The Last Dance (1941 Film)
''The Last Dance'' (Italian: ''L'ultimo ballo'') is a 1941 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Elsa Merlini, Amedeo Nazzari and Renato Cialente. It is considered to be in the tradition of White Telephone films, popular during the Fascist era.Moliterno p.10 It is based on a play by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Herczeg and features Merlini in a dual role as mother and daughter. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. Cast * Elsa Merlini as La baronessa Titta Marcus & la baronessina Giuditta Marcus * Amedeo Nazzari as Il professore Stefano Boronkay * Renato Cialente as Andrea Marcus * Paolo Stoppa as Felix * Margherita Bagni as La vedova Jurika * Nerio Bernardi as Il pittore Blanche * Armando Migliari as Il capo cameriere Vittorio * Carlo Minello as Marcello * Luisa Garella as La Zelinger, l'amica pettegola * Nando Tamberlani as Il rettore de l'Universita ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Camillo Mastrocinque
Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing ''Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring Christopher Lee, and ''An Angel for Satan'' (1966) starring Barbara Steele. Selected filmography * ''Queen of the Scala'' (1937) * ''I Want to Live with Letizia'' (1938) * '' The Cuckoo Clock'' (1938) * ''Don Pasquale'' (1940) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) * ''Fedora'' (1942) * '' A Living Statue'' (1943) * '' Lost in the Dark'' (1947) * ''Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * '' The Fighting Men'' (1950) * ''That Ghost of My Husband'' (1950) * ''Anna's Sin'' (1952) * ''Toto in Hell'' (1955) * '' Are We Men or Corporals?'' (1955) * ''Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy'' (1956) * ''Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws'' (1956) * ''The Band of Honest Men'' (1956) * ''Totò lascia o raddoppia?'' (1956) * ''The Lady Doctor'' (1957) * ''The Beautiful Legs of Sab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Enrico Luzi
Enrico Luzi (27 September 1919 – 18 October 2011) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1941 to 1980. Selected filmography References External links * 1919 births 2011 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nando Tamberlani
Nando Tamberlani (1896–1967) was an Italian film actor. A character actor in Italian cinema of the postwar era, he was the brother of actor Carlo Tamberlani. Another brother Ermete Tamberlani was also an actor. He appeared in a number of peplum epics during the late 1950s and 1960s.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.35 Partial filmography * '' Felicita Colombo'' (1937) - Giovannk * ''Boccaccio'' (1940) * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1941) - Il vecchio conte della Pietra * ''Divieto di sosta'' (1941) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) - Il rettore de l'Universita * ''A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) - Un amico di Nora * ''Solitudine'' (1941) - Mr. Caurel * ''C'è un fantasma nel castello'' (1942) * ''La pantera nera'' (1942) - Il professore Ambrus * ''Soltanto un bacio'' (1942) - Il direttore delle Arti Grafiche * '' Malombra'' (1942) - Don Innocenzo * ''Redenzione'' (1943) * ''Farewell Love!'' (1943) - Il maggiordomo di casa Caracciolo * ''Malìa'' (1946) - Il vescovo * ''L'apocalisse'' (1947) * ''Biancaneve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Carlo Minello
Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Charles. *A former member of Dion and the Belmonts best known for his 1964 song, Ring A Ling. *Carlo (submachine gun), an improvised West Bank gun. * Carlo, a fictional character from Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp * It can be confused with Carlos * Carlo means “man” (from Germanic “karal”), “free man” (from Middle Low German “kerle”) and “warrior”, “army” (from Germanic “hari”). See also *Carl (name) *Carle (other) *Carlos (given name) Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name ''Charles'', from the Germanic ''Carl''. Notable people with the name include: Royalty *Carlos I of Portugal (1863–1908), second to last King of P ... {{disambig Italian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Armando Migliari
Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * '' La Damigella di Bard'' (1936) * ''The Man Who Smiles'' (1936) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''The Castiglioni Brothers'', (1937) * '' It Was I!'' (1937) * '' To Live'' (1937) * '' These Children'' (1937) * ''Destiny'' (1938) * ''The Two Mothers'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * '' Triumph of Love'' (1938) * ''At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) * ''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1939) * ''Wealth Without a Future'' (1939) * ''In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) * ''The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) * ''Naples Will Never Die'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?'' (1939) * ''Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * '' A Romanti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nerio Bernardi
Nerio Bernardi (23 July 1899 – 12 January 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Nero'' (1922) * ''The Shepherd King'' (1923) * '' Full Speed'' (1934) * ''Port'' (1934) * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) * '' God's Will Be Done'' (1936) * ''King of Diamonds'' (1936) * ''Bayonet'' (1936) * ''The Black Corsair'' (1937) * '' Abandonment'' (1940) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1940) * ''Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) * ''The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (1941) * '' A che servono questi quattrini?'' (1942) * ''The Queen of Navarre'' (1942) * '' Fedora'' (1942) * '' In High Places'' (1943) * ''Special Correspondents'' (1943) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1947) * ''The Courier of the King'' (1947) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1947) * ''Mare Nostrum'' (1948) * '' Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * ''The Charterhouse of Parma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Margherita Bagni
Margherita Bagni (pseudonym of Margherita Maria Bagna; 21 February 1902 – 2 July 1960) was an Italian actress and voice actress. She appeared in 37 films between 1918 and 1959. She was born in Turin, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Daughter of actress Ines Cristina and prompter Ambrogio Bagni (pseudonym of Ambrogio Bagna), Bagni entered at very young age the stage company of her stepfather Ermete Zacconi. After having married Renzo Ricci, in 1925 she formed with him the company Ricci-Bagni. She made her film debut at 15, in ''Gli spettri'', but her real film career began in mid-1930s. In cinema she was mainly a character actress, and at the same time she was also very active as a voice actress. She also appeared on several television series of great success. Her daughter Eleonora "Nora" was an actress and she also was the first wife of Vittorio Gassman. Partial filmography * ''Thirty Seconds of Love'' (1936) * ''Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paolo Stoppa
Paolo Stoppa Knight Grand Cross (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated works include those after World War II, when he met director Luchino Visconti: the two, together with Stoppa's wife, actress Rina Morelli, formed a trio whose adaptations of works by authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and Goldoni became highly acclaimed. He gave to the theater a personal touch with his energetic play. He debuted in television in 1960 in the drama series ''Vita col padre e con la madre'', reaching the top of the popularity in the 1970s, in particular in the adaptation of crime novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (''Il giudice e il suo boia'' and ''Il sospetto'') and Augusto De Angelis. As a film actor, Stoppa made some 194 appearances between 1932 and his retirement in 1983, with roles in popular classics such as '' Miraco ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alfredo Montori
Alfredo Montori (1893-1969) was an Italian art director. He designed the sets for more than a hundred films.Smith p.116 Selected filmography * '' My Little One'' (1933) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * ''A Lady Did It'' (1938) * ''They've Kidnapped a Man'' (1938) * '' The Knight of San Marco'' (1939) * '' The Faceless Voice'' (1939) * ''The Hussar Captain'' (1940) * '' A Husband for the Month of April'' (1941) * ''The Two Tigers'' (1941) * ''Music on the Run'' (1943) * '' Flying Squadron'' (1949) * '' The Cliff of Sin'' (1950) * ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * '' Without a Flag'' (1951) * '' Tragic Serenade'' (1951) * '' The Black Captain'' (1951) * ''Mamma Mia, What an Impression!'' (1951) * ''Abracadabra'' (1952) * ''Naples Sings'' (1953) * '' Tragic Ballad'' (1954) * ''Letter from Naples'' (1954) * '' It Takes Two to Sin in Love'' (1954) * ''Goodbye Naples'' (1955) * ''The Knight of the Black Sword ''The Knight of the Black Sword'' (Itali ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |