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Atelier Fontana - Le Sorelle Della Moda
''Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda'' (Atelier Fontana - "The sisters of fashion") is an Italian television miniseries directed by Riccardo Milani and produced by Rai Fiction and Lux Vide, and broadcast premiered on Rai 1 in two evenings, on 27 and 28 February 2011. The three protagonists of the fiction are Alessandra Mastronardi, Anna Valle and Federica De Cola. The series is based on the life of the Sorelle Fontana, the three seamstresses of the province of Parma who became famous when in 1949 they made the wedding dress with which Linda Christian married Tyrone Power, Atelier became one of the most requested stylists by the Hollywood stars. Plot Zoe, Micol and Giovanna Fontana are three young sisters who, after a peaceful childhood, work all together in the tailoring that their mother leads into her own home of Traversetolo, a small center in the province of Parma. Micol feels her self esteem a bit limited and dreams of opening a whole atelier in a big city. Meanwh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Milani
Riccardo Milani (born 15 April 1958) is an Italian film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Milani began his career in 1985, as assistant director of Mario Monicelli in ''Let's Hope It's a Girl''. After being assistant of Nanni Moretti, Florestano Vancini and Daniele Luchetti, in 1994 he made his feature film debut with the comedy-drama '' Auguri professore''. In 2001 he made his television debut, directing the miniseries ''Il sequestro Soffiantini''. He is married to actress Paola Cortellesi. He's an atheist but he admires Christian values. Filmography Film * '' Auguri professore'' (1994) * '' The Anto War'' (1999) * ''The Soul's Place'' (2003) * '' Piano, solo'' (2007) * ''Welcome Mr. President'' (2013) * '' Do You See Me?'' (2014) * ''Mom or Dad?'' (2017) * ''Like a Cat on a Highway'' (2017) * '' Don't Stop Me Now'' (2019) * '' Like a Cat on a Highway 2'' (2021) * ''Corro da te'' (2022) Television * '' Tutti pazzi per amore'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include ''Jesse James (1939 film), Jesse James'', ''The Mark of Zorro (1940 film), The Mark of Zorro'', ''Marie Antoinette (1938 film), Marie Antoinette'', ''Blood and Sand (1941 film), Blood and Sand'', ''The Black Swan (film), The Black Swan'', ''Prince of Foxes (film), Prince of Foxes'', ''Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film), Witness for the Prosecution'', ''The Black Rose'', and ''Captain from Castile''. Power's own favorite film among those that he starred in was ''Nightmare Alley (1947 film), Nightmare Alley''. Though largely a matinee idol in the 1930s and early 1940s and known for his striking good looks, Power starred in films in a number of genres, from drama to light comedy. In the 1950s he began placing limits on the number of films he would make in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micol Fontana
Micol Fontana (8 November 1913 – 12 June 2015) was an Italian stylist and entrepreneur, co-founder of the Sorelle Fontana fashion house. Biography Born in Traversetolo, Parma, Micol Fontana and her sisters Zoe and Giovanna moved to Rome in 1936 to launch a fashion career. They worked small jobs in the industry and finally opened their own shop, Casa di moda sorelle Fontana, in 1943. In 1953 - along with her sisters and other famous fashion designers including Alberto Fabiani, Vincenzo Ferdinandi, Emilio Schuberth, Jole Veneziani, Giovannelli-Sciarra, Mingolini-Guggenheim, Eleanora Garnett and Simonetta - she founded the S.I.A.M. - Italian High Fashion Syndicate. In 1957, the sisters designed Linda Christian's wedding dress for her marriage to Tyrone Power. Following the death of her sisters, and after selling the company and the brand to an Italian financial group in 1992, Micol created the Micol Fontana Foundation in 1994 with the purpose of finding and promoting new fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Wertmüller
Massimo Wertmüller (born 13 August 1956) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1978. Filmography Films Television References External links * 1956 births Living people Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Foschi
Marco Foschi (born 1 April 1977) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He played in the 2012 film ''King of the Sands'' directed by Najdat Anzour and in the 2012 American-Italian television movie ''Barabbas'', as Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou .... References External links * 1977 births Living people Italian male voice actors Italian male television actors Italian male film actors 21st-century Italian male actors Male actors from Rome {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Bocci
