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Teresa Franchini
Teresa Franchini (19 September 1877 – 11 August 1972) was an Italian stage and film actress. She was a leading lady of the theatre in her youth, appearing in the first Italian staging of Oscar Wilde's '' Lady Windermere's Fan'' in 1905. Beginning in 1935, she played supporting roles in around twenty films. Biography Teresa Franchini was born on 19 September 1877 in Torre Pedrera di Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1942), ''Tormento'' (1950), and ''Chains'' (1949). She was married to Mario Fumagalli (1904-1936). She died on 11 August 1972 in Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna. Selected filmography * '' Lorenzino de' Medici'' (1935) * ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1942) * '' Street of the Five Moons'' (1942) * ''Souls in Turmoil'' (1942) * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * ''Chains'' (1949) * '' Torment'' (1950) * '' Nobody's Children'' (1951) * '' Who is Without Sin'' (1952) * ''Lieutenant Giorgio'' (1952) * ''Torna!'' (1953) * ''Sins o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torre Pedrera Di Rimini
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Torment (1950 Italian Film)
''Torment'' (Italian: ''Tormento'') is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson and Annibale Betrone.Bayman p.10 The film's sets were designed by Ottavio Scotti. It was part of a group of popular melodramas featuring Nazzari and Sanson that were released in the post-war years. Cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Carlo Guarnieri * Yvonne Sanson as Anna Ferrari * Annibale Betrone as Gaetano Ferrari * Mario Ferrari as L'avvocato Bianchi * Teresa Franchini as Rosina * Tina Lattanzi as Matilde Ferrari * Aldo Nicodemi as Ruffini * Giuditta Rissone as Madre Celeste * Vittorio Sanipoli as Rossi, un socio di Carlo * Roberto Murolo as Enzo Sandri * Rosalia Randazzo as Pinuccia * Rita Livesi Rita Livesi (born 1915) is an Italian stage and film actress. She is known for Amore amaro (1974), Il berretto a sonagli (1985) and La ragazza del vagone letto (1979). Selected filmography * '' Cavalry'' (1936) * '' Adam's T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Actresses
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1972 Deaths
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 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 * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1877 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed '' Empress of India'' by the '' Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876 – Battle of Wolf Mountain: Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana. * January 20 – The Conference of Constantinople ends, with Ottoman Turkey rejecting proposals of internal reform and Balkan provisions. * January 29 – The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of disaffected samurai in Japan, breaks out against the new imperial government; it lasts until September, when it is crushed by a professionally led army of draftees. * February 17 – Major General Charles George Gordon of the British Army is appointed Governor-General of the Sudan. * March – '' The Nineteenth Century'' magazine is founded in London. * March 2 – Compromise of 1877 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noi Peccatori
''Noi peccatori'' (i.e. "We, sinners") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Yvonne Sanson. Plot Cast * Yvonne Sanson as Lucia * Steve Barclay as Stefano * Tamara Lees as Fausta *Carletto Sposito as Francesco *Marc Lawrence as Camillo * Evi Maltagliati as Lucia's Mother * Bella Starace Sainati as Donna Assunta *Gualtiero Tumiati as Don Quirino * Aldo Silvani as Don Antonio *Mario Ferrari as Rinaldi *Turi Pandolfini as Collega *Teresa Franchini as First Nun * Anita Durante as Second Nun * Nino Marchesini as Hospital Director *Attilio Dottesio Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985. Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success ... as Doctor * Sandro Bianchi as Police Commissioner References External links * Italian drama films 1953 drama films Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sins Of Rome
''Sins of Rome'' ( it, Spartaco) is a 1953 historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and loosely based on the life story of Spartacus. The rights of film's negatives and copies were bought by the producers of Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film ''Spartacus'', as to prevent eventual new releases of the film that could have damaged the commercial outcome of Kubrick’s film; this resulted in ''Sins of Romes withdrawal from market for about thirty years. Cast *Massimo Girotti as Spartacus * Ludmilla Tchérina as Amitis * Gianna Maria Canale as Sabina * Yves Vincent as Ocnomas *Carlo Ninchi as Marcus Licinius Crassus *Carlo Giustini as Artorige *Teresa Franchini as Spartacus's Mother *Vittorio Sanipoli as Marcus Virilius Rufus * Umberto Silvestri as Lentulus *Renato Baldini as Gladiator *Nerio Bernardi * Cesare Bettarini Release ''Sins of Rome'' was distributed in Italy as ''Spartaco'' by A.P.I. on January 28, 1953. The film grossed a total of 450 million Italian lire Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna!
