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The Silent Partner (1939 Film)
''The Silent Partner'' (Italian: ''Il socio invisibile'') is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Carlo Romano, Clara Calamai and Evi Maltagliati.Goble p.958 It is based on the 1928 novel '' The Partner'' by Jenaro Prieto, which was turned into a British film ''The Mysterious Mr. Davis'' the same year. It was made by the Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...-based Scalera Films. The sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel and Alfredo Manzi. Synopsis A financially struggling man creates a fake business partner. His creation is an enormous success despite the fact that nobody has ever met him. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Roberti
Vincenzo Leone (24 July 1879 – 10 January 1959), known professionally as Roberto Roberti, was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He made over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. He was married to the actress Bice Valerian. Their son Sergio Leone became a celebrated director. During the 1910s Roberti made a number of films for the Turin-based Aquila Films, often featuring his wife in a leading role. He then moved to Caesar Film where he directed eighteen films starring the diva Francesca Bertini. Selected filmography * '' Tower of Terror'' (1913) * '' Indian Vampire'' (1913) * '' The Mystery of St. Martin's Bridge'' (1913) * '' The Princess of Bedford'' (1914) * ''The Bandit of Port Avon'' (1914) * '' The Danube Boatman'' (1914) * ''Theodora'' (1914) * ''Darkness'' (1916) * ''The Sinful Woman'' (1916) * ''The Cavalcade of Dreams '' (1917) * '' Eugenia Grandet'' (1918) * '' The Conqueror of the World'' (1919) * ''Countess Sarah'' (1919) * '' The Cheerful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Abel
Gustav Abel (1902–1963) was an Austrian art director.Fritsche p. 229 Selected filmography * ''The Silent Partner'' (1939) * '' Father For a Night'' (1939) * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * '' The Fourth Commandment'' (1950) * '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1950) * ''Shame on You, Brigitte!'' (1952) * ''Arena of Death ''Arena of Death'' (german: Die Todesarena) is a 1953 Austrian-German crime film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Richard Häussler, Katharina Mayberg, and Friedl Hardt.Fritsche p. 247 The film's sets were designed by the art directors ...'' (1953) * '' The Spendthrift'' (1953) * '' The First Kiss'' (1954) References Bibliography * External links * 1902 births 1963 deaths Austrian art directors Film people from Vienna {{Austria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Gallina
Mario Gallina (23 March 1889 – 26 September 1950) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Gallina was born in Trieste, which was then a possession of Austria-Hungary (now Italy). He was the son of theatre actors Enrico Gallina and Elena Fabbri and the nephew of playwright Giacinto Gallina. He began his career in 1911 working as a theatre actor, starring in many plays and working alongside other stage icons such as Enrico Viarisio, Marga Cella and Alfredo Sainati. Gallina was mainly active on stage and screen. He appeared in over 28 films between 1916 and 1950. In 1933, Gallina sought a career as a screen actor and later, a voice dubber. He had already starred in two silent films between 1916 and 1917. Among his most popular filmography includes the 1943 film '' The Children Are Watching Us'' directed by Vittorio De Sica. He also provided the Italian voice of Honest John in the 1940 animated film ''Pinocchio'' as well as the Ringmaster in ''Dumbo''. Death Gallina died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licia D'Alba
Licia is an Italian feminine given name, and may refer to: * Licia Albanese (1909–2014), Italian soprano * Licia Colò (born 1962), Italian journalist * Licia Maglietta (born 1954), Italian actress *Licia Ronzulli (born 1975), Italian medical worker and politician * Licia Troisi (born 1980), Italian fantasy writer * Licia Verde (born 1971), Italian astrophysicist and cosmologist See also *Livia, an ancient Roman Empress *Lycia, a historical region in Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...; sometimes spelled "Licia" in Church Latin {{given name Italian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco Creti
Vasco Creti (7 December 1874 – 16 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1915 and 1944. He was married to actress Valeria Creti. Selected filmography * '' Maschiaccio'' (1917) * '' Il siluramento dell'Oceania'' (1917) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1922) * '' The Flight of Socrates'' (1923) * ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) * '' Company and the Crazy'' (1928) * ''Sun'' (1929) * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Mother Earth'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Palio'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * ''The Haller Case'' (1933) * ''The Table of the Poor'' (1932) * ''Creatures of the Night'' (1934) * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' God's Will Be Done'' (1936) * '' La Damigella di Bard'' (1936) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * ''The House of Shame'' (1938) * '' The Widow'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Celano
Guido Celano (19 April 1904 – 7 March 1988) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two Spaghetti Westerns: '' Cold Killer'' and '' Gun Shy Piluk''. He was born in Francavilla al Mare, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography *'' Rotaie'' (1929, directed by Mario Camerini) *''La scala'' (1931, directed by Gennaro Righelli) *'' The Charmer'' (1931, directed by Guido Brignone) *''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) *''Palio'' (1932, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) *''The Blue Fleet'' (1932, directed by Gennaro Righelli) *'' My Little One'' (1933) *'' Squadrone bianco'' (1936, directed by Augusto Genina) *''Music in the Square'' (1936, directed by Mario Mattoli) *''The Black Corsair'' (1937, directed by Amleto Palermi) *'' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) *''Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) *''Pietro Micca'' (1938) *''The Silent Partner'' (1939) *''Jeanne Doré'' (1939, directed by Mario Bonnard) *'' Le sorpre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Bolognesi
