''Cento piccole mamme'' (t.l. ''One Hundred Littles Mums'') is a 1952 Italian
melodrama film
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...
directed by Giulio Morelli and
Léonide Moguy.
Cast
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William Tubbs
William Tubbs (May 10, 1907 – January 25, 1953) was an American stage and film actor.Bondanella p.156 He appeared in a number of European films in the years after the Second World War, including several by Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Gaston ...
as Prof. Martino Prosperi
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Lia Amanda as Anna
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Clelia Matania
Clelia Matania (28 March 1918 – 14 October 1981) was an Italian film and voice actress.
Life and career
Born in London, the daughter of the Capri-born naturalized Briton painter Fortunino Matania (best known as Saturnino), Matania attended th ...
as director Sampieri
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Checco Durante
Francesco "Checco" Durante (19 November 1893 – 5 January 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 59 films between 1931 and 1973. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1931 ...
as commissioner
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Juan de Landa
Juan de Landa (1894–1968) was a Spanish film actor, who was born in the Basque Country. de Landa entered the film industry in 1930 following the arrival of sound film. He initially acted in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films, but ...
as Don Michele
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Ugo D'Alessio
Ugo D'Alessio (1909–1979) was an Italian film actor.Goble p.113
Selected filmography
* '' Malaspina'' (1947) - Nicola
* '' Madunnella'' (1948) - Il ragionere, padre di Maria
* '' Assunta Spina'' (1948) - Epanimonda Pesce
* '' Red Moon'' (1951 ...
See also
* ''
Forty Little Mothers
''Forty Little Mothers'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Eddie Cantor.
Plot
Out-of-work professor Gilbert Jordan Thompson stops a suicidal stranger named Marian Edwards from jumping off a pier and he ...
'' (1936)
* ''
Forty Little Mothers
''Forty Little Mothers'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Eddie Cantor.
Plot
Out-of-work professor Gilbert Jordan Thompson stops a suicidal stranger named Marian Edwards from jumping off a pier and he ...
'' (1940)
References
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1952 films
Italian drama films
1950s Italian-language films
Italian remakes of French films
Films directed by Léonide Moguy
1952 drama films
Italian black-and-white films
1950s Italian films
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