''The Silent Partner'' (Italian: ''Il socio invisibile'') is a 1939 Italian

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directed by

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and starring

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Clara Calamai Clara Calamai (7 September 1909 – 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress. She was one of the most famous and popular Italian actresses in the 1930s and 1940s, sharing the limelight with actresses such as Alida Valli, Valentina Cortese, an ...

and

Evi Maltagliati Evi Maltagliati (11 August 1908 – 27 April 1986) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Florence as Evelina Maltagliati, she started her career at debuted in the theater just 15 years old, in the Galli-Gua ...

.Goble p.958 It is based on the 1928 novel '' The Partner'' by

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, which was turned into a British film ''

The Mysterious Mr. Davis ''The Mysterious Mr. Davis'' is a 1939 British comedy drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly and Alastair Sim. It was made as a quota quickie and distributed by the American company RKO Pictures. I ...

'' the same year. It was made by the

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-based Scalera Films. The sets were designed by the

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Gustav Abel Gustav Abel (1902–1963) was an Austrian art director.Fritsche p. 229 Selected filmography * ''The Silent Partner'' (1939) * '' Father For a Night'' (1939) * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * '' The Fourth Command ...

and Alfredo Manzi.

Synopsis

A financially struggling man creates a fake business partner. His creation is an enormous success despite the fact that nobody has ever met him.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1939 films Italian drama films 1939 drama films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Roberto Roberti Films based on Chilean novels Films shot at Scalera Studios Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-film-stub