Cesare Zoppetti (January 1, 1876 – March 15, 1940) was an Italian
stage and
film actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
. Zoppetti was a prolific film actor of the 1930s, appearing in nearly fifty productions between 1930 and his death in 1940 including the comedy ''
What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932).
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Selected filmography
* ''
The Private Secretary
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'' (1931)
* ''
Television
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'' (1931)
* ''
What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932).
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The Table of the Poor'' (1932)
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Your Money or Your Life'' (1932)
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The Blue Fleet'' (1932)
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The Gift of the Morning'' (1932)
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The Last Adventure'' (1932)
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Tourist Train
''Tourist Train'' (Italian: ''Treno popolare'') is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Marcello Spada, Lina Gennari and Carlo Petrangeli. The film portrays the comic adventures of a group of summertime travelle ...
'' (1933)
* ''
Seconda B'' (1934)
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The Old Guard'' (1934)
* ''
1860
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachuset ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Mr. Desire'' (1934)
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The Wedding March'' (1934)
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Three Cornered Hat'' (1935)
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The Wedding March'' (1936)
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I'll Give a Million'' (1936)
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Bayonet'' (1936)
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Joe the Red'' (1936)
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The Dance of Time
''The Dance of Time'' or more literally ''The Dance of the Clock Hands'' (Italian: ''La danza delle lancette'') is a 1936 Italian sports comedy film directed by Mario Baffico and starring Marcello Spada, Ugo Ceseri and Luigi Almirante. It was on ...
'' (1936)
* ''
The Ambassador'' (1936)
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The Former Mattia Pascal
'' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (Italian: ''Il fu Mattia Pascal'') is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Irma Gramatica.Landy p.155 It is based on the 1904 novel '' Il fu Mattia Pascal'' ...
'' (1937)
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Departure'' (1938)
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Princess Tarakanova'' (1938)
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Tonight at Eleven'' (1938)
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The Widow'' (1939)
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Backstage
Backstage most commonly refers to backstage (theatre), also in motion picture and television production.
Backstage may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Back Stage'' (1969 film), a silent film starring Oliver Hardy
* ''Back Stage'' (1942 fil ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Who Are You?'' (1939)
* ''
The Fornaretto of Venice
''The Fornaretto of Venice'' (Italian: ''Il fornaretto di Venezia'') is a 1939 Italian historical drama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Roberto Villa, Elsa De Giorgi and Clara Calamai.Forgacs & Gundle p.162 It is an adaptation of t ...
'' (1939)
* ''
The Count of Brechard
''The Count of Brechard'' (Italian: ''Il conte di Brechard'') is a 1938 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Luisa Ferida, and Ugo Ceseri.Klossner p.83 It was adapted from the Giovacchino Forzano ...
'' (1940)
References
Bibliography
* Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943''. SUNY Press, 1998.
External links
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1876 births
1940 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Actors from Genoa
20th-century Italian male actors
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