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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-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totò
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il Principe della risata'' ("the Prince of laughter"), was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist. He was commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. He is best known for his funny and sometimes cynical character as a comedian in theatre and then in many successful films shot from the 1940s to the 1960s, but he also worked with many iconic Italian film directors in dramatic/poetic roles. Early life Totò was born Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente on 15 February 1898 in the Rione Sanità, a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente (1881–1947), a Sicilian woman, and the Neapolitan marquis Giuseppe de Curtis (1873–1944). His father did not legally recognize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluebeard's Six Wives
''Bluebeard's Six Wives'' (Italian: ''Le sei mogli di Barbablù'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Isa Barzizza and Carlo Ninchi.Moliterno p.48 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alberto Boccianti and Mario Rappini. Plot Toto Esposito is a young lover who tries to abduct his beloved to marry her. However, Toto is wrong, and kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him, and chases him when Toto escapes. In a last attempt to escape by train from Carmela, Totò meets his friend Amilcare and a beautiful American journalist named Lana Ross, which offers the two a deal. Toto and Amilcare have to pretend detectives, who are investigating the death of many girls at the hands of a serial killer nicknamed "Bluebeard". Toto has to be the main dish of deception, because he has to pretend to be the boyfriend of Lana, who in the meantime is trying to fool the murderous Bluebeard, pretending to be in love with him. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graziella (1954 Film)
''Graziella'' is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Maria Fiore and Jean-Pierre Mocky. It is the third adaptation of the 1852 novel ''Graziella'' by Alphonse de Lamartine. Plot In Naples in 1821, Alphonse de Lamartine, a young poet belonging to a noble French family, ventures on a lampara with local fishermen. A storm hits them; luckily they manage to get to the shores of Procida, where the young man is welcomed into the family of Andrea, one of the fishermen. Here he meets Graziella, a young and beautiful girl with whom a good friendship is born immediately, and he wins the sympathy of the whole family by buying back the boat that was destroyed. One evening he reads some passages from the novel Paolo e Virginia. The story particularly strikes Graziella, who already seems to have experienced her fate. The following morning, Alphonse, pressed by the French consul to return to Paris, promises Graziella that he will return soon. Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neapolitan Carousel
''Neapolitan Carousel'' ( it, Carosello napoletano) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Giannini and starring Léonide Massine, Achille Millo and Agostino Salvietti. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, winning its ''International Prize''. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari. Cast * Léonide Massine as Antonio 'Pulcinella' Petito * Achille Millo as Pulcinella's son * Agostino Salvietti as Prompter * Clelia Matania as Donna Concetta * Paolo Stoppa as Salvatore Esposito * Maria Fiore as Donna Brigida * Tina Pica as Capera * Maria-Pia Casilio as Nannina * Giacomo Rondinella as Luigino * Sophia Loren as Sisina * Dolores Palumbo as Sisina's mother * Loris Gizzi as Erik Gustaffson * Alberto Bonucci as Lyricist #1 * Vittorio Caprioli as Lyricist #2 * Carlo Mazzarella as Baron * Vera Nandi as Lilì Kangy * Yvette Chauviré as Margherita * Folco Lulli as Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Years Of Love
''100 Years of Love'' ( it, Cento anni d'amore) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by . It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios we ... in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franco Lolli. Cast References External links * 1954 films Films scored by Nino Rota Films scored by Mario Nascimbene 1950s Italian-language films Italian anthology films Films based on works by Gabriele D'Annunzio Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walk (1953 Film)
''The Walk'' ( it, La passeggiata) is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Renato Rascel and starring Rascel, Valentina Cortese and Paolo Stoppa. It is very loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's short story ''Nevsky Prospekt''.Pietro Cavallo. ''Viva l’Italia. Storia, cinema ed identità nazionale (1932-1962)''. Liguori Edit., 2009. . It grossed 148 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot A timid schoolteacher attempts to fall in love with a prostitute. In the process he loses his position. He finds that she is hard to convince. Cast * Renato Rascel as Paolo Barbato * Valentina Cortese as Lisa * Paolo Stoppa as Headmaster of the College * Peppino De Martino as Luigi Magri * Francesco Mulé as Teacher * Anna Maria Bottini as Lisa's Friend * Lia Angeleri as Teacher * Tino Bianchi as Teacher * Ignazio Leone as Teacher * Enzo Maggio * Lina Marengo Lina Marengo (19 January 1911 – 6 February 1987) was an Italian character actress. She played in over 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buon Viaggio Pover'uomo
''Buon viaggio pover'uomo'' is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina. Plot We are on the outskirts of Milan, where for thirty years the mild-mannered accountant Torquato, Sicilian by origin, who works in a company where the office manager and other employees never take him into consideration at best and despise him at worst. At home, he has to deal with everyday problems with family members and noisy neighborhoods. One morning the office manager assigns him a commission: he has to go to the registry office to collect important documents. He gets them and puts them in his leather briefcase, but decides to wander around the city center and, stopping inside a bar, gets distracted for a moment and another customer involuntarily exchanges his briefcase with his own. Forced to frantically research, the accountant manages to recover the stock exchange from the general markets; he returns to the office upset and there he is joined by a messenger who gives him a reward of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Young For Love (1953 Film)
''Too Young for Love'' (Italian: ''L'età dell'amore'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Marina Vlady and Fernand Gravey.Pintaldi p.62 Some of the film was shot on location in Castellana Grotte. Synopsis In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl. Partial cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Coletti, padre di Annette * Marina Vlady as Annette * Pierre-Michel Beck as Andrea * Fernand Gravey as Padre di Andrea, presidente del tribunale * Vittorio Sanipoli as Sergio * Nando Bruno as Commisario * Lauro Gazzolo as Vicepresidente del tribunale * Lola Braccini as Zia di Sergio * Xenia Valderi as Madre di Andrea * Massimo Pianforini Massimo Pianforini (1890–1966) was an Italian film and television actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.64 Selected filmography * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * ''The Knight of San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Chose Love
''I Chose Love'' (French: ''J'ai choisi l'amour'', Italian: ''Ho scelto l'amore'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Renato Rascel and Marisa Pavan. It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. Plot Boris Popovic, third class undersecretary, accompanies the head of the delegation Ivan Ivanovic and two other delegates to Italy to participate in the Feast of the Brotherhood. Fearful and suspicious of anyone, he has with him a precious "symbol" to be absolutely hidden from the eyes of the curious, a white dove locked in a cage. During a stop on the train, a gust of wind takes away his hat where he has hidden all his money: he goes down to retrieve it, but his sudden departure separates him from the rest of the delegation. The hat with the money is recovered by Mario, an aspiring sacristan accompanied by a priest in the convent, who chases it in vain to try to return it: thanks to a ride in the car, he ends up in Venice but finds himself lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Folk's Sunday
''Good Folk's Sunday'' ( it, La domenica della buona gente) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Anton Giulio Majano. Plot Several destinies are displayed as the soccer teams of Rome and Naples meet, with Sophia Loren in one of the episodes. Cast *Maria Fiore: Sandra * Sophia Loren: Ines *Renato Salvatori: Giulio *Vittorio Sanipoli: Conti *Ave Ninchi: Elvira * Alberto Talegalli: Clemente *Carlo Romano: Malesci * Mariolina Bovo: Marisa *Memmo Carotenuto: Amleto *Nino Manfredi: Lello *Turi Pandolfini: Priest *Piero Palermini: Pieri * Gisella Monaldi: Gisella *Alfredo Martinelli: Valli *Laura Tiberti: Maria *Eduardo Passarelli: Doorman * Nino Vingelli *Fiorenzo Fiorentini *Bice Valori *Rina Franchetti *Carlo Giuffrè Carlo Giuffrè (3 December 1928 – 1 November 2018) was an Italian stage, film and television actor and a stage director. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1942 and 2002. Biography Giuffrè was born in Naples, Italy and was the brothe ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto And The King Of Rome
''Toto and the King of Rome'' ( it, Totò e i re di Roma) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. Italian horror film director Lucio Fulci worked on this film as an assistant director.Thrower, Stephen (1999). Beyond Terror, the films of Lucio Fulci. FAB Press. page 282. Plot The film's title alludes playfully to the politicians who rule the town of Rome, since the laws that are in their favor and the tricks that make for years to stay in office. In fact the whole film as a kind of political satire and Italy was also censored. Ercole Pappalardo is an archivist who is forced to do anything not to lose his job. In fact, some of his colleagues take the dirtiest means for groped to pander to their manager, and Ercole is one of them. Ercole deeply hate Italian politics since according to him is wrong and does not provide any benefit for people in difficulties and may lose the place as him. His troubles begin when by mistake, according to a theatrical show in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Mago Per Forza
''The Reluctant Magician'' (Italian: ''Il Mago per forza'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Tino Scotti, Isa Barzizza and Aroldo Tieri. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Flavio Mogherini. It earned 136 million Lira at the domestic box office.Chiti & Poppi p.216 Synopsis To avoid capture, a criminal on the run passes himself off as a magician. However, he comes to be an enormous hit and begins to strongly identify with the role. Cast * Tino Scotti as Cavaliere * Isa Barzizza as Perla * Aroldo Tieri as Mago Trapani * Adriano Rimoldi as Industriale * Sophia Loren as La Sposa * Carlo Mazzoni as Lo Sposo * Mirella Uberti * Dorian Gray * Franco Volpi * Mario Pisu * Mario Siletti * Vittorio Sanipoli * Arturo Bragaglia Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