''Torna!'' (i.e. "Come Back!") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson. Plot Cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Roberto Varesi * Yvonne Sanson as Susanna *Franco Fabrizi as Giacomo Marini * Enrica Dyrell as Viviana * Giovanna Scotto as Antonia * Liliana Gerace as Luisa * Maria Grazia Sandri as Lidia * Teresa Franchini as Reverend Mother * Olinto Cristina as Attorney *Rita Livesi Rita Livesi (born 1915) is an Italian stage and film actress. She is known for Amore amaro (1974), Il berretto a sonagli (1985) and La ragazza del vagone letto (1979). Selected filmography * ''Cavalry'' (1936) * '' Adam's Tree'' (1936) * ''Th ... as Governess * Giulio Tomasini as Vittorio * Giorgio Capecchi as Lawyer Antonio Mezzara * Nino Marchesini as Notary References External links * Italian drama films 1953 drama films 1953 films Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo Melodrama films 1950s Italian films< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Giorgio
''Lieutenant Giorgio'' (Italian: ''Il Tenente Giorgio'') is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Massimo Girotti, Milly Vitale and Paul Muller. Chiti & Poppi p.357 It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and on location around San Giovanni in Fiore in Calabria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. Synopsis In 1866 during the Risorgimento, an infantry lieutenant in Calabria fighting bandits is brought to a castle. There it is arranged for him to spend the night with a young woman, whose identity is concealed from him. Unknown to him, she is the daughter of an aristocratic family whose husband has failed to get her pregnant. Years, later, having left the army, the officer returns to the area still intrigued by the mysterious woman. Cast *Massimo Girotti as Lt. G. Biserta *Milly Vitale as Countess Elisa * Paul Muller as Count Stefano di Monserrato *Gualtiero Tumiati as St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody's Children (1951 Film)
''Nobody's Children'' (Italian:''I figli di nessuno'') is a 1951 French-Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson and Françoise Rosay.Moliterno p.292 It is one of a series of melodramas co-starring Nazzari and Sanson, which were very popular at the box office. The owner of a marble quarry falls in love with the daughter with one of his employees, and they have a baby together. However his mother attempts to sabotage the relationship with tragic consequences. It was followed by a 1955 sequel, '' The White Angel''. Cast * Amedeo Nazzari: Guido Canali * Yvonne Sanson: Luisa Fanti / Suor Addolorata * Françoise Rosay: Contessa Canali * Folco Lulli: Anselmo Vannini * Enrica Dyrell: Elena * Teresa Franchini: Marta * Gualtiero Tumiati: Padre Demetrio * Alberto Farnese: Poldo * Aristide Baghetti: Bernardo Fanti, padre di Luisa * Enrico Glori: Rinaldi * Olga Solbelli: Madre Superiora * Nino Marchesini: il dottore * Rita Livesi: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chains (1949 Film)
''Catene'' (internationally released as ''Chains'') is a 1949 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It had an impressive commercial success, being seen by 6 million people, one in eight Italians of the time, and was followed by a series of six other successful films directed by Matarazzo and featuring the couple Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson. The film was remade in 1974. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. The film features in ''Cinema Paradiso''. Plot and outline A husband kills his wife's ex-boyfriend, who was blackmailing her. He flees to America, but is sent back to Italy to stand trial. The only way he can be set free is if his wife confesses to adultery – so the murder can be considered a crime of passion – but this estranges her from her family. Starring Amedeo Nazzari and actress of Greek origin Yvonne Sanson. Maligned by critics because it did not conform to precepts of neorealism,Dave Keh"The Italian Potboiler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
