''Peddlin' in Society'' or ''Down With Riches!'' ( it, Abbasso la ricchezza!) is a 1946
Italian romance-
drama film
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directed by
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, ''T ...
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it was a loose sequel to the 1945 film ''
Down with Misery'' by the same director and also starring Magnani.
Cast
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Anna Magnani
Anna Maria Magnani (; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian actress.Obituary ''Variety'', 3 October 1973, pg. 47 She was known for her explosive acting and earthy, realistic portrayals of characters.
Born in Rome, she worked her ...
as Gioconda Perfetti
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Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...
as il conte Ghirani
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Virgilio Riento as Don Nicola
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Laura Gore as Anna
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Zora Piazza as Lucia Perfetti
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John Garson
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
as Lucky Brandy
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Lauro Gazzolo as Commendator Bardacò
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Giuseppe Porelli as Bonifazio
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Vittorio Mottini
Vittorio is an Italian male given name which has roots from the Byzantine-Bulgarian name Victor.
People with the given name Vittorio include:
* Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, pretender to the former Kingdom of Italy
* Vittorio Adorni, prof ...
as Nino
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Galeazzo Benti as Rorò di Torretia
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Vito Annichiarico
Vito is an Italian name that is derived from the Latin word "''vita''", meaning "life".
It is a modern form of the Latin name Vitus (disambiguation), Vitus, meaning "life-giver," as in San Vito or Saint Vitus, the patron saint of dogs and a her ...
as Little Tranquillo
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Domenico Gambino
Domenico Gambino (17 May 1890 – 17 April 1968) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director.
Gambino played Saetta, one of the rival strongman heroes to Maciste. Saetta had his own series of films during the early 1920s. He directed t ...
as Tranquillo's Uncle
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Checco Durante as Greengrocer
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Anita Durante as Caterina
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Dina Romano
Dina Romano (born Geltrude Ricci; 16 February 1876 – 7 November 1957) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than fifty films during her career including ''The Materassi Sisters'' (1944).Landy p.285
Selected filmography
* ...
as Marquise of Mendoza
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Enrico Glori
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as Commissioner
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Edda Soligo
Edda Soligo (1905–1984) was an Italian film and television actress.Verdone p.111
Selected filmography
* ''Adam's Tree'' (1936)
* '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937)
* ''The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937)
* ''Il signor Max'' (1937)
* '' To Live'' (1 ...
as Zefira
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Maria Grazia Francia
Maria Grazia Francia (17 September 1931 – 4 March 2021) was an Italian actress of classic cinema.
Career
Born in Florence, in the mid-1940s Francia moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. She eventually left the cou ...
References
Bibliography
* Burke, Frank. ''A Companion to Italian Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
External links
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1946 films
1946 romantic drama films
Italian romantic drama films
Films directed by Gennaro Righelli
Italian black-and-white films
1940s Italian films
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