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Ciao, Ciao Bambina!
''Ciao, ciao bambina!'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Elsa Martinelli and Antonio Cifariello. It grossed 220 million lire at the Italian box office. Cast * Elsa Martinelli as Diana * Antonio Cifariello as Riccardo Branca * Lorella De Luca as Gloria * Riccardo Garrone as Guido Branca * Luigi Pavese as Branca * Elisa Cegani as Bice * Carlo Romano as Remigio * Aroldo Tieri as Train Conductor * Andrea Aureli as Brigadiere * Gianni Garko * Gino Buzzanca * Bruno Corelli * Carlo Giuffrè * Renato Malavasi * Marco Tulli Marco Tulli (20 November 1920 – 20 March 1982) was an Italian character actor, probably best known in the role of "Smilzo" in the Don Camillo film series. Born in Rome, Tulli debuted as actor while he was still a university student, at the end ... References External links * Italian comedy films 1959 comedy films 1959 films Films directed by Sergio Grieco Films scored by Piero Umiliani Italian black-and-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno (; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, actor and, later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song " Nel blu dipinto di blu", for which he received Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. He is considered the first Italian cantautore.Domenico Modugno: biography Early life The youngest of four children, Modugno was born at Polignano a Mare, in the province of Bari ( |
Aroldo Tieri
Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969. Life and career Born in Corigliano Calabro, son of the journalist and playwright Vincenzo Tieri, Aroldo Tieri moved in Rome at 18 to study law at university, and in the meanwhile approached acting and enrolled the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. Graduated in 1938, he almost immediately made his debut in theater and in film. Soon Tieri became one of the most popular and appreciated young actors, with a predisposition to the comic genre. In cinema Tieri specialized in roles on jealous, irascible, nervous boyfriends, and this characterization limited his career and caused his retirement from films in the late 1960s. His versatility was revealed especially on stage and on television, that at the end of the 1950s gave him notoriety with a successful adaptation of the Dickens' novel '' Nicholas Nickleby'' and then as host of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Piero Umiliani
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Sergio Grieco
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's '' The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy Films
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Marco Tulli
Marco Tulli (20 November 1920 – 20 March 1982) was an Italian character actor, probably best known in the role of "Smilzo" in the Don Camillo film series. Born in Rome, Tulli debuted as actor while he was still a university student, at the end of the Second World War. He was a prolific character actor in comedy films, often playing roles of curious and nosy persons. He was also very active on stage, in which he worked with Giorgio Strehler Giorgio Strehler (; ; 14 August 1921 – 25 December 1997) was an actor, Italian opera and theatre director. Biography Strehler was born in Barcola, Trieste; His father, Bruno Strehler, was a native of Trieste with family roots in Vienna and died ... and Luciano Lucignani, and as television actor. Selected filmography References External links * Italian male film actors 1920 births Male actors from Rome Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors 1982 deaths 20th-century Italian male actors People of Lazia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Malavasi
Renato Malavasi (8 August 1904 – 7 October 1998) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1985. Selected filmography * '' The Golden Vein'' (1928) * '' The Song of Love'' (1930) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''The Private Secretary'' (1931) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * ''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) * '' King of Diamonds'' (1936) * '' To Live'' (1937) * '' Star of the Sea'' (1938) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * ''The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * '' La zia smemorata'' (1940) * ''Two on a Vacation'' (1940) * '' Kean'' (1940) * ''Caravaggio'' (1941) * '' The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday'' (1941) * ''A Husband for the Month of April'' (1941) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''Idyll in Budapest'' (1941) * '' Sad Loves'' (1943) * ''A Living Statue'' (1943) * '' The Walls of Malapaga'' (1949) * '' Against the Law'' (1950) * ''Variety Lights'' (1950) * '' Feathers in the Wind'' (1950) * ''Ring Around the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 brother of the actor Aldo Giuffrè. He enrolled at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts Silvio D'Amico, then he made his stage debut in 1949 with the company of Eduardo De Filippo. In 1984 Giuffrè won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy film '' Son contento'', directed by Maurizio Ponzi. Selected filmography * ''Side Street Story'' (1950) * ''The Steamship Owner'' (1951) * ''Deceit'' (1952) * ''The Machine to Kill Bad People'' (1952) * ''Naples Sings'' (1953) * '' Sunset in Naples'' (1955) * ''The Railroad Man'' (1956) * ''Leoni al sole'' (1961) * ''La bellezza di Ippolita'' (1962) * ''I soldi'' (1965) * ''Trap for Seven Spies'' (1967) * ''The Girl with the Pistol'' (1968) * '' Basta guardarla'' (1970) * '' Ninì T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Corelli
Bruno Corelli (20 August 1918 – 17 February 1983) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Bologna, after being part of a dramatic society of his hometown Corelli moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He made his film debut in 1938, when together with several of his classmates he took part to the film '' Giuseppe Verdi''. Corelli then abandoned the courses to take part in several stage plays and riviste, and also to perform as a mime-dancer. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Corelli started an intense film activity, mostly appearing in supporting roles in comedy films. Selected filmography * '' Eleonora Duse'' (1947) * '' Baron Carlo Mazza'' (1948) * ''The Transporter'' (1950) * '' Ring Around the Clock'' (1950) * '' A Dog's Life'' (1950) * ''I'm the Capataz'' (1951) * ''In Olden Days'' (1952) * '' Repentance'' (1952) * '' Toto in Color'' (1952) * '' Viva il cinema!'' (1952) * ''Abracadabra'' (1952) * ''They Stole a Tram ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Buzzanca
Gino Buzzanca (8 March 1912 – 5 May 1985) was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Messina, Buzzanca began his career on stage, specializing as an actor of the Sicilian language theater, and starring in works by Luigi Pirandello and Giovanni Verga. Discovered by Luigi Zampa, who offered him a role of weight in the film ''Easy Years'', Buzzanca then had a long film career as a character actor, often cast in negative roles. He also appeared in several Spaghetti Westerns, usually credited as Bill Jackson. He was the uncle of the actor Lando Buzzanca. Partial filmography * ''Easy Years'' (1953) - Barone Ferdinando LaPrua * '' Woman of Rome'' (1954) - Riccardo * ''Due lacrime'' (1954) - Tony * '' The Art of Getting Along'' (1955) - Il barone Mazzei * '' Are We Men or Corporals?'' (1955) - Il regista * ''Il bidone'' (1955) - Saro (uncredited) * ''Yalis, la vergine del Roncador'' (1955) * ''Agguato sul mare'' (1955) - Elia * '' A Woman Alone'' (1956) * ''Vendica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