Gemma Bolognesi (4 November 1894 – 26 March 1983) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1916 to 1954. Biography Bolognesi began acting at an early age and made her debut with the ensemble of the Teatro Manzoni in Milan under Marco Praga. In 1919 she became the ensemble's first actress alongside and the following year led her own ensemble with . Further seasons of her stage career were alongside Enzo Biliotti (1921) and from 1922 to 1926 the ''Teatro del Popolo'' (as its first actress from 1924), again in Milan. The following season saw her in the theater company around Luigi Zoncada and later, in 1932, next to Carlo Tamberlani. Bolognesi had made her film debut in 1916 in ''Cura di baci'' by Emilio Graziani-Walter, but found little satisfaction with it, so she concentrated on her theater work. It was not until the mid-1930s, when the time of the big stage roles was over, that she developed into a sought-after character actress playing cultured w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina Bianchi
Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theater actors. Forced by the fascist phobia of foreign cultures to change her surname, she adopted the surname of her paternal grandmother. At age 16, she entered the stage company of Raffaele Viviani and, that year, debuted in the comedy play ''Campagna napoletana'', in the leading role of Reginella. In 1939, she starred in the drama film ''Il ponte di vetro''; on the film set she became engaged to the director Goffredo Alessandrini, who remained her partner for over 20 years. After having announced her retirement in 1944, she came back in 1959 with the title role in Eduardo De Filippo's ''Filumena Marturano''. She won two Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress, in 1963 for Nanni Loy's '' The Four Days of Naples'', and in 1996 for Leone Pompucci's ''Camerieri'', and she appeared as Anna, the mother of Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Alfieri
Giulio Alfieri (10 July 1924 – 20 March 2002) was an Italian automobile engineer, affiliated with Maserati in Modena, Italy since 1953, where he was central to the development of racing and production cars in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Alfieri was born in Parma. After graduating the Politecnico of Milan, he first worked on steam turbines for the ship industry ''Cantieri Navali of Tirreno'', in Genoa, before joining the automaker Innocenti in 1949. Employed in September 1953 by Adolfo Orsi, Alfieri joined the technical staff of Maserati alongside Gioacchino Colombo, Vittorio Bellentani and two others. He was best known for the Maserati 3500 GT design (1957) and the Maserati Birdcage (1961), both employing the superleggera lightweight body. Alfieri worked on the six- and eight-cylinder engines used in the Maserati A6 (1955), Maserati 250F (1957), as well as V8 racing engines, later to be used as a basis for the V6 of Maserati Merak and Citroën SM (1969). Alfieri also devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jone Romano
Jone Romano (born Jone Borgheri; February 7, 1898 – August 1, 1979) was an Italian actress who appeared on stage and screen. Biography She appeared in the 1948 film adaptation of ''Les Misérables''. Her career as an actress was relatively short.Gleizes p.247 Personal life Romano was married to the actor Carlo Romano. Before her marriage to Romano, she was widowed to American World War I marine William James Ward. Together, they had a son, Aleardo, who became an actor. Romano was only 17 years old when she gave birth to Aleardo. She was also the grandmother to voice actors Luca, Andrea and Monica Monica may refer to: People *Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress *Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, .... Filmography References Bibliography * Delphine Gleizes. ''L'œuvre de Victor Hugo à l'écran: des rayons et des ombres''. Presse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariella Lotti
Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She was one of many actors employed on the anthology film ''The Ten Commandments'', made following the overthrow of Benito Mussolini. She made her final film ''Carmen'' in 1954. During the war she was involved in a passionate love story with King Michael of Romania. Her sister Carola Lotti was also an actress. Filmography * ''The Silent Partner'' (1939) * ''I, His Father'' (1939) * ''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1939) * ''The Daughter of the Green Pirate'' (1940) * ''Kean'' (1940) * ''Inspector Vargas'' (1940) * '' Il ponte dei sospiri'' (1940) * '' Il signore della taverna'' (1940) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) * '' Il vetturale del San Gottardo'' (1941) * '' Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) * '' I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)'' (1941) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgilio Riento
Virgilio Riento (29 November 1889 – 7 September 1959) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 108 films between 1936 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) - Man on train * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) - Pepe * ''A Lady Did It'' (1938) - Pasquale * '' For Men Only'' (1938) - Pasquale Pappalardo * ''The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) - Don Timurata * '' I, His Father'' (1939) - Il cavaliere * ''Department Store'' (1939) - Gaetano * '' The Make Believe Pirates'' (1939) * ''The Silent Partner (1939) - Il maggiore * ''Il signore della taverna'' (1940) - Il vice-commissario * ''Il ponte dei sospiri'' (1940) - Bertuccio * ''Boccaccio'' (1940) - Il bottaro * ''Miseria e nobiltà'' (1940) - Felice * ''Il re del circo'' (1941) - Bastiani, suo zio * ''L'attore scomparso'' (1941) - Il trovarobe * ''Due cuori sotto sequestro'' (1941) - L'uffiziale giudiziario * ''Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) - Antonio * ''La scuola dei timidi'' (1941) - Roc * ''Se io fossi on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |