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The Moralist
''The Moralist'' (Italian: ''Il moralista'') is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Starring Alberto Sordi and Vittorio de Sica, it satirises both the upholders of traditional sexual morality and the exploiters selling sex in a willing market. Plot In Rome in 1959, Agostino is the ferocious new Secretary-General of the Italian branch of the worldwide International Organization for Public Morality. A teetotal bachelor, he attacks with vigour public manifestations of sexual immorality. Neither bribes nor female charms deflect him from his crusade against lewdness in films and night clubs. So devoted is he that the aristocratic President of the Organisation even considers he might be a husband for his so far unmarried 29-year-old daughter. But both President and Secretary-General also have private lives. After Agostino denounces a night club to the police and it is closed, the mistress of the owner befriends the widowed President and introduces him to an exclus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Bianchi (director)
Giorgio Bianchi (18 February 1904 – 9 February 1967) was an Italian film director and actor. Selected filmography * '' Mother Earth'' (1931) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * ''The Blue Fleet'' (1932) * '' Two Happy Hearts'' (1932) * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * ''Venus'' (1932) * ''Saint John, the Beheaded'' (1940) * ''A Little Wife'' (1943) * ''Crime News'' (1947) * ''Twenty Years'' (1949) * ''Hearts at Sea'' (1950) * '' Porca miseria'' (1951) * '' Il caimano del Piave'' (1951) * '' Amor non ho... però... però'' (1951) * '' The Enemy'' (1952) * ''The Shadow'' (1954) * ''Io piaccio'' (1955) * '' Buonanotte... avvocato!'' (1955) * '' Count Max'' (1957) * '' Vacations in Majorca'' (1959) * ''The Moralist'' (1959) * ''Le olimpiadi dei mariti'' (1960) * ''Femmine di lusso'' (1960) * '' The Orderly'' (1961) * ''Il mio amico Benito'' (1962) * '' Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin'' (1962) * '' The Changing of the Guard'' (1962) * ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Nielsen
Christiane Nielsen (10 September 1936 – 8 April 2007) was a German film actress. She appeared in 24 films between 1957 and 1967. She was born in Würzburg, Germany and died in Frankfurt, Germany. Selected filmography * ' (1959) * ''The Moralist'' (1959) * ''Mrs. Warren's Profession ''Mrs. Warren's Profession'' is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam (brothel proprietor), who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving ...'' (1960) * '' Until Money Departs You'' (1960) * '' The Woman by the Dark Window'' (1960) * '' Bankraub in der Rue Latour'' (1961) * '' The Puzzle of the Red Orchid'' (1962) * '' My Daughter and I'' (1963) * '' Love Nights in the Taiga'' (1967) * ' (1968, TV miniseries) References External links * 1936 births 2007 deaths Actors from Würzburg German film actresses 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Lopez
Sylvia Lopez (November 10, 1933 – November 20, 1959) was a French model and actress. Career as a model Born Tatjana Bernt, she was raised in Paris, where she began a career in modelling. Eventually she modeled for couturier Jacques Fath, the first French fashion designer to export his creations to the United States. Appearing under the name "Sylvia Sinclair", Bernt earned enough exposure to attract the attention of film producers. Personal life In November 1956 she became the second wife of the composer Francis Lopez. Career in acting Lopez made her first of two French-language films following which she appeared in several Italian swashbucklers with American stars such as Steve Reeves and Lex Barker that were commercially successful and for which she received favorable reviews. Early death Diagnosed with leukemia, Lopez died a few months after she withdrew while working on the set of a film '' Voulez-vous danser avec moi?'' (which was posthumously released a month la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Rogers
The hazel (''Corylus'') is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae,Germplasmgobills Information Network''Corylus''Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins .Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan . though some botanists split the hazels (with the hornbeams and allied genera) into a separate family Corylaceae. The fruit of the hazel is the hazelnut. Hazels have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins. The flowers are produced very early in spring before the leaves, and are monoecious, with single-sex catkins. The male catkins are pale yellow and long, and the female ones are very small and largely concealed in the buds, with only the bright-red, 1-to-3 mm-long styles visible. The fruits are nuts long and 1–2 cm diameter, surrounded by an involucre (husk) which partly to fully encloses the nut. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciccio Barbi
Ciccio Barbi (19 January 1919 – 26 November 1992) was an Italian film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) - Young Friend of Toto (uncredited) * '' Angelina'' (1947) - (uncredited) * ''Auguri e figli maschi!'' (1951) - Vinicio Paciottini * ''Il padrone del vapore'' (1951) - Un alpino * ''Finalmente libero!'' (1953) - Pasquale Galli * ''Papà Pacifico'' (1954) - The Man identifying the ring * ''Cuore di mamma'' (1954) - Police Commissioner Vargas * ''Il seduttore'' (1954) - Ragionier Abele * ''An American in Rome'' (1954) - Armando, impresario (uncredited) * ''La campana di San Giusto'' (1954) * ''A Hero of Our Times'' (1955) - Employee * '' The Belle of Rome'' (1955) - Il parroco * ''Accadde al penitenziario'' (1955) - Un automobilista in lite (uncredited) * '' Bravissimo'' (1955) - Barbi - the Lawyer (uncredited) * '' Roman Tales'' (1955) - The Plump Policeman near the Stadium (uncredited) * ''Torna piccina mia!'' (1955) - Poliziotto * ''Guardia, guardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Wery
