''Big Shoes'' (Italian: ''Scarpe grosse'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones"

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Dino Falconi Dino Falconi (September 18, 1902–February 17, 1990) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.Waldman p.158 His parents were Armando Falconi and Tina Di Lorenzo, both actors. The actor Arturo Falconi was his uncle. Selected filmography ...

and starring

Amedeo Nazzari Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 in Cagliari – 5 November 1979 in Rome) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star Errol Flynn. Al ...

Lilia Silvi Lilia Silvi (22 December 1922 – 27 July 2013) was an Italian film actress. Silvi was one of several young actresses presented as an Italian equivalent to the Canadian-born Cinema of the United States, Hollywood star Deanna Durbin. She appeared ...

and

Elena Altieri Elena Altieri (born Elena Capucci; 27 July 1916 – 1 May 1997) was an Italian film and stage actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1937 and 1955. She was born in Stresa, the daughter of an Italian father and an English mother. She was mainl ...

.Pruzzo & Lancia p.63 It is based on a play by Sándor Hunyady which had previously been turned into a 1939 Hungarian film '' Istvan Bors''. 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 ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

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 ...

and Camillo Del Signore.

Cast

as Stefano Di Marco *

as Ninì *

as Marta *

Enzo Biliotti Enzo Biliotti (28 June 1887 – 19 November 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1916 and 1958. He was born in Livorno, Italy and died in Bologna, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Betrothed'' (1923) * '' Villafr ...

as Il conte Carlo Garlandi *

Tina Lattanzi Tina Lattanzi (born Annunziata Concetta Costantini; 5 December 1897 – 25 October 1997) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography A native of Licenza and the daughter of Ercole Costantini and Geltrude Montori, Lattanzi began her acting ...

as Sofia Garlandi *

Lauro Gazzolo Lauro Gazzolo (born Ilario Gazzolo; 15 October 1900 – 2 October 1970) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Nervi in Genoa, Gazzolo began his career on screen in 1938 starring in the comedy film ''The Document'' and bec ...

as Giancola *

Olinto Cristina Olinto Cristina (5 February 1888 – 17 June 1962) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Florence to actors Raffaello Cristina and Cesira Sabatini, Cristina began acting on stage as a child. His sisters Ines Cristina Zaccon ...

as Dossena, l'amministratore * Beatrice Mancini as Maria *

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 Il notaio Sandelli *

Oreste Fares Oreste Fares (1885–1950) was an Italian stage and film actor.Landy p.155 Selected filmography * '' Before the Jury'' (1931) * ''Venus'' (1932) * '' Villafranca'' (1934) * '' Red Passport'' (1935) * '' Cavalry'' (1936) * '' To Live'' (1937) * '' ...

as Il curato *

Gualtiero De Angelis Gualtiero De Angelis (November 22, 1899 – June 6, 1980) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was best known for dubbing James Stewart in the Italian language releases of nearly all of his films. Biography Born in Rome, De Angelis began h ...

as Il procuratore Guzzini *

Gorella Gori Gorella Gori (2 February 1900 – 25 November 1963) was an Italian entertainer (including cafe-chantant), stage actor and film actress. She appeared in twenty five films, generally in supporting or minor roles. One of her later roles was a sma ...

as Concetta, la cuoca * Franca Volpini as Annetta, la cameriera * Gastone Schirato as Michele, il maggiordomo * Oscar Andriani as Un braccianto *

Fedele Gentile Fedele Gentile (1908–1993) was an Italian film actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.187 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''Fedora'' (1942) * ''B ...

as L'altro braccianto * Alfredo Menichelli as Gastone

References

Bibliography

* Piero Pruzzo & Enrico Lancia. ''Amedeo Nazzari''. Gremese Editore, 1983.

External links

* 1940 films Italian comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1940 comedy films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Dino Falconi Films shot at Palatino Studios 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub