''Farewell, My Beautiful Naples'' (Italian: ''Addio, mia bella Napoli!'') is a 1946 Italian musical

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Brunetta p.111 It is based on a 1910 play which had previously been made into a 1917 silent film of the same title.

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took place around

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, including at Pompeii,

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and Capri.

Synopsis

, a local composer falls in love with an American tourist.

Cast

as Carlo Sanna, composer *

as Roberta Sullivan *

as Yvonne de Fleurette *

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as Ruocco *

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* Lidia Drutskoy * Franco Pesce

References

Bibliography

* Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century''. Princeton University Press, 2009.

External links

* 1946 films 1940s Italian-language films 1946 drama films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Bonnard Films set in Naples Films shot in Naples Melodrama films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub