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Bella Cortez
Bella Cortez (born Alicia Paneque, also known as Bella Cortese) is a Cuban actress and dancer known for her work in Italian sword-and-sandal films of the 1960s. Career Alicia Paneque was spotted by an Italian film producer visiting Cuba. She accepted the proposal and moved to Italy. Her first release was Primo Zeglio's '' The Seven Revenges'' (1961). Cortez played niece to Orson Welles character and formed "an attractive pair of young lovers" with Luciano Marin in the international film '' The Tartars'' (1961). The same year, she was paired opposite Gordon Mitchell in the Seven Arts production '' The Giant of Metropolis'' (1961), directed by Umberto Scarpelli. They appeared together in two more films; '' Vulcan Son of Jupiter'' (1962) and '' Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens'' (1964). Cortez's characters were that of and Greco-Roman mythological Aetna an Arabian princess, respectively in these films. She continued her starring roles with Antonio Leonviola Antonio Leonv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarsis
''Katarsis'' (; also released as ''Challenge the Devil''), is a 1963 Italian horror film directed and written by Giuseppe Vegezzi. It is his only film. A group of people enter an old castle where they come across an old man (Christopher Lee) who turns out to be the Devil. Cast Credits adapted from the book ''Italian Gothic Horror, 1957-1969''. * Christopher Lee as Lord of the Castle (credited as 'Cristopher Lee') * Giorgio Ardisson (credited as George Ardisson) as Gugo * Vittori Centroni (credited as Lilly Parker) as Maga * Anita Cacciolata (credited as Anita Deyer) as Jenny * Alice Paneque (credited as Bella Cortez) as Frie * Mario Polletin (credited as Mario Zacarti) as Gian * Adriana Ambesi as Castle lady * Pietro Vidali (credited as Piero Vada) as Peo Production ''Katarsis'' was shot at Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano and Montelibretti and Olympia Studios in Romebetween 14 May and 7 June 1963. It had a low budget of 46 million Italian lira. Christopher Lee was one of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Scarpelli
Umberto Scarpelli (25 May 1904 – 15 May 1980) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was assistant director on more than fifteen films and directed five films. Selected filmography References External links * 1904 births 1980 deaths Italian film directors {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Leonviola
Antonio Leonviola, sometimes Leon Viola (13 May 1913 – 4 August 1995), was an Italian screenwriter and film director and co-founder of the "Libera Università del Cinema di Roma". Life and career Leonviola was born in 1913 in Montagnana as Antonio Leone Viola. In 1934, he won a gold medal at the Venice Film Festival for his silent film ''Fiera di tipi'', which he shot at a fair in Padua. He worked as war photographer during World War II, an experience that he reflected in a few short films including ''La battaglia dell'Amba Alagi'' and ''La marcia degli eroi''. After the war, Leonviola worked as a screenwriter in a number of adventure films and in 1942 directed his first feature film, ''Rita da Cascia''. After a long break, he returned as director in 1951 with a crime film, ''The Temptress (1952 film), The Temptress'', which was celebrated by critics. The success did not hold, and his next films were all more or less battered by the critics. There followed the costume film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aetna (nymph)
Aetna (Ancient Greek: Αἴτνη ''Aἴtnē'') was in Greek and Roman mythology a Sicilian nymph and, according to Alcimus, a daughter of Uranus and Gaia or of Briareus. Stephanus of Byzantium says that according to one account Aetna was a daughter of Oceanus. Simonides said that she had acted as arbitrator between Hephaestus and Demeter respecting the possession of Sicily. By Zeus or Hephaestus she became the mother of the Palici. Mount Etna in Sicily was believed to have derived its name from her and under it Zeus buried Typhon, Enceladus, or Briareus. The mountain itself was believed to be the place in which Hephaestus and the Cyclopes made the thunderbolts for Zeus.Euripides, ''Cyclops'' 296; Propertius, 3.15.21; Cicero, '' De Divinatione'' 2.19 Notes References *Bell, Robert E., ''Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary''. ABC-Clio. 1991. . *Euripides, ''Cyclops'' with an English translation by David Kovacs. Cambridge. Harvard University PressOnline v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Baba And The Seven Saracens
''Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens'' (, also known as ''Sinbad Against the 7 Saracens'') is a 1964 Italian adventure film written and directed by Emimmo Salvi and starring Gordon Mitchell. The film was released straight to television in the United States by American International Television American International Pictures, LLC (AIP or American International Productions) is an American film production company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution comp ... in 1965. Plot A rebel leader returns to his city for a final confrontation with the evil king he is fighting. However, he finds himself attracted to the king's beautiful niece Cast References External links * * Italian adventure films 1964 adventure films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulcan, Son Of Giove
''Vulcan, Son of Jove'' () is a 1962 Italian fantasy-adventure film directed and co-written by Emimmo Salvi in his directorial debut. The film is also known as ''Vulcan, Son of Jupiter'' (American TV title). The film was partly shot in Iran. Plot summary Following a dispute between Jupiter and Mars the latter ascends to Earth. Together with Venus he instructs the Thracians how to erect a castle which is supposed to become more beautiful than Mount Olympus. Jupiter assigns Vulcan and Etna to find Mars. Eventually the Thracians capture Etna and torture her. Vulcan saves her life and incites the slaves of the Thracians into an uprising. Mars and Venus try to return to Olympus but Jupiter sends Vulcan back to Earth to be with Etna. Cast *Bella Cortez as Etna *Iloosh Khoshabe as Vulcan (billed as Rod Flash Ilush) * Roger Browne as Mars *Annie Gorassini as Venus *Furio Meniconi as Jupiter *Gordon Mitchell as Pluto *Omero Gargano as Neptune * Isarco Ravaioli as Mercurius *Lilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, and science. They often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, Obituary, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of Subscription business model, subscription revenue, Newsagent's shop, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often Metonymy, metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published Printing, in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also Electronic publishing, published on webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Giant Of Metropolis
''The Giant of Metropolis'' () is a 1961 color Italian fantasy adventure film that was produced by Decio Salvi and Emimmo Salvi, directed by Umberto Scarpelli, that stars Gordon Mitchell and Bella Cortez. Plot Muscleman Obro travels to the sinful capital of Atlantis to rebuke its godlessness and hubris and becomes involved in the battle against its evil lord Yotar and his hideous super-science schemes, which involve transplanting an old and knowledgeable brain into his son's body. Cast *Gordon Mitchell as Obro *Bella Cortez as La principessa Mecede *Roldano Lupi as Il re Yotar * Carlo Angeletti ("Marietto") as Elmos * Omero Gargano as Il vecchio saggio *Mario Meniconi as Il padre di Obro *Carlo Tamberlani as Il padre di Yotar * Luigi Moneta as Il primo ministro *Ugo Sasso as Il capitano delle guardie nere *Renato Terra as Il giovane scienzato * Carlo Enrici as Assistante dello scienziato *Leopoldo Savona as Danzatore *Furio Meniconi as Egon *Liana Orfei Liana Orfei (born 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 10 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited as early as the 4th millennium BC, with the Guanahatabey and Taino, Taíno peoples inhabiting the area at the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Mitchell
Gordon Mitchell (born Charles Allen Pendleton; July 29, 1923 – September 20, 2003) was an American actor and bodybuilder, known for his starring roles in Italian sword-and-sandal and Spaghetti Western films. Early life Charles Allen Pendleton was born in Denver, Colorado, and began working out in his Denver neighborhood to deal with his tough companions. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in the Battle of the Bulge where he was taken prisoner of war. He later obtained a degree at the University of Southern California under the G.I. Bill. He became a high school teacher and guidance counselor in Los Angeles, where due to his physique he was given classes containing many delinquent students. Career Following a return enlistment for the Korean War, he found film extra work in movies such as ''Prisoner of War'', ''The Man with the Golden Arm'' and Cecil B. DeMille's '' The Ten Commandments'', where he and his friend Joe Gold dragged Charlton Heston's Moses to Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