Carl Sebastian Martin Wery (born Wery de Lemans; 7 August 1897 in Trostberg, Upper Bavaria – 14 March 1975 in Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''No Day Without You'' (1933) * ''Anna and Elizabeth'' (1933) - Annas Vater * ''Drei Kaiserjäger'' (1933) - Berghofer, Wirt * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) - Brandmeyer * ' (1937, Short) - Commodore Hardt (the film project had started in 1937; titled "''Weltraumschiff 1''8") * ''Water for Canitoga'' (1939) - Westbrook * ''Fasching'' (1939) - Bildhauer Balthasar Huber * ''Gold in New Frisco'' (1939) - McKinley * ''The Eternal Spring'' (1940) - Sprecher der Bauern * ''Enemies'' (1940) - Martin * ''What Does Brigitte Want?'' (1941) - Generaldirektor Boller * ''Venus on Trial'' (1941) - Der Oberstaatsanwalt * ''Kameraden'' (1941) - General von York * ''Alarmstufe V'' (1941) * '' The Sold Grandfather'' (1942) - Vater Kreithofer * ''The Little Residence'' (1942) - Dr. Werner * ''A Salzburg Comedy'' (1943) - Der Tourist mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Simoneschi
Lydia Simoneschi (4 April 1908 – 5 September 1981) was an Italian actress and voice actress. During her career, she gave her voice to actresses mainly during the Golden Ages. Biography Born in Rome and the daughter of silent film actor and director Carlo Simoneschi, she began her acting career when she was very young in Camillo Pilotto's stage company; in the early 1930s she made her film debut, but her inconspicuous physical appearance did not help her in front of the camera. However, her persuasive, passionate and sophisticated voice paved the way for her to become a voice actress. From the early 1940s until the first half of the 1960s, Simoneschi became one of the most prominent Italian voice actresses, lending her voice to almost all the greatest Hollywood and European divas which include Barbara Stanwyck, Susan Hayward, Ingrid Bergman, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Olivia de Havilland, Vivien Leigh and Maureen O'Hara. One of Simoneschi's main skills was that of bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Trieste (3 May 1917 – 25 January 2003) was an Italian actor, film director and script writer. Trieste was born in Reggio Calabria. He worked with directors such as Pietro Germi, Francis Ford Coppola, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mario Bava, Tinto Brass, Charles Vidor, René Clément and Federico Fellini. Trieste died of a heart attack. Filmography as actor *'' Preludio d'amore'' (1947) as Paolo *''The White Sheik'' (1952) as Ivan Cavalli *''The Counterfeiters'' (1953) as Brigadiere Caputo *''I vitelloni'' (1953) as Leopoldo Vannucci *''A Day in Court'' (1954) as Leopoldo *'' Dov'è la libertà?'' (1954) as Abramo Piperno *''Un americano a Roma'' (1954) as Spettatore alla TV *''Via Padova 46'' (1954) as The Man with a Cigarette *''Il segno di Venere'' (1955) as Pittore *'' Buonanotte... avvocato!'' (1955) as Neighbor (uncredited) *''Il padrone sono me'' (1955) as Il filosofo *''Destinazione Piovarolo'' (1955) as L'ispettore delle ferrovie *''Il coraggio'' (1955) as Rag. Ria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liana Del Balzo
Liana Del Balzo (4 March 1899 – 26 March 1982) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1979. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and died in Rome, Italy. Even making her film debut quite late, in her forty, Del Balzo was one of the most active character actresses in the Italian cinema, usually cast in humorous roles. She was also active on stage and in the operetta, in which she met her husband-to-be, the tenor Guido Agnoletti. Selected filmography * '' Casta Diva'' (1935) * '' A Wife in Danger'' (1939) - Una invitata alla festa di nozze * ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) - Passenger * ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) - La cameriera dell' albergo * ''Torna, caro ideal!'' (1939) - Madame de Villet * ''Le educande di Saint-Cyr'' (1939) - L'insegnante di musica * ''Ballo al castello'' (1939) * ''Scandalo per bene'' (1940) * ''One Hundred Thousand Dollars'' (1940) - Miss Vernon * ''Kean'' (1940) - Una in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piera Arico
Piera is a municipality that covers a large portion of the southeastern corner of the comarca of Anoia in Catalonia, Spain, on the left bank of the Anoia river. The agricultural land, mostly non-irrigated, is used for the cultivation of cereals, grapes, olives and almonds. The town itself hosts a number of light industries: textiles, plastics and construction materials. Tourism during the summer months is also relatively important for the local economy. The FGC railway line R6 from Martorell and Barcelona to Igualada runs through the town, while local roads lead to Capellades and Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. Notable monuments include the castle of Fontanet. The castle which was restored in 1916 by Ramon de Viala d'Aiguavives, Baron of Almenar is documented in 955 a.c. and now used for private functions. The sister of the Baron of Almenar, Isabel de Viala d'Aiguavives also financed and patroned the modernist church of Ca n'Aguilera which was donated to Barcelona's Bishop by Zaragoz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
