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Giovanni Pastrone
Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 – 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician. Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with '' Cabiria'', such as David Wark Griffith in ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) and ''Intolerance'' (1916). Martin Scorsese believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze". He died in Turin on 27 June 1959. Complete filmography Directing * '' La glu'' (1908) * '' Giordano Bruno eroe di Valmy'' (1908) * ''Julius Caesar'' (1909) * '' The Fall of Troy'' (1911) * '' Stronger than S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montechiaro D'Asti
Montechiaro d'Asti (Piedmontese: ''Monciàir'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northwest of Asti. Montechiaro d'Asti borders the following municipalities: Camerano Casasco, Chiusano d'Asti, Cortanze, Cossombrato, Cunico, Montiglio Monferrato, Soglio (AT), Soglio, and Villa San Secondo. Montechiaro is home to a notable example of Romanesque architecture in the Basso Monferrato, Lower Montferrat, the Santi Nazario e Celso, Montechiaro d'Asti, church of St. Nazarius and Celsus (11th and 12th centuries). In Montechiaro is based ACS Cycling Chirio–Casa Giani, a professional cycling team based. Notable people * Ezio Borgo (1922-2006), football player * Giovanni Pastrone, also known as Piero Fosco (1883–1959), pioneer of Italian film. Twin towns * Finale Ligure, Italy References External links * Montechiaro d'Asti, {{Asti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Caesar (1909 Film)
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war. He subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. Caesar played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed the First Triumvirate, an informal political alliance that dominated Roman politics for several years. Their attempts to amass political power were opposed by many in the Senate, among them Cato the Younger with the private support of Cicero. Caesar rose to become one of the most powerful politicians in the Roman Republic through a string of military victories in the Gallic Wars, completed by 51 BC, which greatly extended Roman territory. During this time, he both invaded Britain and built a brid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Directors
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Culture of Italy, Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marination * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus * Italien (magazine), ''Italien'' (magazine), pro-Fascist magazine in Germany between 1927 and 1944 See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January * January 4 – ''Life (magazine), Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A Newhall House Hotel Fire, fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. February * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The ''Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an Competition law, antitrust law. * February 28 – The first vaudeville th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedda Gabler (1920 Film)
''Hedda Gabler'' is a 1920 Italian silent drama film directed by Gero Zambuto and Giovanni Pastrone. It is based on the 1890 play ''Hedda Gabler'' by Henrik Ibsen.Goble p.793 Cast * Italia Almirante Manzini as Hedda Gabler * Ettore Piergiovanni as Erberto Lovborg *Oreste Bilancia Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily, he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany, which had the largest European film ind ... as Giorgio Tessmann * Diana D'Amore as Tea * Vittorio Rossi Pianelli as Brak * Letizia Quaranta as Edith * Léonie Laporte as zia Giulia * Gabriel Moreau References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1920 films Italian films based on plays 1920s Italian-language films Films based on Hedda Gabler Films directed by Giovanni Pastrone Films directed by Gero Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciste The Athlete
''Maciste the Athlete'' () is a 1918 Italian silent film directed by Vincenzo Denizot and Giovanni Pastrone and starring Bartolomeo Pagano.Reich p.140 It is part of the Maciste series. Cast * Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste * Italia Almirante-Manzini * Ruggero Capodaglio * Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti ( ; ; 14 January 1919 – 6 May 2013) was an Italian politician and wikt:statesman, statesman who served as the 41st prime minister of Italy in seven governments (1972–1973, 1976–1979, and 1989–1992), and was leader of th ... References Bibliography * Jacqueline Reich. ''The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema''. Indiana University Press, 2015. External links * 1918 films 1910s Italian-language films Films directed by Giovanni Pastrone Italian silent feature films Maciste films Italian black-and-white films Silent Italian adventure films 1910s Italian films {{1910s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warrior (1916 Film)
''The Warrior'' (Italian: Maciste alpino) is a 1916 film directed by Luigi Romano Borgnetto and Luigi Maggi and starring Bartolomeo Pagano in the role of Maciste. Production This is one of the first films starring the character of Maciste, who Giovanni Pastrone created in 1914 Cabiria. It saw huge success in Italy and abroad and whose name is due to Gabriele D'Annunzio who thus created a neologism that is still in use today. The warrior is the best-known and critically praised film of the Maciste series. The film is not far from what the seris (with the exception of Maciste in hell) became: an escapist fantasy with the horrors of the First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ... not really addressed. Bibliography Notes References * - Total pages: 240 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fire (1916 Film)
The Fire () is a 1916 Italian silent film directed by Giovanni Pastrone. It is loosely based on the novel '' The Flame'' by Gabriele D'Annunzio. Cast * Pina Menichelli - Poet * Febo Mari Febo Mari (1884–1939) was an Italian actor and film director. He found success as a leading man during Italy's silent film era. Early life Febo Mari was born Alfredo Giovanni Leopoldo Rodriguez in Messina, Sicily. His family were wealthy an ... - il pittore Mario Alberti * Felice Minotti References External links * *http://www.silentfilm.org/archive/il-fuoco 1916 drama films 1916 films Films based on works by Gabriele D'Annunzio Films directed by Giovanni Pastrone Italian silent feature films Italian black-and-white films Silent Italian drama films {{1910s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
