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Professor, My Son
''Professor, My Son'' (, also known as ''My Son, the Professor'') is a 1946 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Renato Castellani. Plot The janitor of a Roman school (Aldo Fabrizi) seeks social redemption by allowing his child, through many sacrifices, to study until becoming a teacher in the very school where he himself works. Cast *Aldo Fabrizi as Orazio Belli * Giorgio De Lullo as Orazio Belli jr. *Mario Pisu as Ettore Giraldi * Diana Nava as Diana Giraldi * Lisetta Nava as Lisetta Giraldi * Pinuccia Nava as Mrs. Maggi / Pinuccia Giraldi *Nando Bruno as Angeloni *Mario Soldati as Professor Bardelli * Ercole Patti as Teacher * Ennio Flaiano as Teacher *Vincenzo Talarico Vincenzo Talarico (28 April 1909 – 16 August 1972), was an Italian screenwriter and film actor. He wrote for 27 films between 1940 and 1966. He also appeared in 15 films between 1946 and 1964. He was born in Acri, Italy and died in Fiugg ... as Teacher References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Castellani
Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 – 28 December 1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Early life Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, at the time a hamlet of Final Pia, which became Finale Ligure ( Savona) in 1927, where his mother had returned from Argentina to give birth to his son. He spent his childhood in Argentina, in the city of Rosario. After 12 years, he returned to Liguria and resumed his studies in Genoa. He moved to Milan, where he graduated from the Polytechnic University in architecture. In Milan he met Livio Castiglioni and together they aired for GUF (Fascist University Group) ''L'ora radiofonica'' and ''La fontana malata'' by Aldo Palazzeschi, experimenting with new techniques for sound editing on radio. Career He began collaborating in 1936 as a military consultant for '' The Great Appeal'', a film by Mario Camerini. He worked as a film critic and worked - as a screenwriter or assistant director - with import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisetta Nava
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Italian Comedy-drama Films
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Films Scored By Nino Rota
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Films
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events, with '' The Best Years of Our Lives'' winning seven Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February 14 - Charles Vidor's '' Gilda'' starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford shows audiences one of the most famous scenes of the 20th century: Rita Hayworth singing "Put The Blame On Mame". *November 21 – William Wyler's '' The Best Years of Our Lives'' premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell. *December 20 – Frank Capra's '' It's a Wonderful Life'', featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell opens in New York. Awards 1946 films releases Notable films released in 1946 United States unless stated A * '' Angel on My Shoulder'' * '' Anna and the King of Siam'', starring Ire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Talarico
Vincenzo Talarico (28 April 1909 – 16 August 1972), was an Italian screenwriter and film actor. He wrote for 27 films between 1940 and 1966. He also appeared in 15 films between 1946 and 1964. He was born in Acri, Italy and died in Fiuggi, Italy. Selected filmography ;Screenwriter * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) * '' A Little Wife'' (1943) * '' Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * '' The Wolf of the Sila'' (1949) * '' The Devil in the Convent'' (1950) * '' Easy Years'' (1953) * ''The Doctor of the Mad'' (1954) * '' Where Is Freedom?'' (1954) * '' It Happened at the Police Station'' (1954) * '' Toto Seeks Peace'' (1954) * '' Scandal in Sorrento'' (1955) * '' The Bigamist'' (1956) * '' Il Conte di Matera'' (1957) * '' The Moralist'' (1959) ;Actor * '' Professor, My Son'' (1946) - Insegnante (uncredited) * '' No Peace Under the Olive Tree'' (1950) - L'avvocato difensore di Francesco * '' A Day in Court'' (1954) - Avvocato difensore * '' Where Is Freedom?'' (1954) - L'avvocato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972) was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. Best known for his work with Federico Fellini, Flaiano co-wrote ten screenplays with the Italian director, including ''La Strada'' (1954), ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960), and ''8½'' (1963). He received the 1947 Strega Prize for his novel '' A Time to Kill''. Life and career Flaiano was born in Pescara. He wrote for ''Cineillustrato'', '' Oggi'', '' Il Mondo'', '' Il Corriere della Sera'', '' Omnibus'', and other prominent Italian newspapers and magazines. In 1947, he won the Strega Prize for his novel '' Tempo di uccidere'' (variously translated as ''Miriam'', ''A Time to Kill'', and ''The Short Cut''). Set in the Italian Eritrea during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia that started the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936), the novel tells the story of an Italian officer who rapes and subsequently kills an Eritrean woman and is then tormented by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ercole Patti
Ercole Patti (16 February 1903 – 15 November 1976) was an Italian dramatist, journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. Biography Born in Catania into an upper-middle-class family and the nephew of writer Giuseppe Villaroel, Patti started working as a journalist at very young age, before graduating in law in 1925. After practicing for a year in his father's firm, he decided to move to Rome to earn a living from journalism. There, after some sporadic collaborations, he was employed by the newspaper ''Gazzetta del Popolo'', where he was a foreign correspondent in China, India and Japan, among other places. Patti gained notoriety as a novelist in 1940 with ''Quartieri alti'', a satirical portrait of Roman high classes. His novels are mainly set in Rome or in a sensual Sicily, which was, according to literary critic Carlo Bo, a sort of philosophical ideal for Patti. He was active as a screenwriter since 1935, and a number of his novels were adapted into films. In addition to nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati (17 November 1906 – 19 June 1999) was an Italian writer and film director. In 1954, he won the Strega Prize for ''Lettere da Capri.'' He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Italian actresses, such as Alida Valli, Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. Biography A native of Turin, Soldati attended the ''Liceo Sociale'', a Jesuit school, and finished secondary school at age 17. He then studied humanities at the University of Turin. At that time, the University was a hotbed of intellectual activity and the young Soldati met and befriended the likes of activist and writer Carlo Levi and journalist Giacomo Debenedetti, who were his seniors. He later studied History of Art at the University of Rome. He started publishing novels in 1929. He achieved the widest notice with ''America primo amore'', published in 1935, a memoir of the time he spent teaching at Columbia University. He won literary awards for his work, most notably the Stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nando Bruno
Nando Bruno (6 October 1895 – 10 April 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 84 films between 1938 and 1961. He was born in Rome, Italy and he died there. Selected filmography * '' A Lady Did It'' (1938) - Un collego di Pasquale * ''Le sorprese del divorzio'' (1939) - L'artificiere * ''Montevergine'' (1939) - Francesco * '' Dora Nelson'' (1939) - Gegè * ''Mare'' (1940) - Il pescatore * ''Incanto di mezzanotte'' (1940) * ''L'imprevisto'' (1940) * '' Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) - Il "piccolo gigante" * ''Silenzio, si gira!'' (1943) - Un gioccatore di dadi sul set * ''Gli assi della risata'' (1943) - Tentotti (segment "Il trionfo di Poppea") (uncredited) * '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) - Augusto Pallotta, il vetturino * '' Life Begins Anew'' (1945) - Scorcelletti, il camionista * ''Rome, Open City'' (1945) - Agostino the Sexton * '' Departure at Seven'' (1946) * '' Mio figlio professore'' (''My Son, the Professor'') (1946) - Angeloni * '' Rome, Free City'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
