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The Faceless Voice (1939 Film)
''La voce senza volto'' () is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli. It is part of the tradition of ''telefoni bianchi'' () comedies, popular in Italy at the time. Cast :Cast adapted from ''Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker''. * Giovanni Manurita as Gino Malversi * Vanna Vanni as Mirella Bonardi * Elsa De Giorgi as an actress * Carlo Romano as Maurizio Sala, the tenore * Romolo Costa as Riva, the film director * Claudio Ermelli as Tabarrini * Adele Garavaglia as Gino's mother * Anita Farra as the Hostel owner * Nietta Zocchi as the actress' maid Production ''La voce senza volto'' was shot at the Cinecittà Studios Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios we .... The film features Giovanni Manurita, a popular tenor w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, ''The Song of Love''. He was married to the film star Maria Jacobini, whom he frequently cast in his films. Selected filmography *'' Red Love'' (1921) * '' The Voyage'' (1921) * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * '' Orient'' (1924) * '' The Doll Queen'' (1925) * ''Svengali'' (1927) * '' Homesick'' (1927) * '' The Prisoners of Shanghai'' (1927, writer) * '' The Champion of the World'' (1927) * '' Five Anxious Days'' (1928) * '' The President'' (1928) * '' The Secret Courier'' (1928) * '' Orient'' (1928) * ''Their Son'' (1929) * '' The Night of Terror'' (1929) * ''The Song of Love'' (1930) * ''The Blue Fleet'' (1932) * ''Together in the Dark'' (1933) * '' Stadium'' (1934) * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * '' Mr. Desire'' (1934) * ''Those Two'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romolo Costa
Romolo Costa (26 February 1897 - 1 January 1965) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Costa appeared in more than seventy films and television series between 1934 and 1964 and he was a character actor who generally appeared in supporting roles. Occasionally he played a more prominent role as in '' Il destino in tasca''.Goble p.88 He also worked extensively as a voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy. He served as a substitute for Emilio Cigoli as the Italian voice of Gary Cooper. Selected filmography * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * ''Steel'' (1933) * ''Together in the Dark'' (1933) * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) * '' Like the Leaves'' (1935) * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * ''Bayonet'' (1936) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * ''I've Lost My Husband!'' (1937) * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' Il destino in tasca'' (1938) * ''They've Kidnapped a Man'' (1938) * ''The Two Mothers'' (1938) * '' Departure'' (1938) * ''The K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Black-and-white Films
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Films Directed By Gennaro Righelli
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] |
1939 Comedy Films
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Italian 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 * i ... [...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] |
Cinecittà Studios
Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constructed during the Fascist era as part of a plan to revive the Italian film industry. Filmmakers such as Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Luchino Visconti, Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Mel Gibson have worked at Cinecittà. More than 3,000 movies have been filmed there, of which 90 received an Academy Award nomination and 47 of these won it. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made there led to Rome being dubbed "Hollywood on the Tiber." History The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini, his son Vittorio, and his head of cinema Luigi Freddi under the slogan "''Il cinema è l'arma più forte''" ("Cinema is the most powerful weapon"). The purpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nietta Zocchi
Nietta Zocchi (10 July 1909 – 23 April 1981) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1976. Selected filmography * ''The Amnesiac'' (1936) - Zelinda (uncredited) * '' To Live'' (1936) - Una spettatrice al concerto * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) - Nurse * '' The Dance of Time'' (1936) * ''The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * ''But It's Nothing Serious'' (1937) * ''Adam's Tree'' (1938) - Infermiera Ersilia * ''Il suo destino'' (1938) - Una reclusa * ''The Faceless Voice'' (1939) - La cameriera della primattrice * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) - Un' altra ragazza disoccupata * '' The Widow'' (1939) - Un'invitata alla festa * ''Department Store'' (1939) - La commessa racchia (uncredited) * ''Mamma'' (1941) - La cameriera dell'albergo a Venezia * ''Orizzonte dipinto'' (1941) - Blandina * ''Il re del circo'' (1941) - La signora Speranza * ''Villa da vendere'' (1941) - Gabriella * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) - Una cliente della casa di mode * ''La scuo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Farra
Anita Farra (15 July 1905 – 4 August 2008) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in around forty films during her career, generally in small or supporting roles such as that in ''The Siege of the Alcazar'' (1940).Cardullo p.210 Farra was also a noted voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy. She made a number of films in Spain. Selected filmography * ''The Knight of San Marco'' (1939) * ''The Faceless Voice'' (1939) * ''The Siege of the Alcazar'' (1940) * ''Pirates of Malaya'' (1941) *''The King of England Will Not Pay'' (1941) * ''A Woman Has Fallen ''A Woman Has Fallen'' (Italian: ''È caduta una donna'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Alfredo Guarini and starring Isa Miranda, Rossano Brazzi, and Claudio Gora. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel, Paolo ...'' (1941) * '' The Black Siren'' (1947) References Bibliography * Cardullo, Bert. ''André Bazin and Italian Neorealism''. A&C Black, 2011. Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Garavaglia
Adele Garavaglia (1869–1944) was an Italian stage and film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ....Cardullo p.149 Filmography References Bibliography * Bert Cardullo. ''Vittorio De Sica: Director, Actor, Screenwriter''. McFarland, 2002. External links * 1869 births 1944 deaths Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Actresses from Turin {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Ermelli
Claudio Ermelli (24 July 1892 – 29 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1915 to 1962. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ermelli, Claudio 1892 births 1964 deaths Actors from Turin Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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