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Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He was known for playing roles that typified the suave, romantic leading man archetype, both in his native country and in Hollywood. Brazzi trained as a stage actor and was a matinee idol of Italian cinema, before moving to Hollywood in the early 1950s. He was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film '' Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954), followed by leading male roles in David Lean's '' Summertime'' (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn. and the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical '' South Pacific''. His other notable English-language films include '' The Barefoot Contessa'' (1954), '' The Story of Esther Costello'' (1957), opposite Joan Crawford, '' Count Your Blessings'' (1959), '' Light in the Piazza'' (1962), and '' The Italian Job'' (1969). He also wrote and directed several films in his native Italy, sometimes using the pseudonym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its Metropolitan City of Bologna, metropolitan province is home to more than 1 million people. Bologna is most famous for being the home to the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest university in continuous operation,Top Universities ''World University Rankings'' Retrieved 6 January 2010Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Italian Job
''The Italian Job'' is a 1969 British comedy Caper story, caper film written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley, directed by Peter Collinson (film director), Peter Collinson, and starring Michael Caine. The film's plot centres on Cockney criminal Charlie Croker, recently released from prison, who forms a gang for the job of stealing a cache of gold bullion being transported through the city of Turin, Italy, in an armoured security truck. In addition to Caine, the cast also included Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley and Noël Coward; the film was Coward's last before his retirement from acting. The soundtrack was composed by Quincy Jones, featuring the songs "On Days Like These", sung by Matt Monro over the opening credits, and "Getta Bloomin' Move On" (usually referred to as "The Self-Preservation Society", after its chorus) during the climactic car chase, which featured Caine among its singers. The film proved a success upon its release, earning critical a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Of The Golden West (1942 Film)
''Girl of the Golden West'' () is a 1942 Italian western film directed by Carl Koch and starring Michel Simon, Isa Pola and Rossano Brazzi. It is based on the 1936 novel, ''La Dame de l'Ouest'', by Pierre Benoit. It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome, and on location in Lazio countryside. The film's title alludes to the opera '' The Girl of the Golden West'' by Giacomo Puccini, but is not an adaptation of it. It was one of only a handful of Westerns to be made during the silent and Fascist eras, in a genre in which Italy later became famous. Synopsis Arianna, an Italian actress, joins a caravan heading into the American West with her companion Diego. Diego is eventually killed by a local villain. Arianna falls in love with the villain without realising that he is the murderer. Cast * Michel Simon as Butler * Isa Pola as Arianna * Rossano Brazzi as William * Valentina Cortese as Madge * as Diego * Carlo Duse as un dipendente di Butler * Vittorio Duse * Cesare Fantoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alida Valli
Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli, or simply Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, spanning from the 1930s to the early 2000s. She was one of the biggest stars of Italian film during the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era, once being called "the most beautiful woman in the world" by Benito Mussolini, and was internationally successful post-World War II. According to Frédéric Mitterrand, Valli was the only actress in Europe to equal Marlene Dietrich or Greta Garbo. Valli worked with many significant directors both in Italy and abroad, including Alfred Hitchcock (''The Paradine Case''; 1947), Carol Reed (''The Third Man''; 1949), Luchino Visconti (''Senso (film), Senso''; 1954), Michelangelo Antonioni (''Il Grido''; 1957), Georges Franju (''Eyes Without a Face (film), Eyes Without a Face''; 1960), Pier Paolo Pasolini ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We The Living (film)
''We the Living'' is a two-part 1942 Italian romantic war drama film, based on Ayn Rand's 1936 novel of the same name. It was originally released as two films, ''Noi vivi'' (literally "We the living") and ''Addio Kira'' ("Goodbye Kira"). It was directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and produced by Scalera Film, and stars Alida Valli as Kira Argounova, Rossano Brazzi as Leo Kovalensky, and Fosco Giachetti as Andrei Taganov. The nominally anti-communist, but ''de facto'' anti-authoritarian film was made and released in Italy during World War II, before being banned by the Fascist government and pulled from theaters. The film was lost and forgotten for decades, then found and restored with Rand's involvement. It was released for the first time in the United States in 1986. Cast Production Background The film version of Ayn Rand's novel ''We the Living'' was made in Italy by Scalera Films in 1942. Rand's novel was considered a political hot potato by Fascist authorities in Rome, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Has Fallen
