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The Auntie From Chicago
''The Auntie from Chicago'' ( el, Η θεία από το Σικάγο ''Ê theía apó to Sikágo''; also known as ''Aunt from Chicago'') is a 1957 Greek theatrical comedy film directed by Alekos Sakellarios and produced by Finos Films. The film made 142,459 tickets. Plot A middle-aged man's (Makris) conservative life is disturbed, when his sister (Vasileiadou) returns to Greece, after many years in Chicago. Her arrival breathes new air to the family, and some extreme ideas of how to get her shy nieces to marry. Cast *Orestis Makris as Harilaos Bardas *Georgia Vasileiadou as Kalliopi Papas * Eleni Zafeiriou as Efterpi Barda (wife of Harilaos) * Gelly Mavropoulou as Eleni Barda (daughter) *Tzeni Karezi as Katina Barda (daughter) * Margarita Papageorgiou as Angeliki Barda (daughter) *Pantelis Zervos as Xenofon Vlassopoulos * Stefanos Stratigos as Nikos Kadris * Thodoros Dimitriou as Takis Zerigkas *Dimitris Papamichael as Kostakis *Vangelis Ploios as guy from the beach *Kostas Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alekos Sakellarios
Alekos Sakellarios ( el, Αλέκος Σακελλάριος, 13 November 1913 in Athens – 28 August 1991 in Athens) was a Greece, Greek writer and a director. He was born in Athens and grew up in Agios Panteleimonas, Athens, Agios Panteleimonas and began to study journalism and acting at a young age. He wrote his first theatrical play in 1935 called ''The King of Halva''. He entered the film industry and had roles in both screenwriting and directing. He directed mainly with Christos Giannakopoulos and together they wrote and produced an estimated 140 works. The most popular include: ''The Germans Strike Again'', ''Thanassakis o politevomenos'', ''I theia ap' to Chicago'', ''Dikoi mas Anthropoi'', ''Ena votsalo sti limni'', ''Kalos ilthe to dollario'', ''Ta kitrina gantia'', ''Otan Leipei i Gata'', ''I Soferina'', ''Laterna, Ftocheia kai Filotimo'', ''Woe to the Young, Alimono stous Neous'' (Woe to the Young) and more. Many of these theatrical plays were transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vangelis Ploios
Vangelis Ploios ( el, Βαγγέλης Πλοιός; November 13, 1937 – February 21, 2020) was a Greek theatrical, film and television actor. Biography He was born in Peristeri northwest of Athens on November 13, 1937. He studied classic ballet at Elli Zouroudi's school. He made his first role in 1953 in the stage of the ''Rex'' Theatre in a dancing drama with Elli Zouroudi. He enrolled into the hypocritic by Dimitris Rontiris and phonetic studies and with Joseph Ritsiardis. In 1956, he started a training as an actor and began his theatrical career. Between 1998 and 1999, he entered the cycle of theatrical route at the Irodeio with the comedy of Aristophanes. He also acted in all the roles, proses, operettas, variety, film and television. In 1978, he entered the Gounaraki-Baxter school and directed '' Peace'' by Aristophanes (with a children's production by Sofia Zarabouka) and roles with Lilliputian students at that school. His representation was realized at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Greek-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 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 has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Comedy Films
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having '' handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Films
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries. Events * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by Universal Pictures. * May – Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'' wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. * June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in ''The Delicate Delinquent''. * June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied ''The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal in 1955, leading UA to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finos Films
