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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) * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cadets Of Gascony
''The Cadets of Gascony'' (Italian: ''I cadetti di Guascogna'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Campanini and Mario Riva. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome, with sets designed by the art director Leonidas Marcolis. Location shooting took place at Bracciano in Lazio where the film is set. It earned 450 million lira at the Italian box office. Synopsis Walter and Ugo are both in love with the same girl Vittoria, but her disapproving aunt sends her away to Bracciano. Unknown to her both men are called up for military service and are posted to the town. They arrange a rendezvous with her at a cinema but, confined to barracks and unable to attend, they send their fellow soldier Nino along. To their irritation, Vittoria falls in love with Nino. To try and sabotage this they promote the rumour that Nino is engaged in an affair with an attractive soubrette. In fact she is his sister, in town with her touring musical troupe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanting Enemy
''The Enchanting Enemy'' (Italian: ''L'incantevole nemica'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Claudio Gora and starring Silvana Pampanini, Robert Lamoureux and Carlo Campanini.Gundle p.275 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alberto Boccianti and Oscar D'Amico. Plot A wealthy industrialist cheese manufacturer has a paranoid fear of communists and comes to believe that one of his employees is the head of a cell of agents. To keep an eye on him he invites him into his life, even to the extent that he becomes engaged to his attractive daughter. Cast * Silvana Pampanini as Silvia * Robert Lamoureux as Roberto * Carlo Campanini as Albertini * Ugo Tognazzi as Direttore della fabbrica * Pina Renzi as Signora Albertini * Mita Dover * Giuseppe Porelli * Nando Bruno * Renato Chiantoni * Nerio Bernardi * Gianni Agus * Mario Siletti * Buster Keaton * Quartetto Cetra * Annette Poivre * Raymond Bussières Raymond Bussières (3 November 1907 – 29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If You Won A Hundred Million
''If You Won a Hundred Million'' (Italian: ''Se vincessi cento milioni'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and Carlo Moscovini and starring Tino Scotti, Nerio Bernardi and Anna Carena.Betz p.249 It is an anthology film split into several different episodes. Plot The fan A fan hopes that his favorite team will one day finish first in the standings. One day his requests are granted and, by betting, the young man wins a lot of money, with which he can go on vacation to Hawaii. The model A simple model is in love with a superior of her; she hopes she can win a nice nest egg to so join her beloved of hers. She succeeds, but when she finally introduces herself to her Mario, she discovers that the man already has someone else. The main Ugo is an entrepreneur who owns a brewery, but contrary to his expectations he is hated by all his friends and even by employees. When he wins a large sum he decides to take revenge once and for all by firing all the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrivano I Nostri
''Arrivano i nostri'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Mario Riva. Cast * Mario Riva * Riccardo Billi as The showman playing Carmen Miranda * Franca Marzi as Gloria Chelli — Garlandi's lover * Lisetta Nava as Lisetta Rapelli * Nyta Dover as Acrobat and circus owner's wife * Alberto Sorrentino * Giuseppe Porelli as Baron Rapelli * Carlo Romano as Garlandi * Gianni Cavalieri * Gino Cavalieri * Guglielmo Inglese * Franco Sportelli * Giacomo Furia Giacomo Matteo Furia (2 January 1925 – 5 June 2015) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998. Life and career Born in Arienzo, near Caserta, Furia started his acting career ... External links * 1951 films 1951 comedy films Commedia all'italiana 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Mattoli Italian comedy films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reluctant Magician
''The Reluctant Magician'' (Italian: ''Il Mago per forza'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Tino Scotti, Isa Barzizza and Aroldo Tieri. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Flavio Mogherini. It earned 136 million Lira at the domestic box office.Chiti & Poppi p.216 Synopsis To avoid capture, a criminal on the run passes himself off as a magician. However, he comes to be an enormous hit and begins to strongly identify with the role. Cast * Tino Scotti as Cavaliere * Isa Barzizza as Perla * Aroldo Tieri as Mago Trapani * Adriano Rimoldi as Industriale * Sophia Loren as La Sposa * Carlo Mazzoni as Lo Sposo * Mirella Uberti * Dorian Gray * Franco Volpi * Mario Pisu * Mario Siletti * Vittorio Sanipoli * Arturo Bragaglia Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm The Capataz
''I'm the Capataz'' (Italian: ''Io sono il capataz'') is a 1951 Italian western-comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Renato Rascel, Silvana Pampanini and Marilyn Buferd. It was shot at the Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arrigo Equini. The film was a commercial hit, earning around 421 million lira at the box office.Chiti & Poppi p.196 Cast *Renato Rascel as Uguccione / Rascelito Villa *Silvana Pampanini as Rosa de Fuego *Luigi Pavese as Erasmo *Marilyn Buferd as Moira *Bruno Corelli as Il Sarto Francese *Nino Crisman as Gonzales *Vittorio Duse as Puchero *Sophia Loren as Segretaria del Dittatore *Mario Pisu as Hurtado *Virgilio Riento as Il Guardiano *Vickie Henderson as Danzatrice *Kiki Urbani as Danzatrice Bianca *Carlo Delle Piane as giovane popolano *Alberto Sorrentino Alberto Sorrentino (16 February 1916 – 31 January 1994), was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 89 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Escape
''Free Escape'' (Italian: ''Libera uscita'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Nino Taranto, Ludmilla Dudarova and Laura Gore.Sorrenti p.21 The film's sets were designed by Alberto Boccianti. It was made at Cinecittà. Cast * Nino Taranto as Domenico Errichiello * Ludmilla Dudarova as Signora Quaglia * Laura Gore as Rosetta * Nyta Dover as Susanna * Luigi Pavese as Signor Quaglia * Carlo Croccolo as Pinozzo Molliconi * Elena Altieri * Guglielmo Inglese * Simona Gori * Galeazzo Benti * Arturo Bragaglia * Ciro Berardi * Enrico Luzi as Regista di fotoromanzi * Gigi Reder * Mario Lauri * Nerio Bernardi Nerio Bernardi (23 July 1899 – 12 January 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Nero'' (1922) * ''The Sheph ... References Bibliography * Pasquale Sorrenti. ''Il cinema e la Puglia''. Schen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto The Third Man
''Toto the Third Man'' ( it, Totò terzo uomo) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot In a small village Peter and Paul (both starring Toto), twin brothers of opposite characters, Peter, mayor of the town, is gruff, precise, picky all of a piece and never lets talk about his wife (Bice Valori), is totally different from his brother Paul, who loves the good life and beautiful women, such as the innkeeper's wife Oreste (Carlo Campanini) at the expense of his wife. The dispute between the two brothers is affecting the whole country, because the construction of the new prison, which will give bread and work for all, will be built on land owned by Paul and despite already there is a municipal resolution acquisition of land by part of the town, Peter refuses to carry out the transaction with his brother, blocking the start of work, because they are afraid you might think that makes favoritism to his brother. A groped to take advantage of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Hours Of Trouble
''Seven Hours of Trouble'' (Italian: ''Sette ore di guai'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi and starring Totò, Isa Barzizza and Carlo Campanini.Goble p.958 Plot Toto De Pasquale (Toto) is the holder of a modest tailoring. The day of the baptism of his son, receives the visit of the Advocate Espinaci (Eduardo Passarelli), charge d'notice the seizure of his property because of a debt long overdue and unpaid. When the lawyer discovers that the wife of De Pasquale (Clelia Matania) is an old friend of his, he decides to postpone. Toto, to ingratiate himself further, he decides to do godfather, forgetting that he had already entrusted the task to brother Matthew (Nino Milano), incurable bully. A few minutes later Toto, the lawyer and Matthew discover that the nurse (Bice Valori) has lost the baby after a fight on the streets with her husband. Without saying anything to his wife, Toto goes to look for the child and, in order not to suspect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauties On Bicycles
''Beauties on Bicycles'' (Italian: ''Bellezze in '') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Silvana Pampanini and Delia Scala.Parish p.142 It was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome with sets designed by Alfredo Montori. The film was one of the more popular productions released that year and was a financial success. Two young women travelling towards Milan to try to secure roles in a new musical comedy show enjoy a series of adventures which involve pretending to be soldiers and taking party in a bicycle race. Partial cast *Silvana Pampanini as Silvana *Delia Scala as Delia *Franca Marzi as Maria *Peppino De Filippo as First thief *Renato Rascel as The mechanic's son *Aroldo Tieri as Aroldo *Carlo Ninchi as The manager * Carlo Croccolo as Pinotto *Arnoldo Foà as The sergeant *Luigi Pavese as Reporter *Dante Maggio as Second thief *Carlo Romano as Darelli Manager *Renato Valente as Giulio Darelli * Oscar Andriani *Nico Pepe *Nerio Berna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transporter (1950 Film)
''The Transporter'' (Italian: ''La bisarca'') is a 1950 Italian comedy science fiction film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Peppino De Filippo, Silvana Pampanini, Lída Baarová and Aroldo Tieri. It is based on a radio program with the same name. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. It earned 182 and a half million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.63 Synopsis A barber is engaged to a manicurist working in the shop, but he grows jealous and picks a quarrel with one of the customers. Struck on the head he crashes into a radio playing a serial programme. Knocked unconscious he begins to have bizarre dreams about a deluge and a car transporter which functions as a Noah's Ark. Production The film was based on the homonymous radio broadcast by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini, broadcast for two seasons from 1949 to 1951. A theatrical magazine was also taken from the radio b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
