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Vacations In Majorca
''Vacations in Majorca'' ( it, Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Plot Anselmo Pandolfini lives in Palma de Mallorca. He meets a famous American diva Mary Moore who initially dislikes him, but persuades her to let him act as her bodyguard. Cast *Alberto Sordi: Anselmo Pandolfini *Gino Cervi: André Breton *Belinda Lee: Mary Moore *Dorian Gray: Hélène *Antonio Cifariello: Ernesto *Rossana Martini: Angela *Mercedes Alonso: Clementina *Vicente Parra: Gianni *Giulio Paradisi Giulio Paradisi (born 21 March 1934) is an Italian film director, actor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Paradisi enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and immediately after the graduation he made his acting debut w ...: Miguel Production The cast featured British actor Belinda Lee, then based in Europe. References External links *Film pageat BFI 1959 comedy films 1959 films Italian comedy film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Bianchi (director)
Giorgio Bianchi (18 February 1904 – 9 February 1967) was an Italian film director and actor. Selected filmography * '' Mother Earth'' (1931) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * ''The Blue Fleet'' (1932) * '' Two Happy Hearts'' (1932) * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * ''Venus'' (1932) * ''Saint John, the Beheaded'' (1940) * ''A Little Wife'' (1943) * ''Crime News'' (1947) * ''Twenty Years'' (1949) * ''Hearts at Sea'' (1950) * '' Porca miseria'' (1951) * '' Il caimano del Piave'' (1951) * '' Amor non ho... però... però'' (1951) * '' The Enemy'' (1952) * ''The Shadow'' (1954) * ''Io piaccio'' (1955) * '' Buonanotte... avvocato!'' (1955) * '' Count Max'' (1957) * '' Vacations in Majorca'' (1959) * ''The Moralist'' (1959) * ''Le olimpiadi dei mariti'' (1960) * ''Femmine di lusso'' (1960) * '' The Orderly'' (1961) * ''Il mio amico Benito'' (1962) * '' Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin'' (1962) * '' The Changing of the Guard'' (1962) * ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Cifariello
Antonio Cifariello (19 May 1930 – 12 December 1968) was an Italian actor and documentarist. Life and career Born in Naples, son of the sculptor Filippo Cifariello, Antonio started his career in 1950 as the main actor, credited as Fabio Montale, in ''La sposa che vestiva di bianco'', a film which had several production issues and that was released only in 1953. In the meanwhile Cifariello appeared in several fotoromanzi using the stage name Mauro Vellani, and enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1953. The same year, he was chosen by Federico Fellini to star in ''Marriage Agency'', a segment of the anthology film '' Love in the City''. Following the release of the film, in a short time Cifariello established himself as one of the most requested young actors in Italian cinema, mainly active in romantic comedies and adventure films. Tired of playing stereotypal characters of seducers or boyfriends, in the 1960s Cifariello gradually mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Giorgio Bianchi
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 sens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy 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] |
1959 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Paradisi
Giulio Paradisi (born 21 March 1934) is an Italian film director, actor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Paradisi enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and immediately after the graduation he made his acting debut with a small role in Alessandro Blasetti's '' Too Bad She's Bad''. After playing several other character roles with notable directors including Federico Fellini and Francesco Maselli Francesco Maselli or Citto Maselli (born 9 December 1930, in Rome) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 38 films since 1949. Biography Maselli graduated at the National Film School in 1949 and began his career as assist ..., he began working as an assistant director in 1963, later directing a few fairly successful films on his own between 1970 and 1982. Paradisi was also active as a stage director and as a director of commercials. Filmography Director *'' Terzo Canale - Avventura a Montecarlo'' (1970) *'' Ragazzo di borg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Parra
