''Paradise'' (Italian: ''Paradiso'') is a 1932 Italian

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

Guido Brignone Guido Brignone (6 December 1886 – 6 March 1959) was an Italian film director and actor. He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone and younger brother of actress Mercedes Brignone. Brignone was born in Milan, Italy. He was the first Italian ...

and starring

Nino Besozzi Nino Besozzi (6 February 1901 – 2 February 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1931 and 1970. He was born in and died in Milan, Italy. Partial filmography * '' The Private Secretary'' (1931) - Il ba ...

, Sandra Ravel and Lamberto Picasso. It was part of a group of "

White Telephone ''Telefoni Bianchi'' (; white telephones) films, also called deco films, were made by Italian film industry in the 1930s and the 1940s in imitation of American comedies of the time in a sharp contrast to the other important style of the era, cal ...

" films made during the decade.Dixon & Foster p.159 It was produced by

Cines The Società Italiana Cines (''Italian Cines Company'') is a film company specializing in production and distribution of films. The company was founded on 1 April 1906. A major force in the European film industry before the First World War, the c ...

, the largest Italian film studio at the time.

Cast

as Max * Sandra Ravel as Eva * Lamberto Picasso as Il prestigiatore *

Calisto Bertramo Calisto Bertramo (28 August 1875 – 30 September 1941) was an Italian stage and film actor. Bertramo appeared in around twenty films and frequently on the stage. He played a leading role in the 1923 London staging of ''The Lady from the Sea''.W ...

as Il presidente della società zoofila *

Olga Capri Olga Capri (18 May 1883 – 18 December 1961) was a stage and film actress from Italy. She appeared in more than 40 films during her career, generally in supporting roles. She appeared in several of Alessandro Blasetti's early sound films, such a ...

as Una congressista *

Pio Campa Pio Campa (1881–1964) was an Italian stage and film actor. He was married to the actress Wanda Capodaglio.Bassnett & Lorch p.150 Selected filmography * ''Paradise'' (1932) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1942) * ''Jealousy Jealousy generally ...

Giuseppe Pierozzi Giuseppe Pierozzi (8 March 1883 – 22 April 1956) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.349 Selected filmography * ''Maddalena Ferat'' (1920) * '' Through the Shadows'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * '' The F ...

Giacomo Almirante Giacomo Almirante (1875–1944) was an Italian stage and film actor.Mitchell, Charles P. ''The Great Composers Portrayed on Film, 1913 through 2002''. McFarland, 2004. p.172. Life and career Born in Palermo, the brother of actors Ernesto and ...

Oreste Bilancia Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany which had the largest European film indus ...

Alfredo Martinelli Alfredo Martinelli (7 March 1899 – 11 November 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany. Selected filmography * ''I Topi Grigi'' (1918) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1 ...

* Giacomo Moschini * Turi Pandinolfi * Roberto Pasetti *

Alfredo Robert Alfredo Robert (1877–1964) was an Italian actor and film director.Waldman p.160 Selected filmography * ''Il sire di Vincigliata'' (1913) * '' The Doctor's Secret'' (1931) * ''Paradise'' (1932) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' Pietro Micca'' (1 ...

Carlo Simoneschi Carlo Simoneschi (25 August 1878 – 4 January 1943) was an Italian stage and film actor.Michell p.173 He also directed a number of films during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' The Sack of Rome'' (1920) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1 ...

Gino Viotti Gino Viotti (1875–1951) was an Italian film actor who appeared in more than forty films, mostly in supporting roles. He played the part of Chilone Chilonides in the 1924 epic '' Quo Vadis''.Wyke p.214 Selected filmography * ''Nemesis'' (1920) ...

References

Bibliography

* Wheeler Winston Dixon & Gwendolyn Audrey Foster. ''A Short History of Film''. Rutgers University Press, 2008.

External links

* 1932 comedy films Italian comedy films 1932 films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Guido Brignone Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub