1924) - Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Chiarini
Luigi Chiarini (20 June 1900 – 12 November 1975) was an Italian film theorist, essayist, screenwriter and film director. Life and career Born in Rome, Chiarini wrote extensively about film theory and in 1935 he founded the drama school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He later founded and directed the Centro's official journal ''Bianco e Nero'' and the magazine ''Rivista del cinema italiano''.Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. pp. 79-80. In 1961 he was appointed the first chair of film studies in Italy, at the University of Pisa. Between 1963 and 1968 Chiarini served as artistic director of the Venice International Film Festival. He was also on the jury of the 1937 Venice Film Festival and the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography Director * ''Street of the Five Moons'' (1942) * ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1942) * ''The Innkeeper'' (1944) * '' Last Love'' (1947) * ''Pact with the Devil'' (1950) Screenwriter * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calligrafismo
Calligrafismo (, "caligraphism") is an Italian style of filmmaking relating to some films made in Italy in the first half of the 1940s and endowed with an expressive complexity that isolates them from the general context. Calligrafismo is in a sharp contrast to Telefoni Bianchi-American style comedies and is rather Imitation (art), artistic, highly Formalism (art), formalistic, Expressionism, expressive in complexity and deals mainly with contemporary literary material, above all the pieces of Italian Realism (arts), realism from authors like Corrado Alvaro, Ennio Flaiano, Emilio Cecchi, Francesco Pasinetti, Vitaliano Brancati, Mario Bonfantini and Umberto Barbaro. Main characteristics The dominant feature in this heterogeneous corpus of films is the desire to compete with cinema on a European level by affirming the expressive autonomy of cinema with respect to the other arts and, at the same time, the possibility of comparing it on an equal footing with them through a style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Films Based On Plays
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Films Directed By Luigi Chiarini
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Italian-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Drama Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Drama Films
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1942 Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on November 5, 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III. It was the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of ...: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gildo Bocci
Gildo Bocci (1 September 1886 – 22 July 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1913 and 1959. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * ''Messalina'' (1924) - Apollonio * ''Quo Vadis'' (1924) - Vittelius * ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) - Diomede * ''Da Icaro a de Pinedo'' (1927) * ''Boccaccesca'' (1928) * ''The Storyteller of Venice'' (1929) * ''Maratona'' (1929) - Giovanne, Il Massaggiatore * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) - Il regista * ''L'avvocato difensore'' (1935) - Angelo * ''Ho perduto mio marito'' (1939) * '' Dora Nelson'' (1940) - Pasquale, il tassista * ''Arditi civili'' (1940) - Il vigile del fuoco a riposo Checco Focone * ''Validità giorni dieci'' (1940) - Il cuoco dell'albergo Mondiale * ''The Palace on the River'' (1940) - Un terzo barbone * ''Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * ''La donna perduta'' (1940) - Galileo * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) - Il capitano delle guardie * ''L'uomo del romanzo'' (1940) - Il fattore * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiorella Betti
Fiorella Betti (1927–2001) was an Italian actress.Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi. ''I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944''. Gremese Editore, 2005. p.56. She was also a voice actress, dubbing a number of actresses in postwar Italian films. Born Delia Betti in Rome, she debuted at very young age, and is best known for the lead role in Camillo Mastrocinque's '' Lost in the Dark''. In the 1950s she focused her career on dubbing, lending her voice to Hollywood stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood and Jean Simmons. Selected filmography * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1942) * '' The Champion'' (1943) * '' Lost in the Dark'' (1947) * ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * ''Tragic Spell'' (1951) * ''VIP my Brother Superman ''VIP my Brother Superman'' ( it, VIP, mio fratello superuomo), often known in English as ''The SuperVips'', is a 1968 Italian animated film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of superheroes and enjoyed a goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Dessy
Angelo Dessy (10 July 1907 - 17 January 1983) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1940 to 1974. Filmography References External links * 1907 births 1983 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Celano
Guido Celano (19 April 1904 – 7 March 1988) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two Spaghetti Westerns: '' Cold Killer'' and '' Gun Shy Piluk''. He was born in Francavilla al Mare, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography *'' Rotaie'' (1929, directed by Mario Camerini) *''La scala'' (1931, directed by Gennaro Righelli) *'' The Charmer'' (1931, directed by Guido Brignone) *''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) *''Palio'' (1932, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) *''The Blue Fleet'' (1932, directed by Gennaro Righelli) *'' My Little One'' (1933) *'' Squadrone bianco'' (1936, directed by Augusto Genina) *''Music in the Square'' (1936, directed by Mario Mattoli) *''The Black Corsair'' (1937, directed by Amleto Palermi) *'' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) *''Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) *''Pietro Micca'' (1938) *''The Silent Partner'' (1939) *''Jeanne Doré'' (1939, directed by Mario Bonnard) *'' Le sorpre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
