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The Doctor's Secret (1931 Film)
''The Doctor's Secret'' (Italian: ''Il segreto del dottore'') is a 1931 American drama film directed by Jack Salvatori and starring Soava Gallone, Lamberto Picasso and Alfredo Robert.Waldman p.160 It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris, as the Italian-language version of Paramount Pictures's ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1929). A separate Swedish-language version had also been produced at Joinville. The film's sets were designed by Paolo Reni. Cast * Soava Gallone as Liliana Garner * Lamberto Picasso as Giovanni * Alfredo Robert as Il dottor Brady * Oreste Bilancia Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany which had the largest European film indus ... as Redding * Lina Modigliani as La signora Redding * Vanna Vanni as Susanna, la cameriera * Antonio Niccodemi as Riccardo, marito di Liliana Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Salvatori
Jack Salvatori (1901–1950) was an English/ Italian film director.Waldman p.160 Selected filmography * '' De Sensatie van de Toekomst'' (1931) * ''The Doctor's Secret The Doctors Secret may refer to: * The Doctor's Secret (1909 film), ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1909 film), a French silent short film * The Doctor's Secret (1913 film), ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1913 film), an American silent short film * The Doctor's ...'' (1931) References Bibliography * Waldman, Harry. ''Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema''. McFarland, 2000. External links * 1901 births 1950 deaths Film directors from Rome Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom https://phoebekashton.wixsite.com/jacksalvatori {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Reni
Paolo Reni was an Italian art director.Waldman p.160 Selected filmography * ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1931) * ''Television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...'' (1931) * '' Queen of the Night'' (1931) * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) References Bibliography * Waldman, Harry. ''Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema''. McFarland, 2000. External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Italian art directors {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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Films Based On Works By J
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] |
1930s Italian-language Films
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Films Shot At Joinville Studios
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Drama Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Pictures Films
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1931 Drama Films
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1931 Films
The following is an overview of 1931 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1931 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 5: RKO acquires the producing and distribution arm of Pathé for $4.6 million. * June 20: Monogram Pictures releases its first film, ''Ships of Hate''. * July 7: Anti-competitive practices disclosed about certain distributors and producers in Canada. * November 17: E. R. Tinker elected president of Fox Films replacing Harley L. Clarke. * December 14: RKO refinancing plan approved. Best money stars ''Variety'' reported the following as the biggest male stars in the U.S. in alphabetical order although grouped George Arliss and Ronald Colman together as having equal ranking. The following were the biggest women names in the U.S. in alphabetical order but again grouped two actresses together to denote they were ranked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanna Vanni
Vanna Vanni (7 January 1915 – 6 March 1998) was an Italian film actress. She was in thirty-one films between 1930 and 1943. Life and career Vanni was born in Florence as Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna. She has been described as a graceful and elegant brunette, and the ''New York Times'' film critic, Frank Nugent, wrote in a review of ''I've Lost My Husband!'' that she was "one of the prettiest girls in the Italian film industry." Her first cinematic role was in ''Perché no?'' (1930), directed by Amleto Palermi, and in her first films she was credited as Vanna Pegna. Vanni was one of the most prolific actresses in Italian cinema between mid-1930s and 1940s; specialized in comedy films, she got some critical acclaim for her dramatic turn in Esodo Pratelli's ''Se non son matti non li vogliamo''. She also worked with directors such as Raffaello Matarazzo, Gennaro Righelli, Giorgio Simonelli, and Eduardo De Filippo. She retired from film in 1943 and died in Rome in 1998. Sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Bilancia
Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany which had the largest European film industry of the era. He appeared in 134 films between 1915 and his death in 1945. Selected filmography * '' Lucciola'' (1917) * '' Il trono e la seggiola'' (1918) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1918) * ''Hedda Gabler'' (1920) *'' Red Love'' (1921) * '' Chief Saetta'' (1924) * '' Pleasure Train'' (1924) * ''Maciste's American Nephew'' (1924) * ''The Girl with a Patron'' (1925) * '' One Minute to Twelve'' (1925) * ''Letters Which Never Reached Him'' (1925) * ''Women You Rarely Greet'' (1925) * ''Nick, King of the Chauffeurs'' (1925) * ''The Flight in the Night'' (1926) * ''One Does Not Play with Love'' (1926) * ''The Pink Diamond'' (1926) * '' The Queen of the Baths'' (1926) * ''Department Store Princess'' (1926) * ''The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
