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The Two Misanthropists
''The Two Misanthropists'' (Italian: ''I due misantropi'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" historical comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Camillo Pilotto, María Denis and Nino Besozzi.Chiti & Poppi p.119-20 It was shot at the Cines Studios and Cinecittà in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti. Plot Cast * Camillo Pilotto as Don Pedro di Alcazar, il tutore * María Denis as Betty * Nino Besozzi as Damiano Bertelet * Enrico Viarisio as Marcello, parrucchiere * Sergio Tofano as Cosimo Bertelet * Nella Maria Bonora as Maria Grazia * Marcello Giorda as Don Ramiro Mayoz * Nicola Maldacea as Nicola, il domestico * Niní Gordini Cervi as Giuseppina * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Signora Argia * Giulio Alfieri * Ernesto Torrini Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amleto Palermi
Amleto Palermi (11 July 1889 – 20 April 1941) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed '' The Old Lady'', which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film. Selected filmography * '' The Story of a Poor Young Man'' (1920) * '' A Woman's Story'' (1920) * '' The Second Wife'' (1922) * ''La dama de Chez Maxim's'' (1923) * ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) * '' The Flight in the Night'' (1926) * '' Floretta and Patapon'' (1927) * '' The Confessions of a Woman'' (1928) * '' The Old Lady'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * '' La segretaria per tutti'' (1933) *''Nini Falpala'' (1933) * ''Port'' (1934) * ''Creatures of the Night'' (1934) * ''The Matchmaker'' (1934) * '' God's Will Be Done'' (1936) * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) * '' To Live'' (1937) * ''The Two Misanthropists'' (1937) * ''The Black Corsair'' (1937) * ''Naples of Olden Times ''Naples of Olden Times'' (Italy: ''Napoli d'alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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1930s Historical Comedy Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – ''The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Torrini
Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely based on the novel * Hurricane Ernesto (other), several hurricanes or People *Ernesto Abella, Filipino businessman, politician, and writer *Ernesto Aguero (born 1969), Cuban weightlifter *Ernesto Alonso (1917–2007), Mexican actor, director, cinematographer, and producer *Ernesto Amantegui Phumipha (born 1990), Thai footballer *Ernesto Basile (1857–1932), Italian architect *Ernesto Cesàro (1859–1906), Italian mathematician *Ernesto De Curtis (1875–1937), Italian composer *Ernesto Farías (born 1980), Argentine footballer *Ernesto Figueiredo (born 1937), also known as "Ernesto", Portuguese footballer * Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1928–1967), also known as "El Che" or "Che Guevara" *Ernesto Geisel (1908-1996), Brazilian pre ... [...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] |
Olga Vittoria Gentilli
Olga Vittoria Gentilli (19 July 1888 – 29 May 1957) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in around forty films during the Fascist era and immediate post-war years. She generally played supporting roles in films such as ''Naples of Olden Times'' (1938).Landy p.126-27 Selected filmography * ''Together in the Dark'' (1933) * '' Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' To Live'' (1937) * ''The Two Misanthropists'' (1937) * ''Naples of Olden Times'' (1938) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Eternal Melodies'' (1940) * '' Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) * ''Tosca'' (1941) * '' Honeymoon'' (1941) * '' The Adventuress from the Floor Above'' (1941) * ''A Garibaldian in the Convent'' (1942) * ''The Peddler and the Lady'' (1943) * '' Two Hearts'' (1943) * ''The Tyrant of Padua'' (1946) * ''Baron Carlo Mazza'' (1948) * ''Son of the Hunchback ''Son of the Hunchback'' (Italian: ''Il Figlio di Lagardere'') is a 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niní Gordini Cervi
Niní Gordini Cervi (1907–1988) was an Italian actress.Goble p.112 She was married to the actor Gino Cervi. She worked in films, radio and on the stage. Selected filmography * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * ''The Two Misanthropists ''The Two Misanthropists'' (Italian: ''I due misantropi'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" historical comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Camillo Pilotto, María Denis and Nino Besozzi.Chiti & Poppi p.119-20 It was shot at t ...'' (1937) * '' We Were Seven Sisters'' (1939) * '' A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * '' The White Angel'' (1943) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1907 births 1988 deaths People from Lugo, Emilia-Romagna Italian film actresses Burials at the Cimitero Flaminio {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Maldacea
Nicola Maldacea (29 October 1870 – 5 March 1945) was an Italian actor, comedian and singer. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1935 to 1956. Selected filmography References External links * 1870 births 1945 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Giorda
Marcello Giorda (1890–1960) was an Italian film actor.Goble p.396 Selected filmography * '' Adam's Tree'' (1936) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''The Two Misanthropists'' (1937) * '' Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal'' (1937) * ''Don Pasquale'' (1940) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1941) * ''The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' (1942) * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * '' The White Angel'' (1943) * ''Hotel Luna, Room 34'' (1946) * ''Crossroads of Passion'' (1948) * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) * '' Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * '' Ha da venì... don Calogero!'' (1952) * '' Processo contro ignoti'' (1952) * '' A Parisian in Rome'' (1954) * ''The King's Prisoner'' (1954) * ''Escape to the Dolomites'' (1955) * '' Il marito'' (1957) * ''The Great War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nella Maria Bonora
Nella Maria Bonora (19 May 1904 – 3 August 1990) was an Italian actress of film, radio and stage.Landy p.155 She also worked as a prominent voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in the Italian market. Selected filmography * ''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * ''The Old Lady'' (1932) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * '' The Wedding March'' (1934) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * ''The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * ''The Two Misanthropists ''The Two Misanthropists'' (Italian: ''I due misantropi'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" historical comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Camillo Pilotto, María Denis and Nino Besozzi.Chiti & Poppi p.119-20 It was shot at t ...'' (1937) References Bibliography * Landy, Marcia. ''Fascism in Film: The Italian Commercial Cinema, 1931-1943''. Princeton University Press, 2014. External links * 1904 births 1990 deaths Actors from Mantua Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Tofano
Sergio Tòfano (20 August 1886 – 28 October 1973) was an Italian actor, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator. Tofano was born in Rome. In 1909, he made his first appearance on stage with Ermete Novelli, then joined Virgilio Talli's company (1913–23). He soon specialized as a comic actor, giving his role a new elegance and complexity. He worked with other famous actors and directors: Dario Niccodemi (1924–27); Luigi Almirante and Giuditta Rissone (1927–30), Elsa Merlini, Vittorio De Sica, Evi Maltagliati, Gino Cervi etc. During those years, he made his famous performances as Doctor Knock in Jules Romains' play, and as Professor Toti in Luigi Pirandello's ''Pensaci, Giacomino!''. He also led important theatrical firms. After the Second World War, he worked with the most important directors, like Luchino Visconti and Giorgio Strehler. In 1917 Tofano invented, for a children's magazine, ''Il Corriere dei Piccoli'', a famous character, Signo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
