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Uncle Was A Vampire
''Uncle Was a Vampire'' ( it, Tempi duri per i vampiri, lit=Hard Times for Vampires) is a 1959 Italian film directed by Steno. Plot Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi is forced to sell his ancestral castle to pay his debts. The manor is ingloriously transformed into a frivolous hotel, and Osvaldo is allowed to continue to live there working as a bellhop. One day Osvaldo receives a visit from his uncle, Baron Roderico da Frankurten, who turns out to be a real vampire. Osvaldo tries to warn the various guests of the hotel, with the only result being that he is taken for a madman. Bitten by his uncle, Osvaldo will also turn into a vampire, but his beloved, Lellina, will also be able to free him from the curse. Cast Production ''Uncle Was a Vampire'' was Christopher Lee's first appearance in an Italian film production. Release ''Uncle Was a Vampire'' was released in Italy on October 28, 1959 where it was distributed by C.E.I.-Incom. It grossed a total of 385 million lire in Italy. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steno (director)
Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, ''Un giorno in pretura'' (1954) and ''Febbre da cavallo'' (1976), were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Abandonment (film), Abandonment'' (1940) * ''In High Places (1943 film), In High Places'' (1943) * ''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) * ''Annabella's Adventure'' (1943) * ''Black Eagle (1946 film), Black Eagle'' (1946) * ''The Courier of the King'' (1947) * ''The Captain's Daughter (1947 film), The Captain's Daughter'' (1947) * ''Fear and Sand'' (1948) * ''The Wolf of the Sila'' (1949) * ''Toto Looks for a House'' (1949) * ''A Night of Fame'' (1949) * ''A Dog's Life (1950 film), A Dog's Life'' (with Mario Monicelli, 1950) * ''The Knight Has Arrived!'' (with Mario Monicelli, 1950) * ''Her Favourite Husband'' (1950) * ''The E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Wery
Carl Sebastian Martin Wery (born Wery de Lemans; 7 August 1897 in Trostberg, Upper Bavaria – 14 March 1975 in Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''No Day Without You'' (1933) * ''Anna and Elizabeth'' (1933) - Annas Vater * ''Drei Kaiserjäger'' (1933) - Berghofer, Wirt * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) - Brandmeyer * ' (1937, Short) - Commodore Hardt (the film project had started in 1937; titled "''Weltraumschiff 1''8") * ''Water for Canitoga'' (1939) - Westbrook * ''Fasching'' (1939) - Bildhauer Balthasar Huber * ''Gold in New Frisco'' (1939) - McKinley * ''The Eternal Spring'' (1940) - Sprecher der Bauern * ''Enemies'' (1940) - Martin * ''What Does Brigitte Want?'' (1941) - Generaldirektor Boller * ''Venus on Trial'' (1941) - Der Oberstaatsanwalt * ''Kameraden'' (1941) - General von York * ''Alarmstufe V'' (1941) * '' The Sold Grandfather'' (1942) - Vater Kreithofer * ''The Little Residence'' (1942) - Dr. Werner * ''A Salzburg Comedy'' (1943) - Der Tourist mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Stefano Vanzina
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy Horror Films
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1950s Comedy Horror Films
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1959 Horror Films
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1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Italian Films Of 1959 ...
A list of films produced in Italy in 1959 (see 1959 in film): References Bibliography * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1959 1959 Films Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lee Filmography
The following is the filmography of English actor Sir Christopher Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015). With a career spanning nearly seven decades, Lee was well known for portraying Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films, beginning with ''Dracula'' (1958). His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond action film '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974), Count Dooku in the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy (2002–2005), and Saruman in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy (2001–2003) and ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy (2012–2014). Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009. He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and the BFI Fellowship in 2013. He considered his best performance to be that of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic ''Jinnah'' (1998), and his best film to be the British cult film ''The Wicker Man'' (1973). He frequently appeared opposite his friend Peter Cushing Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totò
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il Principe della risata'' ("the Prince of laughter"), was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist. He was commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. He is best known for his funny and sometimes cynical character as a comedian in theatre and then in many successful films shot from the 1940s to the 1960s, but he also worked with many iconic Italian film directors in dramatic/poetic roles. Early life Totò was born Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente on 15 February 1898 in the Rione Sanità, a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente (1881–1947), a Sicilian woman, and the Neapolitan marquis Giuseppe de Curtis (1873–1944). His father did not legally recognize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embassy Pictures
Embassy Pictures Corporation (also and later known as Avco Embassy Pictures as well as Embassy Films Associates) was an American independent film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution studio responsible for such films as ''The Graduate'', ''The Producers (1967 film), The Producers'', ''The Fog'', ''The Howling (film), The Howling'', ''Escape from New York'', and ''This Is Spinal Tap''. History Founding The company was formed in 1942 by Joseph E. Levine, initially to distribute foreign films in the United States. The company entered film production in 1945, co-producing with Maxwell Finn the documentary ''Gaslight Follies'', a compilation of silent film clips narrated by Ben Grauer. Success Embassy found success in 1956 bringing the Japanese film ''Godzilla (1954 film), Godzilla'' to the American general public (in a re-edited version), acquiring the rights for $12,000 and spending $400,000 promoting it under the title ''Godzilla, King of the Monst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Giacobini
Franco Giacobini (5 March 1926 – 27 December 2015) was an Italian actor. Born in Rome as Francesco Giacobini, he graduated at Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in 1948, then started a prolific stage career, working in comedy plays, dramas and revues. Giacobini also appeared in numerous films and TV-works, usually in comedic roles. He was married to actress Angela Goodwin. Selected filmography * ''Papà diventa mamma'' (1952) - Il passeggero sul Tram * ''Le marchand de Venise'' (1953) * ''Ci troviamo in galleria'' (1953) - Funzionario RAI * ''Via Padova 46'' (1953) - The Journalist (uncredited) * ''Caporale di giornata'' (1958) - The Sailor on the Telephone (uncredited) * ''La cento chilometri'' (1959) - The Race Walker without His Underpants * ''Uncle Was a Vampire'' (1959) - Il secondo play boy * ''The Employee'' (1960) - Rotondi * ''Run with the Devil'' (1960) - The TV Interviewer (uncredited) * ''The Fascist'' (1961) - Militare a Rocca Sabina * '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