Marco Bocci (pseudonym of Marco Bocciolini; born 4 August 1977) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 2001. He married fellow actress Laura Chiatti in 2014. They have two sons. Filmography * ''Interference'' (1998) * '' I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa'' (2001) * ''Los Borgia'' (2006) * ''La bella società'' (2009) * ''C'è chi dice no'' (2011) * '' Scusate se esisto!'' (2014) * ''Io rom romantica'' (2014) * '' Italo'' (2015) * '' L'esigenza di unirmi ogni volta con te'' (2015) * ''Watch Them Fall'' (2015) * ''La banda dei tre LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...'' (2017) *'' De sable et de feu'' (2019) References External links * 1977 births Living people People from Marsciano Italian male film actors Italian male televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Cavina
Gianni Cavina (9 December 1940 – 26 March 2022) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1968 to 2022. Born in Bologna, Cavina trained as a stage actor at the Teatro Stabile di Bologna, under the direction of Franco Parenti. He made his film debut in the 1968 horror ''Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana'', directed by Pupi Avati, with whom he had a long collaboration, starring in many of his films. Cavina died in his hometown Bologna on 26 March 2022, at the age of 81. Selected filmography * ''Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana'' (1968) * '' Flashback'' (1969) * '' The Kiss'' (1974) * ''Il figlio della sepolta viva'' (1974) * '' La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone'' (1975) * '' The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) * '' House of Pleasure for Women'' (1976) * '' The Big Operator'' (1976) * ''Traffic Jam'' (1979) * '' La locandiera'' (1980) * '' Il turno'' (1981) * '' Cornetti alla crema'' (1981) * '' The Three of Us'' (1984) * '' Christmas Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Bonaiuto
Anna Bonaiuto (born 28 January 1950) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in 48 films and television shows since 1973. She starred in ''L'amore molesto ''Nasty Love'' ( it, L'amore molesto) (released in the United States as ''Troubling Love'', is a 1995 Italian thriller film directed by Mario Martone. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name, ...'', which was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography References External links * 1950 births Living people Italian film actresses People from Latisana Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Barefoot Contessa
''The Barefoot Contessa'' is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, and Edmond O'Brien. The film's slow-paced plot focuses on social positioning and high-powered politics within the world of film and high society. For his performance, O'Brien won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe. Mankiewicz was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The majority of the film is explained by Harry Dawes (Bogart), narrating the events, with small sections narrated by Oscar Muldoon (O'Brien). Plot Down on his luck, a washed-up movie director and writer Harry Dawes is reduced to working for abusive, emotionally stunted business tycoon Kirk Edwards, who has decided that he wants to produce a film to boost his monumental ego. Looking for a glamorous leading lady, they go to a Madrid night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood (film Industry)
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the film industry, global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1913 to 1969 and is still typical of most films made there to this day. While Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumière are generally credited with the birth of modern cinema, American cinema soon came to be a dominant force in the emerging industry. , it produced the third-largest number of films of any national cinema, after India and China, with more than 600 English-language films released on average every year. While the national cinemas of the Cinema of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Cinema of Canada, Canada, Cinema of Australia, Australia, and Cinema of New Zealand, New Zealand also produce films in the same language, they are not part of the Hollywood sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Christian
Linda Christian (born Blanca Rosa Henrietta Stella Welter Vorhauer; November 13, 1923 – July 22, 2011) was a Mexican film actress, who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film ''Tarzan and the Mermaids'' (1948).Parla, p. 35. She is also noted for being the first Bond girl, appearing in a 1954 television adaptation of the James Bond novel '' Casino Royale''. In 1963 she starred as Eva Ashley in an episode of ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' titled "An Out for Oscar". Early life Christian was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, a daughter of Dutch engineer and Royal Dutch Shell executive Gerardus Jacob Welter (1904–1981), and his Mexican-born wife, the former Blanca Rosa Vorhauer (1901-1992), who was of Spanish, German and French descent. The Welter family moved a great deal during Christian's youth, living everywhere from South America and Europe to the Middle East and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
