Alfredo Guarini (1901–1981) was an Italian screenwriter, film producer and

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. Guarini is noted in particular for his management of the career of the Italian actress

Isa Miranda Isa Miranda (born Ines Isabella Sampietro; 5 July 1909 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career. Biography Miranda was born Ines Isabella Sampietro in Milan, the daughter of atreet car conductor in Mian. When s ...

, who he eventually married. In the mid-1930s he was responsible for persuading her to work in a variety of different countries to build up a greater international profile after her breakthrough success in '' Everybody's Woman'' (1934).Gundle p.131

Selected filmography

Director

* '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) * '' Document Z-3'' (1942) * ''

Charley's Aunt ''Charley's Aunt'' is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate whose friends Jack and Charley persuade him to impersonate the latter's aunt. The complications of the plot in ...

'' (1943)

Producer

* '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' Red Passport'' (1935) * ''

Germany Year Zero ''Germany, Year Zero'' ( it, Germania anno zero) is a 1948 film directed by Roberto Rossellini, and is the final film in Rossellini's unofficial war film trilogy, following '' Rome, Open City'' and '' Paisà''. ''Germany Year Zero'' takes place ...

'' (1948) * ''

The Walls of Malapaga ''The Walls of Malapaga'' ( it, Le mura di Malapaga, french: Au-delà des grilles (''Beyond the Gates'')), is a 1949 French-Italian drama film directed by René Clément and starring Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda and Andrea Checchi. It was a co-prod ...

'' (1949) * '' Journey to Italy'' (1954) * '' Esterina'' (1959) * '' Thor and the Amazon Women'' (1963)

References

Bibliography

* Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

* 1901 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film producers Italian film directors Film people from Genoa 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub