Eduardo Notari (1903–1986) was an Italian

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. Notari came from

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, and most of the films he starred in were set in or around the city. His parent

Elvira Notari Elvira Notari (born Elvira Coda; 10 February 1875 – 17 December 1946) was an Italian film director, one of the country's earliest and most prolific female filmmaker. She is credited as the first woman who made over sixty feature films and about ...

and

Nicola Notari Nicola Notari was an Italian cinematographer and film director. In 1902 he married director and screenwriter Elvira Notari, and in 1906 they founded and ran the Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Ne� ...

ran the Dora Film studio. He began his career in 1912 as one of the first professional

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in Italy.Holmstrom p.20

Selected filmography

* '' Soldier's Fantasy'' (1927) * '' Italy Has Awakened'' (1927)

References

Bibliography

* Bruno, Giuliana. ''Streetwalking on a Ruined Map: Cultural Theory and the City Films of Elvira Notari''. Princeton University Press, 1993. * Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 20–21.

External links

* 1903 births 1986 deaths Male actors from Naples Italian male film actors Italian male child actors 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub