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Anglofilm
Mario Zampi (1 November 19032 December 1963) was an Italian film producer and director. A co-founder of Two Cities Films, a British production company, he is most closely associated with British comedies of the 1950s. He later formed his own film production companies, Anglofilm and Mario Zampi Productions. Biography Zampi began his career as an actor in Italy at the age of 17. By 1930, he was working for Warner Bros. as a film editor in London. In 1937, he and compatriot Filippo Del Giudice founded Two Cities Films. While the company was noted for such serious films as ''In Which We Serve'', ''Henry V'', and ''Hamlet'', Zampi is most remembered for comedies. He made his mark with such films as ''Laughter in Paradise'' (1951), '' The Naked Truth'' (1957), and ''Too Many Crooks'' (1959), often in the dual role of director and producer. He made ''Naked Truth'' and ''Too Many Crooks'' at Rank. Zampi and Del Giudice had a long feud which had its origins in both men being interned d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Dance With Me (1950 Film)
''Come Dance with Me'' is a 1950 British musical film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Max Wall, Gordon Humphris and Yvonne Marsh. The film was made by Zampi's Anglofilm and largely consisted of cabaret acts.Harper & Porter p.165 Cast * Max Wall - Manager * Gordon Humphris - Joe Smith - The Boy * Yvonne Marsh - The Girl * Barbara Hamilton (actor), Barbara Hamilton - Kiki - Stage Girl * Vincent Ball - Secretary * Anton Karas - Himself * Anne Shelton (singer), Anne Shelton - Herself * Derek Roy (comedian), Derek Roy - Himself * Stanley Black and his orchestra References Bibliography * Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. ''British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference''. Oxford University Press, 2007. External links * 1950 films 1950 musical films Films directed by Mario Zampi British musical films British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films English-language musical films Films scored by Stanley Black {{UK-musical-film-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Time Lucky (1949 Film)
''Third Time Lucky'' (also known as ''They Cracked Her Glass Slipper'' ) is a 1949 British crime drama film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Glynis Johns, Dermot Walsh and Charles Goldner; Michael Hordern appears in a small uncredited role. The film was produced by Mario Zampi and released by General Film Distributors. It was written by Gerald Butler based on his 1941 novel '' They Cracked Her Glass Slipper.'' Premise A compulsive gambler falls in love with a woman, and believes she is bringing him luck. Unfortunately, she catches the eye of one of his gambling rivals who has set out to ruin him. Cast *Glynis Johns as Joan Burns *Dermot Walsh as Lucky *Charles Goldner as Flash Charles *Harcourt Williams as Doc * Yvonne Owen as Peggy *Helen Haye as old lady * John Stuart as Inspector * Harold Berens as young waiter *Ballard Berkeley as Bertram * Sebastian Cabot as Benny Bennett *Bruce Walker as Jimmy *Marianne Deeming as Madame Therese *Millicent Wolf as Matron *Jean Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Golden Hours
''Five Golden Hours'' (also known as ''Cinque Ore in Contanti'') is a 1961 Italian-British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse, George Sanders, Dennis Price and John Le Mesurier. It was written by Hans Wilhelm. Plot Aldo Bondi is a professional pallbearer and mourner in Rome who lives well off the extravagant gifts given to him by the rich widows he comforts. When he falls for the supposedly penniless Baroness Sandra – who is actually a rich "black widow" whose husbands all die – he concocts a Ponzi scheme to cheat three widows by taking money from them, telling them that he will invest it during the "five golden hours" between the closing of the stock exchange in Rome, and the opening of the New York Stock Exchange. However, the Baroness absconds with the cash, leaving Bondi in hock to the widows. He attempts to kill them, but the scheme fails and he pretends to have gone insane. In the sanatarium, his roommate is another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Now And Forever (1956 Film)
''Now and Forever'' is a 1956 British drama film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Janette Scott, Vernon Gray and Kay Walsh. It was written by R.F. Delderfield and Michael Pertwee based on the 1953 play ''The Orchard Walls'' by R.F. Delderfield, and was Scott's first adult role after a career as a child star in Britain. The screenplay concerns an upper-class girl who becomes romantically involved with a garage mechanic, and they head for Gretna Green to elope. Plot Set in a market town in central England, Janette Grant is the 17-year-old daughter of a wealthy, divorced couple who's lonely as her father rarely visits and her mother never finds time for her. She comes downstairs, ready to go to a musical performance at school. Expecting her mother to take her and give her support, Janette is upset that she decides to participate in a golf club competition as the slot just opened up. Mrs. Grant contacts Mellingham Motors to order a lift for Janette. When Mike Pritchard arrive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Ever After (1954 Film)
''Happy Ever after'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring David Niven, Yvonne De Carlo, Barry Fitzgerald and George Cole. Its plot concerns the accidental death of an Irish landowner who bequeaths his estate to his cousin. It was released in the United States under the title ''Tonight's the Night''. Production The film was originally known as ''O'Leary Night''. It was shot at the Elstree Studios of Associated British with sets designed by art director Ivan King. Forty Hall near Enfield doubled for the ancestral Irish home of the O'Learys. Location shooting also took place in Braughing in Hertfordshire, where the railway station was renamed Rathbarney for the duration of the filming. De Carlo said: "I think it will help me in comedy when it is released in this country. I have had my share of sirens and am happy to get away from them no matter what the part." Plot Aged General O'Leary is fatally injured while trying to jump a wall with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Of The Past (film)
''Shadow of the Past'' (also known as ''Lady in Black'') is a 1950 British crime film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Joyce Howard, Terence Morgan, and Michael Medwin. The screenplay, by Aldo De Benedetti and Ian Stuart Black, involves a man who catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead. Plot In an apartment unused for two years, John Harding sees a mysterious woman dressed in black. He later discovers that the woman looks identical to the apartment owner's wife, thought to have died in a car accident. It transpires that she is in fact the late wife's sister, and tha the wife had not died in an accident: she was murdered by her husband. Cast * Joyce Howard as Lady in Black * Terence Morgan as John Harding * Michael Medwin as Dick Stevens * Andrew Osborn as George Bentley * Wylie Watson as caretaker * Marie Ney as Mrs. Bentley * Ella Retford as daily help * Ronald Adam as solicitor * Louise Gainsborough as Susie * Ian Fleming as doctor Critical reception ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sora (FR)
Sora () is a town and ''comune'' of Lazio, Italy, in the province of Frosinone. It is built in a plain on the banks of the Liri. This part of the valley is the seat of some important manufacturing, especially of paper mills. The area around Sora is famous for the costumes of its peasants. History Sora, an ancient Volscian town, was thrice captured by the Romans, in 345, 314, and 305 BCE, before they managed, in 303, by means of a colony 4,000 strong, to confirm its annexation as a Latin colony. In 209, it was one of the colonies that refused further contributions to the war against Hannibal. By the ''lex Julia'', it became a municipium, but under Augustus, it was colonized by soldiers of the legio IV Sorana, which had been mainly enrolled there. It belonged technically to ''Latium adiectum''. Located in the ''Ducatus Romanus'' under the authority of the pope during the early Dark Ages, it was captured by the Lombards of Gisulf I of Benevento in 705. The castle of ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 Births
Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 10 – The Aceh Sultanate was fully annexed by the Dutch East Indies, Dutch forces, deposing the last sultan, marking the end of the Aceh War that have lasted for almost 30 years. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been made in 1901#December, 1901). February * February 13 – Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03, Venezuelan crisis: After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in 1902 ends. * February 23 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". March * March 2 – In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opens. * March 3 – The British Admir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Producers
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Bottoms Up (1960 Film)
''Bottoms Up'' is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi, and starring Jimmy Edwards in a spin-off of his TV comedy series ''Whack-O!'', playing the seedy, alcoholic, cane-wielding headmaster of Chiselbury School, a fictional British public school. The screenplay was by Michael Pertwee, with additional dialogue by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. The cast includes juvenile actor John "Mitch" Mitchell who in the late 1960s was the drummer in The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and Richard Briers in his first film appearance. Plot Professor Jim Edwards is the headmaster of Chiselbury School, a private boarding school for boys. A new head of the school's Board of Governors threatens to replace him as headmaster unless he can drastically improve the school's performance. When Edwards is also confronted by his bookmaker demanding money he owes and which he cannot pay, he devises a plan to deal with both problems by agreeing to accept into Chiselbury the bookmaker's son who will ... [...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 los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
