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Beauties On Bicycles
''Beauties on Bicycles'' (Italian: ''Bellezze in '') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Silvana Pampanini and Delia Scala.Parish p.142 It was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome with sets designed by Alfredo Montori. The film was one of the more popular productions released that year and was a financial success. Two young women travelling towards Milan to try to secure roles in a new musical comedy show enjoy a series of adventures which involve pretending to be soldiers and taking party in a bicycle race. Partial cast * Silvana Pampanini as Silvana * Delia Scala as Delia * Franca Marzi as Maria * Peppino De Filippo as First thief *Renato Rascel as The mechanic's son * Aroldo Tieri as Aroldo * Carlo Ninchi as The manager * Carlo Croccolo as Pinotto * Arnoldo Foà as The sergeant *Luigi Pavese as Reporter * Dante Maggio as Second thief * Carlo Romano as Darelli Manager *Renato Valente as Giulio Darelli * Oscar Andriani *Nico Pep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Campogalliani
Carlo Campogalliani (10 October 1885 – 10 August 1974) was an Italian screenwriter, actor and film director. Campogalliani directed around eighty films during his career and acted in another fifty. He directed the 1934 sports film '' Stadio'' and the 1940 Fascist propaganda film '' The Cavalier from Kruja''.Reich & Garofalo p.170 He was married to the actress Letizia Quaranta who appeared in several of his films. Selected directorial filmography * '' The Woman at Midnight'' (1925) * '' I Lost My Heart on a Bus'' (1929) * ''Courtyard'' (1931) * '' The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * '' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1931) * ''Stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...'' (1934) * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1936) * '' The Night of Tricks'' (1939) * '' The Cavalier fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peppino De Filippo
Giuseppe "Peppino" De Filippo (24 August 1903 – 27 January 1980) was an Italian actor. De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and dramatist Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina De Filippo. He made his stage debut at the age of six. He played in several movies such as '' Rome-Paris-Rome'', ''Variety Lights'', '' A Day in Court'', '' Ferdinand I, King of Naples'' and ''Boccaccio '70''. He is however ,most remembered for his several artistic partnerships with Totò, on movies such as ''Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy'' and '' The Band of Honest Men''. He died in Rome at age 76. Biography He was born from the affair between playwright and actor Eduardo Scarpetta and theatre seamstress and costumier Luisa De Filippo. He was the third of three children born from the couple, the other two being Annunziata "Titina" and Eduardo. His father was actually married since 1876 to Rosa De Filippo, Luisa's paternal aunt. His father Eduardo ,had several other illegitimate children fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Films
The following events in film occurred in the year 1951. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events * February 15 – new management takes over at United Artists with Arthur B. Krim, Robert Benjamin and Matty Fox now in charge. * April – French magazine ''Cahiers du cinéma'' is first published. * July 26 – Walt Disney's ''Alice in Wonderland (1951 film), Alice in Wonderland'' premieres; while a disappointment at first and hardly released in theaters, it would later become one of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerio Bernardi
Nerino "Nerio" Bernardi (23 July 1899 – 12 January 1971) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970. Life and career Born in Bologna, Bernardi started his acting career in 1918 with a local film company, Felsina Film. Specialized in young lover roles, he soon became very popular and in high demand by other companies, being even signed by Fox Film for two Violet Mersereau vehicles, ''Nero'' and '' The Shepherd King''. In 1923, Bernardi left silent cinema to focus on theater, where he worked with Alda Borelli, Maria Melato, Max Reinhardt, and Renato Simoni, among others. He made his film comeback in 1934, being since then mainly cast in character roles. In 1943, to escape World War II, he moved to Spain, where he started a dog grooming business. Returned in Italy in 1947, he reprised his career, notably working on stage with Ermete Zacconi, Luchino Visconti, Ruggero Ruggeri, and Vittorio Gassman. Between 1952 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Pepe
Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. Life and career Born in Udine, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he quit to perform in the theater company led by Roldano Lupi and Paola Borboni. He later entered some of the major companies of the time, working among others with Vittorio De Sica, Dina Galli, Ruggero Ruggeri and Sergio Tofano. In the second post-war, he served as artistic director of several theaters, including the . Starting from Giorgio Strehler's 1953 rendition of Luigi Pirandello's '' Six Characters in Search of an Author'' and until late 1970s he frequently worked at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. Also active in films, radio and television and as a dubber, he retired from acting in the early 1980s, and in his late years directed a theater school in the Friulian language. He was married to actress Clara Auteri. Selected filmograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Andriani
