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Virginia Balistrieri
Virginia Balistrieri also credited as Virginia Balestrieri (15 January 1888 – 7 December 1960) was an Italian stage and film actress.Paietta p.92 She was married to the actor Giovanni Grasso. In 1914 she starred in the silent film '' Lost in the Dark'', seen as a forerunner of Italian neorealism. In the post-Second World War years she worked as a character actress in productions such as the 1950 religious film ''Margaret of Cortona''. Selected filmography * '' Lost in the Dark'' (1914) * ''No Man's Land'' (1939) * ''Hawk of the Nile'' (1950) * '' The Outlaws'' (1950) * '' Welcome, Reverend!'' (1950) * '' The Cliff of Sin'' (1950) * ''Margaret of Cortona Margaret of Cortona (1247 – 22 February 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonized in 1728. She is the patron saint of the falsely accused ...'' (1950) * '' Fatal Desire'' (1953) * '' Mermaid of Naples'' (1956) Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguri E Figli Maschi!
''Auguri e figli maschi!'' is a 1951 Italian film directed by Giorgio Simonelli. Plot A marshal's daughters are engaged to three boys, but they can't get married because they can't find apartments to live in on their own. The boys finally find a place to live in peace, but a scammer tricks them into getting married quietly. The boys later found themselves amazed at the ruin of the house. The three couples try them all: from a beauty pageant to a dating house and finally choosing the definitive accommodation in their father-in-law's house. Cast * Delia Scala: Silvana * Maria Grazia Francia: Miranda * Giovanna Pala: sister of Silvana * Ugo Tognazzi: Mario * Aroldo Tieri: Ruggero * Enrico Luzi: Carmine * Carlo Croccolo: Antoniotto * Franca Tamantini: Paciottini's lover * Guglielmo Inglese: Vincenzo * Checco Durante: controllore * Nico Pepe Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Man's Land (1939 Film)
''No Man's Land'' (Italian: ''Terra di nessuno'') is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Mario Baffico and starring Mario Ferrari, Nelly Corradi and Laura Solari.Nichols XXIV It is based on two novels by Luigi Pirandello. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Tavazzi. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Location filming took place at Todi near Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o .... Cast References Bibliography * Nina DaVinci Nichols. ''Pirandello and Film''. University of Nebraska Press, 1995. External links * 1939 films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white films 1939 drama films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Baffico Films shot at Cinecittà Studios 1939 comedy films Films bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Actresses
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People From Trapani
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1960 Deaths
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 Births
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits. Events January–March * January 3 – The 91-centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used. * January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. * January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. * January 21 – The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States. * January 26 – The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England. * February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889). * February 27 – In West O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mermaid Of Naples
''Mermaid of Naples'' ( it, Maruzzella) is a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano. Plot Cast *Marisa Allasio: Maruzzella *Massimo Serato: Salvatore *Yvette Lebon: Donna Carmela * Adolfo Geri: Caputo *Renato Carosone: Renato *Carlo Tamberlani: Don Mario *Virginia Balistrieri: Aunt Concetta See also * List of Italian films of 1956 A list of films produced in Italy in 1956 (see 1956 in film): See also *1956 in Italian television References Bibliography * External linksItalian films of 1956at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1 ... References External links * 1956 films 1950s romantic musical films Italian musical drama films Italian romantic drama films Films directed by Luigi Capuano Films set in Naples 1950s Italian films Melodrama films {{romantic-musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatal Desire (film)
''Fatal Desire'' ( it, Cavalleria rusticana) is a 3-D Italian musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. The film is based on the opera ''Cavalleria rusticana'' and stars May Britt, Anthony Quinn, Ettore Manni, and Kerima. For the vocal parts Quinn was dubbed by Tito Gobbi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin Gastone Medin (1905–1973) was an Italian art director.Anile p.132 He worked on more than a hundred and fifty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''The Table of the P .... Cast References External links * 1953 films 1950s musical drama films 1950s historical musical films Italian historical musical films Italian musical drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Carmine Gallone 1953 3D films Italian black-and-white films Films based on operas Films based on works by Giovanni Verga Films set in Sicily Films set in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cliff Of Sin
''The Cliff of Sin'' ( it, La scogliera del peccato) is a Italian films of 1950, 1950 Italy, Italian melodrama film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Gino Cervi, Margarete Genske and Delia Scala. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It was initially distributed by regional independents before being given a second release by Minerva Film in 1951. Plot Ischia. Stella, a fatal woman, joins Silvano, her old lover, who has been living isolated and alcoholic for some time in a hut on the island. To achieve her purpose, to seize her possessions, she does not hesitate to poison him. Immediately after she seduces Paolo, a young fisherman, and involves him in the trafficking of a gang of smugglers, so much so that he gives up on getting married to Anna, she promises to him. Michele, the girl's brother, returns to the island just to make Paolo retrace her steps but he too yields to Stella's charm, becoming her lover and her accomplice in six t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome, Reverend!
