|
Thea Prandi
Enrichetta Thea Prandi (25 November 1925 – 8 June 1961), known as Thea Prandi, was an Italian actress and singer who was active in the 1940s and 1950s. She is known for her roles in ''Una famiglia impossibile'' (1940) and '' L'allegro fantasma'' (1941), and as the narrator in ''Neapolitans in Milan'' (1953). Prandi sang on EIAR radio broadcasts as a member of the "Trio Primavera" with Isa Bellini and Wilma Mangini. After retiring from showbusiness, she worked as an administrator of the Teatro San Ferdinando in Naples. Personal She met actor/playwright Eduardo De Filippo in 1947 while being a soubrette in the revue company "Teatro dei Fiorentini", and they were married for three years from 1956 to 1959. Previous to their marriage, they had two children together, the actor Luca De Filippo, and a daughter Luisa "Luisella" De Filippo. Luisella died at the age of 10 from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1960. During their relationship, Prandi served as De Filippo's secretary and also appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Considered one of the most important Italian artists of the 20th century, De Filippo was the author of many theatrical dramas staged and directed by himself first and later awarded and played outside Italy. For his artistic merits and contributions to Italian culture, he was named '' senatore a vita'' by the President of the Italian Republic Sandro Pertini. Biography De Filippo was born in Naples from the affair between playwright and actor Eduardo Scarpetta and theatre seamstress and costumier Luisa De Filippo. He was the second of three children born from the couple, the other two being Annunziata "Titina" and Giuseppe "Peppino". His father was actually married since 1876 to Rosa De Filippo, Luisa's paternal aunt. His father Eduardo had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca De Filippo
Luca De Filippo (3 June 1948 – 27 November 2015) was an Italian actor and director of theatre. De Filippo was born in Rome to Eduardo De Filippo and the singer and actress Thea Prandi. He married Carolina Rosi, the daughter of director Francesco Rosi in 2013. They had many theatrical experiences. De Filippo's career started in 1955, at the age of 7, playing Peppeniello in ''Poverty and Nobility'' by Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by his father. Luca took part, both in theater and in the TV versions, of ''Saturday, Sunday and Monday'' and ''Filumena Marturano''. Luca De Filippo had many film and television appearances under the name of Luca Della Porta, including, along with Helmut Berger, Young Tigers (1967), directed by Antonio Leonviola; with Carlo Giuffrè, the television series directed by Mino Guerrini ''That shop Piazza Navona'' (1969); always for television works in Petrosenella and scenes of Naples (1982); Then it was the turn of the series '' Naso di cane'', directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Famiglia Impossibile
''Una famiglia impossibile'' (i.e. "An Impossible Family") is a 1940 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Armando Falconi, Pina Renzi and María Mercader.Fabrizio Sarazani (29 December 1940). "Una famiglia impossibile" (review). ''Il Giornale d'Italia''. Plot A wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. He forces his strange family (a forgetful father, a mother with ideas of greatness, three sisters with a passion for singing and another who takes care of abandoned children) to go to the EIAR headquarters to be able to meet him. Cast *Armando Falconi as Giovanni Bartolla *Pina Renzi as Cesira Bartolla *María Mercader as Edvige Bartolla * Clely Fiamma as Anna Bartolla *Isa Bellini as Marina Bartolla *Thea Prandi as Nerina Bartolla * Wilma Mangini as Malvina Bartolla *Sergio Tofano as The Butler *Alberto Rabagliati as The Radio Singer *Arturo Bragaglia as The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happy Ghost (1941 Film)
''The Happy Ghost'' (Italian: ''L'allegro fantasma'') is a 1941 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Totò, Luigi Pavese and Franco Coop.Aprà p.103 It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film's art direction was by Gastone Medin. Plot The noble Pantaleo Santa Paola dies suddenly, without writing a will. Immediately in the villa go his three grandchildren and three other relatives. All claim family assets, and at the end of the story reaches the poor Nicolino, who is also the nephew of Pantaleo. The Pantaleo ghost appears while the dispute rages and declares his true heir. Cast * Totò as Nicolino & Gelsomino & Antonino * Luigi Pavese as Temistocle * Franco Coop as Maurizio Devalier * Isa Bellini as Rosa * Wilma Mangini as Titti * Thea Prandi as Lilli * Paolo Stoppa as Gigetto * Amelia Chellini as Zia Lia * Dina Perbellini as Zia Giovanna * Elli Parvo as Erika * Claudio Ermelli as Battista * Augusto Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neapolitans In Milan
