''The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (Italian: ''Il marchese di Ruvolito'') is a 1939 Italian "
white-telephones"
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
Raffaello Matarazzo
Raffaello Matarazzo (17 August 1909 – 17 May 1966) was an Italian filmmaker.
Life
Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper ''Il Tevere'' before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines. His first films w ...
and starring
Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...
,
Peppino De Filippo
Peppino De Filippo (born Giuseppe De Filippo; 24 August 1903 – 27 January 1980) was an Italian actor.
De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and dramatist Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina De Filippo. He made his stage debut at th ...
and
Leda Gloria
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.
[Goble p.311] Based on a play of the same title by
Nino Martoglio, it is set in
Naples
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during the early 1900s. It is now considered a
lost film
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The film's sets were designed by the
art director Virgilio Marchi
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and
Italo Tomassi
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. It was shot at
Cinecittà Studios
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in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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.
Cast
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Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...
as Il marchese di Ruvolito
*
Peppino De Filippo
Peppino De Filippo (born Giuseppe De Filippo; 24 August 1903 – 27 January 1980) was an Italian actor.
De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and dramatist Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina De Filippo. He made his stage debut at th ...
as Il marchese Erasmo di Mezzomondello
*
Rosina Anselmi
Rosina Anselmi ( 26 July 1880 – 23 May 1965) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She was a prominent actress in the Sicilian language theater, especially in the province of Catania.
Life and career
Born in Caltagirone, Cata ...
as Donna Placida Cimosata
*
Elli Parvo
Elli Parvo (17 October 1915 – 19 February 2010) was an Italian film actress, born in Milan as Elvira Gobbo. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1934 and 1960.
Selected filmography
* ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) as La nobildonna al b ...
as Immacolata - la figlia di Donna Placida
*
Leda Gloria
Leda may refer to:
Mythology
* Leda (mythology), queen of Sparta and mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology
Places
* Leda, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia
* Leda makeshift settlement, Bangladesh, a refugee camp ...
as Lily Gordon
*
Virgilio Riento
Virgilio Riento (29 November 1889 – 7 September 1959) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 108 films between 1936 and 1959.
Selected filmography
* ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) - Man on train
* '' Il signor Max'' (1937) - ...
as Don Timurata
*
Turi Pandolfini
Turi Pandolfini (1 November 1883 – 6 March 1962) was an Italian stage and film character actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1917 and 1961.
Life and career
Born in Catania, Sicily as Salvatore Pandolfini, the nephew of the actor Ange ...
as Neddu Grisi
*
Dina Perbellini
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as La contessa Scoperlati
*
Angelo Pelliccioni
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as Adolfo
*
Carla Sveva
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as Teresina
*
Armando Migliari as Il barone di Mezzomondello
*
Mercedes Brignone
Mercedes Brignone (18 May 1885 – 24 June 1967) was a Spanish-born Italian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of the actor Giuseppe Brignone. She often played divas, and appeared in numerous silent films for Milano Films ...
as La baronessa di Mezzomondello
*
Adele Mosso
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as Marianna
*
Eduardo Passarelli
Eduardo Passarelli (20 July 1903 – 9 December 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 43 films between 1937 and 1962.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1903 births
1968 deaths
Italian male film actors
20th-centur ...
as Tanu Conti
*
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Geography
*Norma, La ...
as La cameriera
*
Tina Pica
Tina Pica (31 March 1884 – 15 August 1968) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage. Her film debut came in 1935 with '' The Three-Cornered Hat''.
In the 1950s, she became a celebrity thanks to her role as Carame ...
as Signorina Mangialardo
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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1939 films
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1930s Italian-language films
Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo
Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
Films set in Naples
Films set in the 1900s
1939 comedy films
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