''Red Love'' (Italian: ''Amore rosso'') is a 1921 Italian
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, ''T ...
and starring
Maria Jacobini
Maria Jacobini (17 February 1892 – 20 November 1944) was an Italian film actress. She was married to the film director Gennaro Righelli and appeared in many of his silent films for the Vesuvio Film Company.Moliterno p.266 She worked in the Ge ...
,
Amleto Novelli
Amleto Novelli (18 October 1885 – 16 April 1924) was an Italian film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 110 films between 1909 and 1924.
Selected filmography
* ''Brutus'' (1911)
* '' Agrippina'' (1911)
* '' Quo Vadis'' (1913)
* '' A ...
and
Arnold Kent
Arnold Kent (1899 – 1928) was an Italian-born American actor. He was born in Sesto Fiorentino as Lido Manetti and acted under that name in Italy, appearing in films such as '' Goodbye Youth'' (1918) and '' Quo Vadis'' (1924). He moved then to ...
.
[Goble p.670] It was shot at the
Fert Studios
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in
Turin
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Cast
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Maria Jacobini
Maria Jacobini (17 February 1892 – 20 November 1944) was an Italian film actress. She was married to the film director Gennaro Righelli and appeared in many of his silent films for the Vesuvio Film Company.Moliterno p.266 She worked in the Ge ...
as Juanita, la manola
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Amleto Novelli
Amleto Novelli (18 October 1885 – 16 April 1924) was an Italian film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 110 films between 1909 and 1924.
Selected filmography
* ''Brutus'' (1911)
* '' Agrippina'' (1911)
* '' Quo Vadis'' (1913)
* '' A ...
as l'espada Barrena
*
Arnold Kent
Arnold Kent (1899 – 1928) was an Italian-born American actor. He was born in Sesto Fiorentino as Lido Manetti and acted under that name in Italy, appearing in films such as '' Goodbye Youth'' (1918) and '' Quo Vadis'' (1924). He moved then to ...
as don Alvaro de San Rosario
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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 indust ...
as padre di Isabella
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Orietta Claudi as Isabella de los Rios
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Ida Carloni Talli
Ida Carloni Talli (31 January 1860 – 23 April 1940) was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 92 films between 1912 and 1924. She was born Rome and died in Milan. She made her debut as a stage actress in 1887.Ida Carlo ...
as la Tia
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Alfonso Cassini
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Silvio Orsini
References
Bibliography
* Dalle Vacche, Angela. ''Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema''. University of Texas Press, 2008.
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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1921 films
1920s Italian-language films
Films directed by Gennaro Righelli
Italian silent feature films
Italian black-and-white films
Italian drama films
1921 drama films
Silent drama films
1920s Italian films
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