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Tortured Soul
''Tortured Soul'' (Italian:''Anima tormentata'') is a 1919 Italian silent film directed by Mario Caserini and starring Maria Jacobini, Andrea Habay and Alberto Collo. Alessandro Blasetti, a leading Italian director of the Fascist era, had his first contact with filmmaking by appearing as an extra.Reich & Garofalo p.234 Cast * Maria Jacobini * Andrea Habay * Alberto Collo * Ida Carloni Talli * Alfredo Martinelli * Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during ... References Bibliography * Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. ''Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943''. Indiana University Press, 2002. External links * 1919 films Italian silent feature films 1910s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Caserini Italian black-and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Caserini
Mario Caserini (26 February 1874 – 17 November 1920) was an Italian film director, as well as an actor, screenwriter, and early pioneer of film making in the early portion of the 20th century. Caserini was born in Rome, Italy, and was married to early 20th-century Italian actress Maria Caserini. His 1906 film Otello is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play ''Othello''. Filmography Director *''Il romanzo di un Pierrot'' (1906) *''Otello'' (1906) — (based on ''Othello'') *' (1907) *''Garibaldi'' (1907) — (film about Giuseppe Garibaldi) *' (1908) — (based on ''Hamlet'') *' (1908) — (film about Joan of Arc) *' (1908) — (based on ''Romeo and Juliet'') *''Beatrice Cenci'' (1909) — (film about Beatrice Cenci) *' (1909) — (film about Bianca Cappello) *' (1909) *''L'innominato'' (1909) *''Macbeth'' (1909) — (based on ''Macbeth'') *' (1909) *' (1909) — (film about Percival) *''La signora de Monserau'' (1909) — (based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Jacobini
Maria Jacobini (17 February 1892 – 20 November 1944) was an Italian film actress. She was married to the film director Gennaro Righelli and appeared in many of his silent films for the Vesuvio Film Company.Moliterno p.266 She worked in the German film industry in the mid-1920s. She was the older sister of actress Diomira Jacobini. Selected filmography * ''Joan of Arc'' (1913) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1918) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1919) * '' The Prey'' (1921) *'' Red Love'' (1921) * '' The Voyage'' (1921) * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Rudderless'' (1924) * ''Orient'' (1924) * ''The Doll Queen'' (1925) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1926) * ''The Bordellos of Algiers'' (1927) * '' Bigamie'' (1927) * ''Folly of Love'' (1928) * ''Ariadne in Hoppegarten'' (1928) * ''The Case of Prosecutor M'' (1928) * '' Five Anxious Days'' (1928) * ''The Carnival of Venice'' (1928) * ''Villa Falconieri'' (1928) * ''Maman Colibri'' (1929) * ''The Living Corpse'' (1929) * '' Patatrac'' (1931) * ''La scala'' (1931) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Habay
Andrea Habay (1883–1941) was a French film actor. Habay appeared in more forty films during the silent era, mostly in Italy. He also directed three films during the early 1920s. He played the role of Petronius in the 1924 epic ''Quo Vadis'',Scodel & Bettenworth p.227 one of his final films. Selected filmography Actor * ''Carmen'' (1914) * '' Blue Blood'' (1914) * ''Avatar'' (1916) * '' La falena'' (1916) * ''Ivan the Terrible'' (1917) * '' The Princess of Baghdad'' (1918) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1919) * '' The Redemption'' (1924) * ''Quo Vadis'' (1924) * ''Maciste in the Lion's Cage'' (1926) * ''The Giant of the Dolomites ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...'' (1927) References Bibliography * Dalle Vacche, Angela. ''Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Collo
Alberto Collo (6 May 1883 – 7 May 1955) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred and thirty films during his career, mostly during the silent era. During the 1910s he starred in several films directed by Baldassarre Negroni.Moliterno p.219 Selected filmography * '' Broken Idol'' (1913) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1915) * '' The Shadow of Her Past'' (1915) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1919) * '' Saetta Learns to Live'' (1924) * ''Maciste's American Nephew'' (1924) * '' Pleasure Train'' (1924) * ''Maciste in the Lion's Cage'' (1926) * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * '' Shipwrecked'' (1939) * ''William Tell William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albr ...'' (1949) * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intertitles