Oscar Andriani (28 December 1905 – 17 July 1987) was an Italian actor and playwright. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1937 to 1969. Life and career Born in Brescia, Andriani made his stage debut at 17 years old in the theatrical company of , and later worked with other important companies of the time, such the ones led by Emma Gramatica, Wanda Capodaglio and Annibale Ninchi. He had a prolific career as a character film actor, often appearing alongside his real life friend Amedeo Nazzari. He also was a playwright, whose works (often published under pseudonyms) were staged by prominent companies, such as the Giovanni Grasso's, Carlo Veneziani's and Tino Scotti's ones. He wrote the script of the partially autobiographical film '' World of Miracles'', directed in 1959 by Luigi Capuano. Filmography References External links * 1905 births 1987 deaths Italian male film actors Actors from Brescia Male actors from Lombardy {{Italy-film-actor-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Valente
Renato Valente was an Italian film actor who appeared in a mixture of lead and supporting roles during the 1940s and early 1950s.Gambetti p.91 Selected filmography * '' The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950) * '' Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * '' Black Fire'' (1951) * '' Destiny'' (1951) * '' The Mysteries of Venice'' (1951) References Bibliography * Giacomo Gambetti. ''Vittorio Gassmann''. Gremese Editore, 1999. External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Romano
Carlo Romano (8 May 1908 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter. Biography Born in Livorno, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his acting career on stage in 1927. During World War II, he committed himself to starring mainly in revues and he still remained active in cinema, theatre, radio and television. In 1939, Romano began his radio acting career. He appeared in 94 films between 1934 and 1975. He also wrote for 14 films between 1955 and 1975. Among his most popular films include '' Four Steps in the Clouds'' and he also portrayed composer Ruggero Leoncavallo in the film ''I pagliacci''. Romano was also a famous voice actor, most notably the Italian voice of Don Camillo (played by French actor Fernandel) and he was the official Italian voice of Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope and Lou Costello. Other actors he dubbed included Louis de Funès, Jack Oakie, Edward Andrews, Fred As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Maggio
Dante Maggio (2 March 1909 – 3 March 1992) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 115 films between 1940 and 1975. Born in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio had a turbulent adolescence that led his father to send him in an institute for problematic minors. He debuted on stage aged 18 years old.Antonio Virgilio Savona; Michele Lo Straniero. "Maggio, Famiglia". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 959-960. He worked on stage in several sceneggiate and with the companies of Anna Fougez and Raffaele Viviani before creating his own revue company. Maggio was the brother of actors Enzo, Rosalia, Beniamino and Pupella Maggio. Selected filmography * '' The Palace on the River'' (1940) * '' Un giorno nella vita'' (1946) - Carlo * '' The Ways of Sin'' (1946) - La guardia carceraria (uncredited) * '' The Great Dawn'' (1947) * '' Last Love'' (1947) - Il partner di Maria * ''Tombolo, paradiso nero'' (1947) - Agostino * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Pavese
Luigi Pavese (25 October 1897 – 13 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Asti, Pavese started his career in 1916 working as a silent film actor at 19 years of age. He then began his theatrical debut in 1921 and eventually worked his way up to becoming a film actor by the 1930s. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1916 and 1969. By the time World War II ended, Pavese's popularity as an actor increased. He often portrayed characters with certain professions such as clerks, lawyers, soldiers, officers and notaries in comedy films and made frequent collaborations with other actors such as Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Walter Chiari, Alberto Sordi, including his younger brother Nino Pavese. As a voice actor, Pavese dubbed the voices of characters into the Italian language. He was the official voice actor of Fernando Sancho, Robert Strauss (actor), Robert Strauss and many more. He even provided the Italian voices of animated characters belonging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoldo Foà
Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014. Biography Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish family, though Foà was an atheist in his adult life. Foà completed high school in Florence, where he moved with his family, and studied at the acting school of Rasi. He abandoned his studies in economics and at age 20 moved to Rome, where he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He was initiated to the Italian Scottish Rite Freemasonry in 1947 at the lodge " Alpi Giulie" n.150 (in Rome), taking later the highest degree. Foà died on 11 January 2014 from respiratory failure, just 13 days short of his 98th birthday. Theatre 1930s * ''La serenata al vento'' by Carlo Veneziani, directed by Alberto Bracaloni, 1935 * ''La dodicesima notte'' by William Shakespeare, directed by Pietro Sharoff, 1938 * ''L’Alcalde di Zalamea' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Croccolo
Carlo Croccolo (9 April 1927 – 12 October 2019) was an Italian actor, voice artist, director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Naples, Croccolo began his acting career on the radio and appeared in more than 100 films since 1949. His debut came in the 1949 film ''The Firemen of Viggiù'' and he made his first television debut in 1956. He also had an intense career onstage, as he often starred in plays directed by Eduardo De Filippo and Giorgio Strehler. Croccolo was best known for his collaboration with Totò, Antonio "Totò" De Curtis, mainly throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In the early 1950s, he replaced Alberto Sordi performing the Italian voice of Oliver Hardy in the Dubbing, redubs of ''Laurel and Hardy'' made between 1951 and 1953, in which he was paired with Fiorenzo Fiorentini (who provided the Italian voice of Stan Laurel); he came back to dubbing Hardy in the 1968-1970 redubs, this time paired with Franco Latini. Since 1957, Croccolo also served as a dubbing artist f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