Finos Film (Greek: Φίνος Φιλμ) is a film production company that dominated the Greek film industry from 1943 to 1977. It was founded by Filopimin Finos in 1942 during World War II. It was the biggest film production company in Greece at the time and one of the biggest, in terms of productivity, in southeast Europe. After 34 years, Finos Films returned to the Greek film scene with the Greek-Italian co-production 'Urania' (2006). Additionally, the company re-releases its old movies on DVD completely remastered and in Dolby digital 2.0 sound on a monthly basis. Films This article is a partial list of films listed here: Tickets - first place *1949-50:'' O methystakas'' - 304,438 tickets (1st of 7) *1952-53:''The Taxi Driver'' - 190,589 tickets (1st of 22) *1956-57:''To amaxaki'' - 138.620 tickets (1st of 30) *1956-57:'' I theia ap' to Chicago'' - 142,459 tickets (1st of 28) *1958-59:''Astero'' - 139,501 tickets (1st of 45th) *1960-61:''Alice in the Navy'' (''Η Αλίκη ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finos Film
Finos Film (Greek: Φίνος Φιλμ) is a film production company that dominated the Greek film industry from 1943 to 1977. It was founded by Filopimin Finos in 1942 during World War II. It was the biggest film production company in Greece at the time and one of the biggest, in terms of productivity, in southeast Europe. After 34 years, Finos Films returned to the Greek film scene with the Greek-Italian co-production 'Urania' (2006). Additionally, the company re-releases its old movies on DVD completely remastered and in Dolby digital 2.0 sound on a monthly basis. Films This article is a partial list of films listed here: Tickets - first place *1949-50:'' O methystakas'' - 304,438 tickets (1st of 7) *1952-53:''The Taxi Driver'' - 190,589 tickets (1st of 22) *1956-57:''To amaxaki'' - 138.620 tickets (1st of 30) *1956-57:'' I theia ap' to Chicago'' - 142,459 tickets (1st of 28) *1958-59:''Astero'' - 139,501 tickets (1st of 45th) *1960-61:''Alice in the Navy'' (''Η Αλίκη ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takis Morakis , a Greek artist commonly known as Takis
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Takis may refer to: * Takis (snack), a spicy, roll-shaped snack * Takis Christoforidis, a Greek actor * Takis Fotopoulos, a Greek political philosopher * Takis Ikonomopoulos, a Greek football player * Takis Kanellopoulos a Greek film director * Takis Mavris, a Cypriot football player * Takis Mehmet Ali, German politician of Greek descent * Takis Mousafiris, a Greek Aromanian composer and songwriter * Panayiotis Vassilakis Panayiotis Vassilakis ( el, Παναγιώτης Βασιλάκης; 29 October 1925 – 9 August 2019), also known as Takis ( el, Τάκις), was a self-taught Greek artist known for his kinetic sculptures. He exhibited his artworks in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Papahristos
Kostas Papachristos ( el, Κώστας Παπαχρήστος; 1916 – 29 September 1995) was a Greek actor who was known for his comedic acting roles. Biography He was born in Volos in 1916 and died in Athens in 1995. He was the husband of Dimitra Seremeti Dimitra may refer to: People * Dimitra Arliss, Greek American actress *Dimitra Asilian, female Greek water polo player *Dimitra Liani, widow of the former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou *Dimitra Simeonidou, telecommunications engineer Pla ... (b. 1933) and brother of the actor Nikos Papachristos. He played mostly military, police and other roles. His marriage was childless. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Papachristos Kostas 1916 births 1995 deaths Greek male actors People from Volos 20th-century Greek male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Papamichael
Dimitris Papamichael ( el, Δημήτρης Παπαμιχαήλ ; 1934–2004) was a popular Greek actor and director. In 1965, he married Aliki Vougiouklaki, the so-called "national star" of Greece. The star couple remained married for a decade, co-starring in several films that marked the "golden era" of Greek cinema.(in Greek) Δέκα χρόνια χωρίς τον Δημήτρη Παπαμιχαήλ της Γεωργίας Παπαδημητρίου στο protothema.gr. Published 09/08/2014Archived04/03/2016. Retrieved 30/08/2018. Selected filmography *The Auntie from Chicago (1957) * A Matter of Dignity (1957) *Astero (1959) * To Ksilo Vgike Ap' Ton Paradiso (1959) * I Aliki Sto Nautiko (1960) *Never on Sunday (1960) *Madalena (1960) * Chtipokardia Sto Thranio (1963) * The Red Lanterns (1963) *Oh! That Wife of Mine (1967) *Ipolochagos Natassa (1971) *Papaflessas (1971) *Erastes tou oneirou ''Erastes tou oneirou'' ( el, Εραστές του ονείρου) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Vasileiadou
Georgia Vasileiadou ( el, Γεωργία Βασιλειάδου; 1897 – 12 February 1980) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1930 to 1977. Selected filmography References External links * 1897 births 1980 deaths Greek film actresses Actresses from Athens {{Greece-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
