Giuseppe Guarino (1885-1963) was an Italian

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, producer and

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. He directed his first film '' La serata di gala di Titina'' in 1917 during 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 ...

. During the late 1920s he worked in the British film industry, but worked for most of his career on Italian films. He is sometimes credited as Guarino Glavany.

Selected filmography

Director

* ''

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'' (1929) * ''

An Obvious Situation ''An Obvious Situation'' is a 1930 British crime film directed by Giuseppe Guarino and starring Sunday Wilshin, Walter Sondes and Carl Harbord. It was made as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios for release by Warner Brothers.Chibnall p.262 ...

'' (1930) * '' The Accomplice'' (1932) * ''

Guest for One Night ''Guest for One Night'' (Italian: ''L'ospite di una notte'') is a 1939 Italian film directed by Giuseppe Guarino and starring Gian Paolo Rosmino, Ugo Sasso, and Guglielmo Barnabò.Sorrenti p.90 It was made at the Titanus Studios in Rome. Cast * ...

'' (1939) * '' Tragic Serenade'' (1951)

Screenwriter

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The Inseparables ''The Inseparables'' is a 1929 British silent romance film directed by Adelqui Migliar and John Stafford and starring Elissa Landi, Patrick Aherne and Annette Benson. It was filmed at the Whitehall Studios at Elstree. Plot A smuggler fal ...

'' (1929) * ''

I Want to Live with Letizia ''I Want to Live with Letizia'' (Italian: ''Voglio vivere con Letizia'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Assia Noris, Gino Cervi and Umberto Melnati.Chiti & Poppi p.414 It was shot ...

'' (1938) * '' The Woman of Ice'' (1960)

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.

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* 1885 births 1963 deaths Italian film directors Italian film producers Italian male screenwriters Silent film screenwriters People from Alexandria 20th-century Italian screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers Italian expatriates in Egypt {{Italy-film-bio-stub