Filippo Del Giudice, (26 March 1892 – 1 January 1963), born in

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, Italy, was an Italian film producer. Giudice was a lawyer, legal advisor and film producer. He worked with people that were already well known in their field of work.

Life

Giudice fled from Italy to England in December 1932 because he would have been politically imprisoned. He was also a lawyer in Italy. Reoccurring anti-Semitic legislation would have caused him more problems if he stayed in Italy, and his film production company Two Cities was later not allowed to film in Italy because it was believed that his board was operated by Jewish people. Giudice did not know English and taught himself, poorly according to himself, while teaching lessons to the children of Italian waiters in

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. In 1937, he founded the company Two Cities with

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and was the legal advisor, later becoming a film producer. After the releases of a 1939 film based on a play by Terence Rattigan titled ''French Without Tears'' and the 1940 anti-Nazi film ''Freedom Radio'', Giudice and Zamp were interned in 1940 as "enemy aliens". He was later released from internment to work on the 1943 film '' In Which We Serve'' which was written by playwright Noël Coward.

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supplied Ann Elwell as his secretary. She was translating for him as he took on the role of Art Director and she also did some scriptwriting. Giudice produced the 1944 film '' Mr. Emmanuel'' which is the only

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film with a Jewish subject. Despite being a producer, Giudice stated that he knew nothing about filmmaking. Giudice also considered himself to be an "administrator of talents" instead of a producer. His films included directors, writers or actors that were already well known in their field. Film directors that he collaborated with included

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, David Lean,

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and Laurence Olivier. Giudice was an administrator for Pilgrim Pictures on the 1948 film '' The Guinea Pig'' and the 1949 film '' Private Angelo''. In 1950, Giudice moved back to Italy and never produced another film. In 1962, he died on New Year's Eve in Florence.

Production filmography

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French Without Tears ''French Without Tears'' is a comic play written by a 25-year-old Terence Rattigan in 1936. Setting It takes place in a cram school for adults needing to acquire French for business reasons. Scattered throughout are Franglais phrases and sch ...

'' (1939) *'' First Of The Few'' (1942) *'' In Which We Serve'' (1942) *''

This Happy Breed ''This Happy Breed'' is a play by Noël Coward. It was written in 1939 but, because of the outbreak of World War II, it was not staged until 1942, when it was performed on alternating nights with another Coward play, '' Present Laughter''. The ...

'' (1944) *'' Mr. Emmanuel'' (1944) *''

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'' (1944) *''

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'' (1945) *'' Men of Two Worlds'' (1946) *''

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'' (1947) *''

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'' (1948)

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