''Welcome Reverend'' ( it, Benvenuto, reverendo!) is a 1950 Italian crime film comedy directed, written by and starring Aldo Fabrizi. It co-stars Massimo Girotti and Lianella Carell. Cast *Aldo Fabrizi as Don Peppino *Lianella Carell as Anna *Massimo Girotti *Gabriele Ferzetti *Giovanni Grasso *Mario Mazza *Virginia Balestrieri *Pitto as The child (as il piccolo Pitto) *Ada Colangeli * Franco Fava * Lia Grani *Marianne Hold Marianne Hold (15 May 1933 – 11 September 1994) was a German movie actress who became popular in the 1950s and 1960s for her numerous roles in the ''Heimatfilm'' genre—romantic comedy films set in rural, especially Alpine, areas. She serv ... * Alfredo Leggi *Amerigo Santarelli * Carlo Titta *Raimondo Van Riel External links * 1950 films 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Italian crime comedy films 1950s crime comedy films Films directed by Aldo Fabrizi 1950 comedy films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outlaws (1950 Film)
''The Outlaws'' ( it, I fuorilegge) is a 1950 Italian crime film directed by Aldo Vergano. Plot Turi, having returned to Sicily from abroad, learns that his sister Maruzza is the lover of Cosimo Barrese, a militant of the Movement for the Independence of Sicily, who, abandoned by everyone, has become a bandit. The two would like to get married, but life as an outlaw seems an insurmountable obstacle. Turi asks for revenge on the bandit who has dishonored the family and uses a shady and devious lawyer to drive him into a trap. Cast *Vittorio Gassman: Turi *Maria Grazia Francia: Maruzza *Ermanno Randi: Cosimo *Umberto Spadaro: Don Ciccio *Rocco D'Assunta: Don Agatino Santoro *Tino Buazzelli: Maresciallo Fulvio *Virginia Balistrieri: Mother of Turi *Attilio Dottesio: Capitano dei carabinieri *Leonardo De Mitri Leonardo De Mitri (1914–1956) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.Goble p.270 Selected filmography * '' The Outlaws'' (1950) * '' Cats and Dogs'' (1952) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawk Of The Nile
''Hawk of the Nile'' ( it, Lo sparviero del Nilo) is a 1950 Italian adventure film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Enzo Fiermonte and Silvana Pampanini. Plot In the first half of the nineteenth century the young Leila left Paris, where she was educated, to go to Cairo to collect the inheritance of her late grandfather, a rich Egyptian pasha. Cousin Ibrahim, who administers the land properties in a dishonest manner with the complicity of his trusted Yusuf, gives the banker Micropulos the research rights in sapphire deposits located in the territory of the Beni Amer Bedouins, making them and Leila believe that they are drilling artesian wells, thus obtaining the approval of Rachid, the young sheikh of the Beni Amer. He, who went to Cairo to renew the pact that allows his people to live on the lands granted them, meets Leila and falls in love with her. Releases land administration to Ibrahim and Yusuf; these, after having commanded the delivery of the weapons, provoke the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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