Vicente Parra Collado (5 February 1931 – 2 March 1997) was a Spanish actor. Early career Born in Oliva (Valencia), in a lower-class family, he began his career at a young age in the theater. He formed part of a number of theatrical companies.Torres, '' ''Diccionario del cine Español'', p. 365 He made his film debut at age eighteen with the film ''Rumbo'' ''(Heading)'' (1949) in a small role. He became famous with the thriller film ''El expreso de Andalucía'' (''The Andalusian express'') (1956) under the direction of Francisco Rovira Beleta.Mira, ''Spanish Cinema'', p. 236 He then put his work in the theater in the background to concentrate in pursuing a career in films. He made two films directed by Mauel Mur Otis: ''Fedra'' (1956), an adaptation of the classical play, and the melodrama ''El batallón de las sombras'' (1957). The same year he starred in ''Rapsodia de sangre'' (1957) a film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Alonso
Mercedes Alonso (1913–2013) was a prolific Spanish film editor active from the 1940s through the 1990s. Selected filmography * '' All Is Possible in Granada'' (1982) * '' The House That Screamed'' (1970) * '' I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!'' (1968) * ''The Tough One'' (1966) * ''Hands of a Gunfighter'' (1965) * ''Seven Hours of Gunfire'' (1965) * ''Hour of Death'' (1964) * ''Cavalca e uccidi'' (1964) * ''Four Bullets for Joe'' (1964) * ''Implacable Three'' (1963) * ''Héroes de blanco A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly gender-specific terms (like ''actor''), ''hero ...'' (1962) * '' La rosa roja'' (1960) * '' Nada menos que un arkángel'' (1960) * '' El Vaquero and the Girl'' (1956) * '' Terroristi a Madrid'' (1955) * '' La patrulla'' (1954) * '' Bella, la salvaje'' (1953) References Spanish film editors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossana Martini
Rossana Martini (1 January 1926 – 2 February 1988) was an Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Born in Empoli, at 20 Martini won the first edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest held in 1946, raising a great controversy by the tabloid press for the non-election of Silvana Pampanini. She subsequently started a career as an actress, sometimes starring leading roles. She was married to the actor and producer Nino Crisman Nino Crisman (1911–1983) was an Italian actor and film producer. Crisman was born in the port city of Trieste when it was still a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Crisman made his film debut in 1939 during the Fascist era. He appeared as .... Filmography References External links * 1926 births 1988 deaths People from Empoli Italian beauty pageant winners Italian film actresses Italian female models 20th-century Italian actresses {{Italy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorian Gray (actress)
Maria Luisa Mangini (2 February 1928 – 15 February 2011), better known as Dorian Gray, was an Italian actress. Biography Gray made her stage debut in 1950. After five years she left the world of the theater and devoted herself to cinema. The role she played most often in films was that of a seductive sex kitten. She played the titular "bad girl" in ''Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina''. She also appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni's ''Il grido''. In 1957, she took part in ''The Nights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini. Death On February 15, 2011, Gray committed suicide by gunshot at her home in Torcegno. She was 83 years old; some media, however, reported her age as 75, since she herself claimed to have been born in 1936. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Metz
Vittorio Metz (18 July 1904 – 1 March 1984) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 110 films between 1939 and 1977. Selected filmography * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?'' (1939) * ''The Pirate's Dream'' (1940) * ''Non me lo dire!'' (1940) * '' Annabella's Adventure'' (1943) * '' The Za-Bum Circus'' (1944) * '' Macario Against Zagomar'' (1944) * '' Toto Tours Italy'' (1948) * '' Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * ''Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * '' Adam and Eve'' (1949) * '' Toto Looks for a House'' (1949) * ''Figaro Here, Figaro There'' (1950) * '' Totò Tarzan'' (1950) * '' The Cadets of Gascony'' (1950) * ''The Knight Has Arrived!'' (1950) * '' Toto Looks for a Wife'' (1950) * '' Toto the Sheik'' (1950) * '' The Transporter'' (1950) * '' Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * '' Seven Hours of Trouble'' (1951) * '' Toto the Third Man'' (1951) * ''Free Escape'' (1951) * '' I'm the Capataz'' (1951) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
