''Anything for a Song'' ( it, Ho tanta voglia di cantare) is a 1943 Italian "
white-telephones"
musical film directed by
Mario Mattoli and starring
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Ferruccio Tagliavini (; 14 August 191329 January 1995) was an Italian operatic tenor mainly active in the 1940s and 1950s. Tagliavini was hailed as the heir apparent to Tito Schipa and Beniamino Gigli in the lyric-opera repertory due to the excep ...
,
Vera Carmi
Vera Carmi (23 November 1914 – 6 September 1969) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1940 and 1956. She was born in Turin, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Life and career
Carmi was born Virginia Doglioli ...
and
Luisa Rossi.
[Chiti & Poppi p.176] It was shot at the
Palatino Studios The Safa Palatino Studios are a complex of film and television studios in the Italian capital Rome. It is owned by Mediaset, who use it for the production of television programmes.
Historically, the site was used as a film studio from the 1930s to ...
in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, map_caption ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Piero Filippone
Piero Filippone (1911–1998) was an Italian art director who designed the sets for around two hundred films. He created the sets for Roberto Rossellini's 1954 film '' Journey to Italy''.Brunette p.416
Selected filmography
* '' Three Cornered H ...
.
Cast
*
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Ferruccio Tagliavini (; 14 August 191329 January 1995) was an Italian operatic tenor mainly active in the 1940s and 1950s. Tagliavini was hailed as the heir apparent to Tito Schipa and Beniamino Gigli in the lyric-opera repertory due to the excep ...
as Il tenore
*
Vera Carmi
Vera Carmi (23 November 1914 – 6 September 1969) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1940 and 1956. She was born in Turin, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Life and career
Carmi was born Virginia Doglioli ...
as La fanciulla
*
Luisa Rossi as La ragazza cieca
*
Carlo Campanini as L'amico del tenore
*
Virgilio Riento
Virgilio Riento (29 November 1889 – 7 September 1959) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 108 films between 1936 and 1959.
Selected filmography
* ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) - Man on train
* '' Il signor Max'' (1937) - ...
as L'industriale
*
Tino Scotti
Tino Scotti (16 November 1905 – 16 October 1984) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1940 and 1984. He was born in Milan, Italy, and died in Tarquinia, Italy.
Partial filmography
* ''Fanfulla da Lodi'' (1940)
* ''L ...
as Il maestro di musica
*
Aldo Silvani
Aldo Silvani (21 January 1891 – 12 November 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1934 and 1964. He was born in Turin, Italy and died in Milan, Italy.
Selected filmography
* '' Cardinal Lambertini'' ...
as Il padre del tenore
*
Luigi Cimara
*
Carlo Romano
Carlo Romano (8 May 1908 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Livorno, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his acting ...
as
* as
*
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 portra ...
as
* as
*
Totò Mignone
Ottone "Totò" Mignone (1906–1993) was an Italian dancer and actor of the stage and film.Kezich p.286 He was the elder brother of the actress and singer Milly.
Selected filmography
* ''Five to Nil'' (1932)
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1942 ...
as
*
Lia Orlandini as
*
Emilio Petacci
Emilio Petacci (1886–1965) was an Italian film actor.Goble p.74
Selected filmography
* '' Love Everlasting'' (1913)
* '' The Wedding March'' (1934)
* '' The Joker King'' (1935)
* '' Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936)
* '' Joe the Red'' (193 ...
as
References
Bibliography
* Roberto Chiti & Roberto Poppi. ''I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944''. Gremese Editore, 2005.
External links
*
1943 films
1943 musical films
1940s Italian-language films
Italian black-and-white films
Films directed by Mario Mattoli
Italian musical films
Films shot at Palatino Studios
1940s Italian films
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