''A Woman Has Fallen'' () is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Alfredo Guarini and starring Isa Miranda, Rossano Brazzi, and Claudio Gora. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel, Paolo Reni, and Amleto Bonetti. Cast *Isa Miranda as Dina *Rossano Brazzi as Dottor Roberto Frassi * Vittorina Benvenuti as Teresa, la governante * Anita Farra as sig.ra Cattaneo * Jone Frigerio as l'anziana madre di Giovanni * Olga Solbelli as la direttrice della casa di mode *Claudio Gora as Mario *Luigi Pavese as Fabbri *Nando Tamberlani as un amico di Nora * Luigi Zerbinati as Montarone *Nietta Zocchi as una cliente della casa di mode *Liana Del Balzo Liana Del Balzo (4 March 1899 – 26 March 1982) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1979. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died in Rome, Italy. Even making her film debut quite late, in her for ... as una vicina di casa * Diana Dei as l'infermiera del reparto mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's Jester
''The King's Jester'' () is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Michel Simon, María Mercader and Rossano Brazzi. The film is an adaptation of the play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo and uses elements such as the music and some of the character names from Giuseppe Verdi's later opera ''Rigoletto''.Fawkes p. 111 It is set at the court of Francis I of France in the Sixteenth century. Cast * Michel Simon as Rigoletto * María Mercader as Gilda * Rossano Brazzi as Il re Francesco Iº * Doris Duranti as Margot * Paola Barbara as La duchessa di Cosse * Elli Parvo as La zingara * Carlo Ninchi as Il conte di Saint Vallier * Juan de Landa as Sparafucile * Loredana as Diana Di Saint Vallier * Franco Coop as Il duca di Cosse * Corrado Racca as Signor De Brion * Giulio Battiferri as Uno dei rapitori di Gilda * Oreste Bilancia as Un cortegiano * Gildo Bocci as Il Gran Visir * Ruggero Capodaglio as Un cortegiano * Stanis Cappello as Un cortegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hero Of Venice
''The Hero of Venice'' () is a 1941 Italian historical adventure film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Gustav Diessl, Paola Barbara, Rossano Brazzi and Valentina Cortese.Damiani p.256-257 It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel and Amleto Bonetti. Synopsis Marco Fuser, an outlaw. returns to Venice after many years. His son who works in the studio of a celebrated painter is unaware of his father's history. Arrested by the Doge's men, Marco agrees to become a bravo Bravo(s) or The Bravo(s) may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Groups and labels * Bravo (band), a Russian rock band * Bravo (Spanish group), represented Spain at Eurovision 1984 * Bravo Music, an American concert band music publishing compa ... in the service of the city's ruler and kill his enemies. He enjoys some success at this, until he finds he has been tasked with killing his son. Cast References Bibliography * Dami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tosca (1941 Film)
''Tosca'' is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Carl Koch and starring Imperio Argentina, Michel Simon and Rossano Brazzi. It is an adaptation of Victorien Sardou's play ''La Tosca'' and its subsequent opera version, ''Tosca'', composed by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It was released in the United States as ''The Story of Tosca''.Durgnat, Raymond (1974)''Jean Renoir'' pp. 213–215. University of California Press. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome with location shooting also taking place around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav Abel. Jean Renoir was originally hired as the film's director, and was encouraged to make the film by the French government as part of an effort to encourage Italy to remain neutral in the Second World War. However, he left Rome following Italy's entry into the war and the film was completed by the German director Carl Koch.Faulkner, Christopher (2014). ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archive
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials, in any medium, or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the history and function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism", and are distinguished from documents that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity. In general, archives consist of records that have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation on the grounds of their enduring cultural, historical, or evidentiary value. Archival records are normally unpublished and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used ''AP Stylebook'', its AP polls tracking National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during Elections in the United States, US elections. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
