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The Walk (1953 Film)
''The Walk'' ( it, La passeggiata) is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Renato Rascel and starring Rascel, Valentina Cortese and Paolo Stoppa. It is very loosely based on Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...'s short story '' Nevsky Prospekt''.Pietro Cavallo. ''Viva l’Italia. Storia, cinema ed identità nazionale (1932-1962)''. Liguori Edit., 2009. . It grossed 148 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot A timid schoolteacher attempts to fall in love with a prostitute. In the process he loses his position. He finds that she is hard to convince. Cast * Renato Rascel as Paolo Barbato * Valentina Cortese as Lisa * Paolo Stoppa as Headmaster of the College * Peppino De Martino as Luigi Magri * Francesco Mulé as Teacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Rascel
Renato Rascel (), stage name of Renato Ranucci (; 27 April 1912 – 2 January 1991), was an Italian film actor and singer. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972. He represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 with the song "Romantica" which was placed equal eighth out of thirteen entries. Biography He was born to Cesare and Paola Ranucci in Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital .... It was in Turin where his parents, who were opera singers, were performing a show at the time Renato could really say that he was born in the back stage of the theater and that's where he spent all of his life. His father tried to make it up to him by having him baptized at Saint Peter's in Rome and apparently it worked because growing up in that neighborhood he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Films
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1953 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 16 – A new Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. is incorporated following a Consent Judgment to divest their Stanley Warner Theaters. * February 5 – Walt Disney's production of J.M. Barrie's ''Peter Pan'', starring Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont, premieres to astounding acclaim from critics and audiences and quickly becomes one of the most beloved Disney films. This is the last Disney animated movie released in partnership RKO Pictures, becoming the last ever smash hit movie of the later company before it bankrupted in 1959. * July 1 – ''Stalag 17'', directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden, premieres and is considered by the critics and audiences to be one of the greatest WWII Prisoner of War films ever made. Holden wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Directorial Debut Films
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia. ** The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son). ** Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that agriculture will be co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Comedy-drama Films
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. ** The Central Intelligence Agency, CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the Unidentified flying object, UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Upr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy-drama Films
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Lina Marengo
Lina Marengo (19 January 1911 – 6 February 1987) was an Italian character actress. She played in over 30 films, and was most active between 1938 and 1943. Biography Marengo was born in Rome and her film debut was in '' Casta Diva'' (1935), directed by Carmine Gallone. Characterized by a slightly hoarse voice, she was mainly active in humorous roles, and was often typecast as a spinster or a gossiping woman. She played Serafina in '' Domani è troppo tardi'' (1950), directed by Léonide Moguy, and starring Vittorio De Sica, Lois Maxwell, Gabrielle Dorziat, and Pier Angeli. The film won Best Italian Film at the Venice Film Festival. She was in four films directed by De Sica, including ''Teresa Venerdì'' (1941). Her final film was '' La passeggiata'', directed by Renato Rascel, and starring Renato Rascel, Valentina Cortese, and Paolo Stoppa. Marengo was also active in theater, though in supporting roles. She died in Rome. Partial filmography *'' Casta Diva'' (1935) * ''Adam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Maggio
Enzo Maggio (10 October 1902 – 13 July 1978) was an Italian actor. Born Vincenzo Maggio in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio made a long apprenticeship in the avanspettacolo theaters before and during the Second World War. On stage, he was specialized in macchiette and in the impersonation of the comedian Larry Semon (known in Italy as Ridolini).Antonio Virgilio Savona; Michele Lo Straniero. "Maggio, Famiglia". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 959-960. After the war, he decided to devote himself to cinema and had a very prolific career even if often cast in character roles. Maggio often worked on stage with his brothers and sisters Dante, Beniamino, Pupella and Rosalia. Partial filmography * ''A Dog's Life'' (1950) - Gigetto * '' È arrivato il cavaliere'' (1950) - Guardia personale del ministro * ''Milano miliardaria'' (1951) - Il parruchiere tifoso * ''Viva il cinema!'' (1952) * ''The White Sheik'' (1952) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignazio Leone
Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Walk'' (1953) * ''I Chose Love'' (1953) * ''Amici per la pelle'' (1955) * '' A Woman Alone'' (1956) * ''Wives and Obscurities'' (1956) * ''Piece of the Sky'' (1959) * ''Slave of Rome'' (1960) * ''Le pillole di Ercole'' (1962) * ''I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra'' (1962) * ''Julius Caesar Against The Pirates'' (1962) * ''Zorro and the Three Musketeers'' (1963) * '' 002 Operazione Luna'' (1965) * '' Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula'' (1966) * '' Electra One'' (1967) * ''I 2 deputati'' (1968) * ''The Two Crusaders'' (1968) * ''Brutti di notte'' (1968) * ''Indovina chi viene a merenda?'' (1969) * '' Io non spezzo... rompo'' (1971) * ''Armiamoci e partite! ''Armiamoci e partite!'' (Italian for "Let US arm ourselves and YOU go!") is a 1971 war comedy film directed by Nando Cicero and starring the comic duo Franco a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tino Bianchi
Tino Bianchi (21 June 1905 – 4 January 1996) was an Italian actor. He performed in more than fifty films between 1933 and 1995. Filmography External links * 1905 births 1996 deaths Italian male film actors People from São Paulo 20th-century Italian male actors Brazilian emigrants to Italy {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Bottini
Anna Maria Bottini (24 March 1916 – 9 August 2020) was an Italian actress. Biography Bottini attended the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan, where she graduated in 1936, beginning her acting career at the end of World War II. A character actress, with biting and tasty jokes and with an aggressive attitude, Bottini worked in dozens of films, also collaborating with directors such as Luchino Visconti, for whom she starred in ''The Leopard''. Bottini abandoned the film activity in the early 1980s, devoting herself exclusively to the theatre. Death Bottini died on 9 August 2020, at the age of 104. Partial filmography *''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1938) *'' Altura'' (1949) * ''Songs in the Streets'' (1950) *''La paura fa 90'' (1951) *''Abbiamo vinto!'' (1951) *'' The Walk'' (1953) *''Angels of Darkness'' (1953) *'' The Law'' (1959) *''The Overtaxed'' (1959) *''The Leopard'' (1963) *'' The Swindlers'' (1963) *''A Monster and a Half'' (1964) *''Rugantino ''Rugantino'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Mulé
Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name " Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (other), several people * Francesco Barbaro (other), several people * Francesco Bernardi (other), several people *Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501), Italian architect, engineer and painter * Francesco Berni (1497–1536), Italian writer * Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer * Francesco Primaticcio (1504–1570), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor * Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian painter * Francesco Borromini (1599–1667), Swiss sculptor and architect * Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), Italian composer * Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist * Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729), Italian philosopher and scientist * Francesco Galli Bib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
