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We Were Seven Widows
''We Were Seven Widows'' ( it, Eravamo sette vedove) is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Antonio Gandusio. Cast * Antonio Gandusio - L'avvocato Ruggero Mauri * Nino Taranto - Orlando, il cameriere di bordo * Laura Nucci - Vera * Silvana Jachino - Barbara * Laura Solari - Anna Calcini * Greta Gonda - Maria * Anna Maria Dossena - Ada * Maria Dominiani - Liliana * Amelia Chellini - Gioconda Zappi Torriani * Oscar Andriani - Il marito di Liliana * Gino Bianchi - Francesco, il marito di Anna * Adolfo Geri - Il marito di Ada * Mario Siletti - Popi, il marito geloso di Vera * Carlo Micheluzzi - Matteo * Ori Monteverdi - L'infermiera * Armando Migliari Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Last of the Bergeracs'' (193 ... - Il medico External links * ...
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Mario Mattoli
Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966. His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Filmography * ''Full Speed (1934 film), Full Speed'' (1934) * ''I Love You Only'' (1935) * ''The Man Who Smiles'' (1936) * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) * ''La damigella di Bard (film), La damigella di Bard'' (1936) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''These Children'' (1937) * ''Felicità Colombo'' (1937) * ''Destiny (1938 film), Destiny'' (1938) * ''Triumph of Love (1938 film), Triumph of Love'' (1938) * ''Nonna Felicità'' (1938) * ''A Lady Did It'' (1938) * ''The Lady in White'' (1938) * ''We Were Seven Sisters'' (1939) * ''At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * ''Mille chilometr ...
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Oscar Andriani
Oscar Andriani (28 December 1905 – 17 July 1987) was an Italian actor and playwright. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1937 to 1969. Life and career Born in Brescia, Andriani made his stage debut at 17 years old in the theatrical company of , and later worked with other important companies of the time, such the ones led by Emma Gramatica, Wanda Capodaglio and Annibale Ninchi. He had a prolific career as a character film actor, often appearing alongside his real life friend Amedeo Nazzari. He also was a playwright, whose works (often published under pseudonyms) were staged by prominent companies, such as the Giovanni Grasso's, Carlo Veneziani's and Tino Scotti's ones. He wrote the script of the partially autobiographical film ''World of Miracles'', directed in 1959 by Luigi Capuano Luigi Capuano (13 July 1904 – 20 October 1979) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, he directed 43 films between 1947 and 1971. Selected filmography * ''Ve ...
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Italian Black-and-white Films
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1930s Italian-language Films
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Italian Comedy Films
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1939 Comedy Films
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1939 Films
The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten Best Picture-nominated films that year include classics in multiple genres. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1939 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events Film historians often rate 1939 as "the greatest year in the history of Hollywood". Hollywood films produced in Southern California were at the height of their Golden Age (in spite of many cheaply made or undistinguished films also being produced, something to be expected with any year in commercial cinema), and during 1939 there are the premieres of an outstandingly large number of exceptional motion pictures, many of which become honored as all-time classic films. ** June 10 – MGM's first successful animated character, Barney Bear, made his debut in ''The Bear That Couldn't Sleep''. ** August 15 – ''The Wizard of Oz'' premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. ** October 17 ...
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Armando Migliari
Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * '' La Damigella di Bard'' (1936) * ''The Man Who Smiles'' (1936) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''The Castiglioni Brothers'', (1937) * '' It Was I!'' (1937) * '' To Live'' (1937) * '' These Children'' (1937) * ''Destiny'' (1938) * ''The Two Mothers'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * '' Triumph of Love'' (1938) * ''At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) * ''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1939) * ''Wealth Without a Future'' (1939) * ''In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) * ''The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) * ''Naples Will Never Die'' (1939) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?'' (1939) * ''Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * '' A Romanti ...
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Ori Monteverdi
Ori or ORI may refer to: People * Ori (Hebrew), a Hebrew given name, and a list of Israeli people with the name * Ori Kowarsky (born 1970), Canadian filmmaker and lawyer * Ōri Umesaka (1900–1965), Japanese photographer * Amos Ori (born 1956), Israeli physicist and professor * Györgyi Őri (born 1955), Hungarian former handball player * Israel Ori (1658–1711), a prominent figure of the Armenian national liberation movement and diplomat * Valvil Ori, a king in what is now Tamil Nadu, India around 200 AD Fictional or mythical characters * Ori – see List of dwarfs in Norse mythology * Ori (Middle-earth), a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium of Middle-earth * Ori (Stargate), fictional evil beings in the ''Stargate SG-1'' television series * Ori, the titular protagonist of the ''Ori and the Blind Forest'' and ''Ori and the Will of the Wisps'' video games Acronyms * Obsessive relational intrusion * United States Office of Research Integrity, a government body * Old ...
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Carlo Micheluzzi
Carlo Micheluzzi (1886–1973) was an Italian stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ....Farrell & Puppa p.239 Filmography References Bibliography * Joseph Farrell & Paolo Puppa. ''A History of Italian Theatre''. Cambridge University Press, 2006. External links * 1886 births 1973 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors 19th-century Neapolitan people {{Italy-actor-stub ...
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Mario Siletti
Mario Giovanni Siletti (22 July 1903 – 19 April 1964) was an Italian actor. He was born in Turin. He performed in more than 160 films from 1932 to 1964. He began appearing in American films no later than 1946. From 1962 to 1964, he also portrayed a recurring character, Charlie Carlotti, on the American television series, ''Hazel''. In April 1964, he was killed in a Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ... automobile collision caused by a drunk driver. Siletti's pregnant wife was also critically injured in the crash. The driver of the other vehicle was arrested for felony manslaughter. Selected filmography References External links * Italian male film actors 1903 births 1964 deaths 20th-century Italian male actors Italian emigrants to the Uni ...
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Adolfo Geri
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