The Castle Ball

	The Castle Ball ''The Castle Ball'' or ''Ball at the Castle'' (Italian: ''Ballo al castello'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Antonio Centa and Carlo Lombardi.Nowell-Smith p.119 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Alida Valli as Greta Larsen * Antonio Centa as Tenente Paolo Karinsky * Carlo Lombardi as Giorgio * Sandra Ravel as Rita Valenti * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Ballet Master Petrovich * Corrado De Cenzo as Nicola * Vasco Creti as Sebastiano Larsen * 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 ... as Director of the Theatre References Bibliography * Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey & Hay, James & Volpi, Gianni. ''The Companion to Italian Cinema''. Cassell, 1996. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Max Neufeld Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film '' The Song of the Sun'', which starred Vittorio De Sica. Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' After the Ball'' (1932) Actor * '' The Wedding of Valeni'' (1914) * '' The Priest from Kirchfeld'' (1914) * ''With Heart and Hand for the Fatherland'' (1915) * ''On the Heights'' (1916) * ''Summer Idyll'' (1916) * '' The Black Hand'' (1917) * '' Don Cesar, Count of Irun'' (1918) * ''The Ancestress'' (1919) * '' Doctor Ruhland'' (1920) * '' Let the Little Ones Come to Me'' (1920) * '' The Voice of Conscience'' (1920) * ''The Dancing Death'' (1920) * ''Eva, The Sin'' (1920) * ''The Master of Life'' (1920) * '' The Woman in White'' (1921) * ''The Dead Wedding Guest'' (1922) * ''Confessions of a Monk'' (1922) * ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (1923) * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * '' The Priest from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sandra Ravel Sandra Ravel (16 January 1910 – 13 August 1954) was an Italian film actress of the 1930s. Biography She was born as Alessandra Winkelhauser Ratti in Milan, Italy in 1910 to a German father who was a chemical plant worker, and a Swiss mother from the Ratti family of Lugano. Ravel had a minor role in ''Together in the Dark'', where she met her future husband. She was married in 1944 in Venice to the actor and entrepreneur Rodolfo Gucci. Their only child, Maurizio (1948-1995), was named for his father's theatrical alter ego, "Maurizio D'Ancora". Sandra Ravel died in 1954, aged 44, from uterine cancer in her native Lombardy. Filmography ''Mysterious Mr. Parkes'' (1930) ''Those Three French Girls'' (1930) ''War Nurse'' (1930) ''The Single Sin'' (1931) ''Paradise'' (1932) ''A Star Disappears'' (1932) ''Together in the Dark'' (1933) ''The House of Shame'' (1938) '' A Wife in Danger'' (1939) '' The Castle Ball'' (1939) ''Two Million for a Smile'' (1939) References Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Italian Black-and-white Films Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom Italian language, a Romance language * Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy Italian culture, cultural features of Italy Italian cuisine, traditional foods Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Films Directed By Max Neufeld 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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1930s Italian-language Films Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era A calendar era is the period of time elapsed since one ''epoch'' of a calendar and, if it exists, before the next one. For example, it is the year as per the Gregorian calendar, which numbers its years in the Western Christian era (the Coptic ... became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Pertinax, Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1939 Romantic Comedy Films This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 Third Reich * Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. * The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. * The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. The rest of the world * In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. * First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. * The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. * Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. * Philipp Etter took over as Swiss Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Italian Romantic Comedy Films Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom Italian language, a Romance language * Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy Italian culture, cultural features of Italy Italian cuisine, traditional foods Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1939 Films The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten Best Picture-nominated films that year include classics in multiple genres. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1939 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events Film historians often rate 1939 as "the greatest year in the history of Hollywood". Hollywood films produced in Southern California were at the height of their Golden Age (in spite of many cheaply made or undistinguished films also being produced, something to be expected with any year in commercial cinema), and during 1939 there are the premieres of an outstandingly large number of exceptional motion pictures, many of which become honored as all-time classic films. June 10 – MGM's first successful animated character, Barney Bear, made his debut in ''The Bear That Couldn't Sleep''. August 15 – ''The Wizard of Oz'' premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. October 17 ... [...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]
	Vasco Creti Vasco Creti (7 December 1874 – 16 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1915 and 1944. He was married to actress Valeria Creti. Selected filmography * '' Maschiaccio'' (1917) * '' Il siluramento dell'Oceania'' (1917) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1922) * '' The Flight of Socrates'' (1923) * ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) * '' Company and the Crazy'' (1928) * ''Sun'' (1929) * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Mother Earth'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Palio'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * ''The Haller Case'' (1933) * ''The Table of the Poor'' (1932) * ''Creatures of the Night'' (1934) * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' God's Will Be Done'' (1936) * '' La Damigella di Bard'' (1936) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * ''The House of Shame'' (1938) * '' The Widow'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Giuseppe Pierozzi Giuseppe Pierozzi (8 March 1883 – 22 April 1956) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.349 Selected filmography * ''Maddalena Ferat'' (1920) * '' Through the Shadows'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * '' The Fiery Cavalcade'' (1925) * '' Girls Do Not Joke'' (1929) * ''Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * ''Paradise'' (1932) * '' La Wally'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * ''Tourist Train'' (1933) * ''Together in the Dark'' (1933) * ''Those Two'' (1935) * ''Adam's Tree'' (1936) * ''Bayonet'' (1936) * ''But It's Nothing Serious'' (1936) * '' To Live'' (1937) * ''The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * '' The Three Wishes'' (1937) * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) ''The House of Shame'' (1938) '' The Cuckoo Clock'' (1938) * '' A Wife in Danger'' (1939) * ''Two Million for a Smile'' (1939) * ''The Dream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ottavio Scotti Ottavio Scotti (1904–1975) was an Italian art director. Scotti was born in Umago, which was then part of Italy but is today in Croatia. He worked on more than a hundred films during his career, including Orson Welles's ''Black Magic'' which was shot at Cinecittà in Rome.Richards p.70 Selected filmography * ''Hurricane in the Tropics'' (1939) * '' A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' The Castle Ball'' (1939) * '' I, His Father'' (1939) * ''Red Tavern'' (1940) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * '' Fedora'' (1942) * '' Invisible Chains'' (1942) * ''A Little Wife'' (1943) * ''The Devil's Gondola'' (1946) * ''Bullet for Stefano'' (1947) * ''Fatal Symphony'' (1947) * '' Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * ''Chains'' (1949) * ''Black Magic'' (1949) * '' The Flame That Will Not Die'' (1949) * ''The Count of Saint Elmo'' (1950) * '' The Thief of Venice'' (1950) * ''Women and Brigands'' (1950) * '' Nobody's Children'' (1951) * ''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (1952) * '' A Woman Has Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]