In films, an intertitle, also known as a title card, is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (i.e., ''inter-'') the photographed action at various points. Intertitles used to convey character dialogue are referred to as "dialogue intertitles", and those used to provide related descriptive/narrative material are referred to as "expository intertitles". In modern usage, the terms refer to similar text and logo material inserted at or near the start or end of films and television shows. Silent film era In this era intertitles were mostly called "subtitles" and often had Art Deco motifs. They were a mainstay of silent films once the films became of sufficient length and detail to necessitate dialogue or narration to make sense of the enacted or documented events. ''The British Film Catalogue'' credits the 1898 film ''Our New General Servant'' by Robert W. Paul as the first British film to use intertitles. Film scholar Kamilla Elliott identifies another early use of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era that existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a pianist, theater organist—or even, in large cities, a small orchestra—would often play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experience. "Silent film" is typically used as a historical term to describe an era of cinema pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s. Early life Blasetti was born in Rome, where he also died. After studying law at university, Blasetti chose to become a journalist and film critic. He worked for several film magazines and led a campaign for national film production, which had largely ceased by this point. In 1919 he made a brief foray into acting when he appeared as an extra in Mario Caserini's ''Tortured Soul''. Director In 1929 Blasetti made his directorial debut with ''Sun (film), Sun'', a fictional story set against the ongoing draining of the Pontine Marshes. The film was well received at a time when there were few Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra (acting)
A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera, or ballet production who appears in a nonspeaking or nonsinging (silent) capacity, usually in the background (for example, in an audience or busy street scene). War films and epic films often employ background actors in large numbers: some films have featured hundreds or even thousands of paid background actors as cast members (hence the term "cast of thousands"). Likewise, grand opera can involve many background actors appearing in spectacular productions. On a film or TV set, background actors are usually referred to as "junior artists", "atmosphere", "background talent", "background performers", "background artists", "background cast members", or simply "background", while the term "extra" is rarely used. In a stage production, background actors are commonly referred to as " supernumeraries". In opera and ballet, they are called either "extras" or "supers". Casting Casting criteria fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Carloni Talli
Ida Carloni Talli (31 January 1860 – 23 April 1940) was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 92 films between 1912 and 1924. She was born Rome and died in Milan. She made her debut as a stage actress in 1887.Ida Carloni Talli, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Selected filmography * ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (1913) * ''Quo Vadis'' (1913) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1915) * '' The Shadow of Her Past'' (1915) * ''I Topi Grigi'', starring Emilio Ghione * '' The Sea of Naples'' (1919) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1919) *'' Red Love'' (1921) * '' The Prey'' (1921) * ''The White Sister'' (1923) * '' The Betrothed'' (1923) * ''Consuelita ''Consuelita'' is a 1925 Italian silent comedy film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Francesca Bertini, Ida Carloni Talli and Alfonso Cassini.Jandelli p.253 Cast * Francesca Bertini * Ida Carloni Talli * Alfonso Cassini Alphons ...'' (1925) References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Martinelli
Alfredo Martinelli (7 March 1899 – 11 November 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany. Selected filmography * ''I Topi Grigi'' (1918) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1919) * ''Il teschio d'oro'' (1920) * '' The Second Wife'' (1922) * ''The White Sister'' (1923) * ''La dama de Chez Maxim's'' (1923) * ''Romola'' (1924) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * '' The Fiery Cavalcade'' (1925) * ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) * '' Floretta and Patapon'' (1927) * ''The Storyteller of Venice'' (1929) * '' Assunta Spina'' (1930) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * ''The Private Secretary'' (1931) * ''The Opera Singer'' (1932) * ''Paradise'' (1932) * ''Seconda B'' (1934) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * ''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) * ''Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' Hands Off Me!'' (1937) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Films
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