''Napoletani a Milano'' (internationally released as ''Neapolitans in Milan'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Eduardo De Filippo. It entered the competition at the 14th Venice International Film Festival. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. Cast *Eduardo De Filippo: Salvatore Aianello *Anna Maria Ferrero: Nannina * Tina Castigliano: Irene * Frank Latimore: Enrico * Baldassarre Caruso: Antonio Capasso * Thea Prandi: narrator *Laura Gore: Rosetta *Vittorio Sanipoli Vittorio Sanipoli (1915–1992) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in around a hundred films and television series between 1942 and 1980. Life and career Born Luciano Sanipoli in Genoa, he made his acting debut in 1939 ...: Giovanni * Luigi Russo: Vincenzino * Renata Corridi: Secretary * Sonia Holm: Mrs. Vittorini References External links * 1954 films 1954 comedy films Italian comedy films Films set in Milan Films with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ente Italiano Per Le Audizioni Radiofoniche
Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche (EIAR, "Italian Body for Radio Broadcasting") was the public service broadcaster in Fascist Italy and the only entity permitted to broadcast by the government. History The company was established in 1927, after the partial takeover of the private radio broadcaster Unione Radiofonica Italiana (URI), which since 1924 had been the only organisation authorized to establish radio transmitters and run radio broadcasts in Italy. Between 1929 and 1939, the EIAR presented the first television broadcasting tests in Italy. An early signing to the TV station in 1939 was the Italian singer Lia Origoni and a film was made to record her performance. For most of its existence it was run by Giancarlo Vallauri, although he was replaced as president by Ezio Maria Gray during the Italian Social Republic period. In October 1944, towards the end of World War II, the entity was replaced with Radio Audizioni Italiane (RAI). See also *Radio Bari The Radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isa Bellini
Isa Bellini (19 June 1922 – 5 February 2021 ) was an Italian actress, voice actress, presenter and singer. Life and career Born Isabella Calò in , she was forced to change her family name of Jewish origins to Bellini because of the .[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro San Ferdinando
Teatro San Ferdinando is a theatre in Naples, Italy. It is named after King Ferdinand I of Naples. Located near Ponte Nuovo, it is to the southeast of the Teatro Totò in the western part of the neighborhood of Arenaccia. Built in the late eighteenth century, the seats are arranged in four box tiers, and the pit. It is most associated with Eduardo De Filippo and the productions of the 1950s under his direction. Closed in the 1980s and reopened in 2007, the San Fernando is managed by the Teatro Stabile of Naples. History Early years Built during the period of 1788 to 1790, it opened with the Domenico Cimarosa opera, ''Il falegname'' ("The Carpenter"). ''La Villana Riconosciuta'', another of Cimarosa's operas, had debuted in Naples in 1783 at the Teatro del Fondo, and opened the Teatro San Ferdinando season in 1791. From the beginning, the theatre had problems, undergoing different administrations, soon becoming a venue for smaller companies and for an aristocratic audience. Betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Stampa
''La Stampa'' (meaning ''The Press'' in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin, Italy. It is distributed in Italy and other European nations. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. History and profile The paper was founded by Vittorio Bersezio, a journalist and novelist, in February 1867 with the name ''Gazzetta Piemontese''. In 1895, the newspaper was bought (and by then edited) by Alfredo Frassati (father of Pier Giorgio Frassati), who gave it its current name and a national perspective. For criticising the 1924 murder of the socialist Giacomo Matteotti, he was forced to resign and sell the newspaper to Giovanni Agnelli. The financier Riccardo Gualino also took a share. The paper is now owned by GEDI Gruppo Editoriale, and has a centrist stance. The former contributors of ''La Stampa'' include Italian novelist Alberto Moravia. ''La Stampa'', based in Turin, was published in broadsheet format until November 2006 when the paper began to be publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Deaths
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Finnair, Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the Captain (civil aviation), captain and First officer (civil aviation), first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 Turkish coup d'état, 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
