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The Palace On The River
''The Palace on the River'' (Italian: ''La Reggia sul fiume'') is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Alberto Salvi and starring Ferdinand Guillaume, Leda Gloria and Gildo Bocci.Savio p.79 Three penniless friends live in a slum by a river which they nickname "the palace". Taking pity on a struggling orphaned young woman, they take her in and look after her. In order to raise money so she can marry her sweetheart, they decide to try and collect a reward for capturing a notorious thief. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivo Battelli. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Cast * Ferdinand Guillaume as Un barbone * Gino Bianchi as L'altro barbone * Gildo Bocci as Un terzo barbone * Liana Persi as L'orfana * Renzo Merusi as Il disoccupato * Renato Chiantoni as Le scrittore illuso * Giulio Alfieri * Iginia Armilli * Giulio Battiferri * Oreste Bilancia * Carlo De Cristofaro * Leda Gloria * Dante Maggio * Guglielmina Marchi * Carlo Seralessandri * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Salvi
Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertino in Italian as well as ''Tuco'' as a hypocorism. It derives from the name Adalberto which in turn derives from '' Athala'' (meaning noble) and ''Berth'' (meaning bright). People * Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Alberto Airola (born 1970), Italian politician * Alberto Ascari (1918–1955), Italian racing driver * Alberto Baldonado (born 1993), Panamanian baseball player * Alberto Bello (1897–1963), Argentine actor * Alberto Beneduce (1877–1944), Italian scientist and economist * Alberto Bustani Adem (born 1954), Mexican engineer * Alberto Callaspo (born 1983,) baseball player * Alberto Campbell-Staines (born 1993), Australian athlete with an intellectual disability * Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982), Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Merusi
Renzo, the diminutive of Lorenzo, is an Italian masculine given name and a surname. Given name Notable people named Renzo include the following: * Renzo Alverà (1933–2005), Italian bobsledder *Renzo Arbore (born 1937), Italian TV host, showman, singer, musician, film actor, and film director *Renzo Barbieri (1940–2007), Italian author and editor of Italian comics * Renzo Caldara (born 1943), Italian bobsledder * Renzo Cesana (1907–1970), Italian-American actor, writer, composer, and songwriter *Renzo Cramerotti (born 1947), Italian male javelin thrower * Renzo Dalmazzo (1886–?), Italian lieutenant general *Renzo De Felice (1929–1996), Italian historian * Renzo De Vecchi (1894–1967), Italian football player and coach *Renzo Fenci (1914–1999), Italian-American sculptor based in Southern California. * Renzo Furlan (born 1970), Italian tennis player *Renzo Fujiwara (born 1973), A minor character in the movie The End of Cygnus * Renzo Gobbo (born 1961), Italian asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Films
The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney films ''Pinocchio'' and ''Fantasia''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1940 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 10 – Tom and Jerry make their debut in the animated cartoon '' Puss Gets the Boot''. *February 23 – Walt Disney's second animated feature film ''Pinocchio'' is released. Although not a box office success upon its initial release, the film receives critical acclaim and wins two Academy Awards, including one for Best Original Song for " When You Wish Upon a Star". Over the years, ''Pinocchio'' has gained a cult following and is now considered one of the greatest films of all time. * April 12 – Alfred Hitchcock's first American film '' Rebecca'' is released, under the production of David O. Selznick. It would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture the following year. * May 17 – ''My Favorite Wife'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy Films
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1940 Comedy Films
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Giuseppe Zago
Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppina. People with the given name Artists and musicians * Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707), Italian composer * Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 or 1527–1593), Italian painter * Giuseppe Belli (singer) (1732–1760), Italian castrato singer * Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863), Italian poet * Giuseppe Castiglione (1829–1908) (1829–1908), Italian painter * Giuseppe Giordani (1751–1798), Italian composer, mainly of opera * Giuseppe Ottaviani (born 1978), Italian musician and disc jockey * Giuseppe Psaila (1891–1960), Maltese Art Nouveau architect * Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750), Italian composer and oboist * Giuseppe Sanmartino or Sammartino (1720–1793), Italian sculptor * Giuseppe Santomaso (1907–1990), Italian pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Seralessandri
Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) * Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Charles. *A former member of Dion and the Belmonts best known for his 1964 song, Ring A Ling. *Carlo (submachine gun), an improvised West Bank gun. * Carlo, a fictional character from Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp * It can be confused with Carlos * Carlo means “man” (from Germanic “karal”), “free man” (from Middle Low German “kerle”) and “warrior”, “army” (from Germanic “hari”). See also *Carl (name) *Carle (other) *Carlos (given name) Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name ''Charles'', from the Germanic ''Carl''. Notable people with the name include: Royalty *Carlos I of Portugal (1863–1908), second to last King of P ... {{disambig Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Maggio
Dante Maggio (2 March 1909 – 3 March 1992) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 115 films between 1940 and 1975. Born in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio had a turbulent adolescence that led his father to send him in an institute for problematic minors. He debuted on stage aged 18 years old.Antonio Virgilio Savona; Michele Lo Straniero. "Maggio, Famiglia". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 959-960. He worked on stage in several sceneggiate and with the companies of Anna Fougez and Raffaele Viviani before creating his own revue company. Maggio was the brother of actors Enzo, Rosalia, Beniamino and Pupella Maggio. Selected filmography * ''The Palace on the River'' (1940) * ''Un giorno nella vita'' (1946) - Carlo * ''The Ways of Sin'' (1946) - La guardia carceraria (uncredited) * ''The Great Dawn'' (1947) * '' Last Love'' (1947) - Il partner di Maria * ''Tombolo, paradiso nero'' (1947) - Agostino * ''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo De Cristofaro
Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) * Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Charles. *A former member of Dion and the Belmonts best known for his 1964 song, Ring A Ling. *Carlo (submachine gun), an improvised West Bank gun. * Carlo, a fictional character from Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp * It can be confused with Carlos * Carlo means “man” (from Germanic “karal”), “free man” (from Middle Low German “kerle”) and “warrior”, “army” (from Germanic “hari”). See also *Carl (name) *Carle (other) *Carlos (given name) Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name ''Charles'', from the Germanic ''Carl''. Notable people with the name include: Royalty *Carlos I of Portugal (1863–1908), second to last King of P ... {{disambig Itali ... [...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] |
Giulio Battiferri
Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1972. He was married to the actress Pina Piovani. Life and career Born in Rome, Battiferri started his career on stage in 1913, working alongside his wife Pina Piovani in the Romanesco dialect stage company Compagnia Romanesca directed by . With this and other companies directed by Monaldi he toured nationally and abroad, performing in England, France, Spain and South America. After the death of Monaldi, he specialized in the revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own dur ... genre. Sporadically active in films of the silent era, starting from 1939 he became one of the most active Italian character actors of his time. He was the brother of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |