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Toto Seeks Peace
''Toto Seeks Peace'' ( it, Totò cerca pace) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Aprà p.101 Plot Two widowers decide to get married but their decision is continually hampered by their grandchildren, who are just interested in their inheritance. Cast * Totò as Gennaro Piselli * Ave Ninchi as Gemma Torresi Piselli * Enzo Turco as Pasquale * Paolo Ferrari as Cousin Celestino * Isa Barzizza as Cousin Nella Caporali *Nino Vingelli as the waiter *Vincenzo Talarico as the lawyer *Gina Amendola: Adele *Ughetto Bertucci as a witness *Mario Castellani Mario Castellani (24 November 190625 April 1978) was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò). He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre pro ... as a witness References Bibliography * Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979. External ...
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Mario Mattoli
Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966. His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Filmography * ''Full Speed (1934 film), Full Speed'' (1934) * ''I Love You Only'' (1935) * ''The Man Who Smiles'' (1936) * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) * ''La damigella di Bard (film), La damigella di Bard'' (1936) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''These Children'' (1937) * ''Felicità Colombo'' (1937) * ''Destiny (1938 film), Destiny'' (1938) * ''Triumph of Love (1938 film), Triumph of Love'' (1938) * ''Nonna Felicità'' (1938) * ''A Lady Did It'' (1938) * ''The Lady in White'' (1938) * ''We Were Seven Sisters'' (1939) * ''At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * ''Mille chilometr ...
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Nino Vingelli
Nino Vingelli (4 June 1912 – 26 March 2003) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1941 and 2000. Selected filmography * ''I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)'' (1941) * '' The Betrothed'' (1941) - (uncredited) * '' A che servono questi quattrini?'' (1942) - Il fruttivendolo * ''Tempesta sul golfo'' (1943) - Cliente nella taverna * ''Side Street Story'' (1950) - Giovanni * ''Totò Tarzan'' (1950) - Capo stazione napoletano * ''Women and Brigands'' (1950) - Ciccillo * ''The Eternal Chain'' (1952) - Amedeo - Waiter (uncredited) * ''The City Stands Trial'' (1952) - Pasqualino 'o 17 * ''Immortal Melodies'' (1952) - Fiorello * ''Good Folk's Sunday'' (1953) - Un guappo napoletano * '' Man, Beast and Virtue'' (1953) * ''Legione straniera'' (1953) - Pietro * ''La valigia dei sogni'' (1953) - Un detenuto * ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' (1953) - Venditore ambulante * ''Passione'' (1953) * ''Cristo è passato sull'aia'' (1953) * '' Daughters of Destiny'' (1954) - ( ...
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Italian Comedy Films
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Films Scored By Carlo Savina
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 sensitized ...
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Films With Screenplays By Ruggero Maccari
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 sensitized ...
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Films Directed By Mario Mattoli
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 sensitized ...
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Films Set In Florence
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 ...
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Italian Black-and-white Films
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1954 Comedy Films
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1950s Italian-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-establish his h ...
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1954 Films
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – 1954 Blons avalanches, Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau rebellion, Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 m ...
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Mario Castellani
Mario Castellani (24 November 190625 April 1978) was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò). He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre productions. Filmography Below is a partial list of his films— External links * Two sketches of ocanale RAIYouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Castellani, Mario 1906 births 1978 deaths Italian male comedians Male actors from Rome 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors 20th-century Italian comedians ...
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