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Girls For The Summer
''Girls for the Summer'' ( or US title: ''Love on the Riviera'') is a 1958 Italian romantic comedy drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini, based on story by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Alberto Sordi, Michèle Morgan, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Ferzetti, Dorian Gray, Franca Marzi, Franco Fabrizi and Jorge Mistral. It tells the five romantic and funny stories in the Gulf of Tigullio (Liguria, north-western Italy). Plot In the Gulf of Tigullio, in a lively summer around the end of the 1950s, various events intertwine, with their respective characters and their most disparate stories. It is here that men and women tormented by the need for money, try to take advantage of situations, at least apparently favorable, to solve their problems, all sharing the same epilogue: failure. Among these events, that of Aristarco Battistini, a penniless lover and administrator of a famous opera singer, Ada Gallotti, with a far from attractive appearance, unlike the beau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Franciolini
Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959. Life and career Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came into contact with the artistic avant-garde of the time, particularly with Eugène Deslaw. During this time, he was assistant director of Georges Lacombe and directed the documentary ''Vérité sur l'Italie''. In 1938, he came back in Italy country where he collaborated as a screenwriter and as an assistant director for Camillo Mastrocinque and Mario Soldati, among others. In 1940 he debuted as a feature film director with '' Inspector Vargas''. In the post-war, Franciolini specialised in neo-realist comedies and genre films, often collaborating with Cesare Zavattini. In 1956 he won the David di Donatello Award for Best Director, for the comedy-drama film '' Roman Tales''. Filmography * '' Vérité sur l'Italie'' (1939) * '' L'isp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorian Gray (actress)
Dorian Gray (born Maria Luisa Mangini; 2 February 1931 – 15 February 2011) was an Italian actress. Biography Gray made her stage debut in 1950. After five years she left the world of the theater and devoted herself to cinema. The role she played most often in films was that of a seductive sexual character. She played the titular "bad girl" in ''Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy, Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina''. She also appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni, Michelangelo Antonioni's ''Il grido''. In 1957, she took part in ''Nights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini. Death On February 15, 2011, Gray committed suicide by gunshot at her home in Torcegno. She was 80 years old; some media, however, reported her age as 75, since she herself claimed to have been born in 1936. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Works By Alberto Moravia
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Romantic Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic. * February 2 – The ''Falcons'' aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Zafar Masud (air commodore), Mitty Masud set a World record loop, world record performing a 16 aircraft diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Italian-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annex the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establishes his headquarters and the colonies th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Films
The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals '' South Pacific'' and '' Gigi'', the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1958 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – '' Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'' was an early example of the French New Wave; it is also notable for the improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. '' Le Beau Serge'' is credited as the first French New Wave feature. * February 16 – ''In the Money'' by William Beaudine is released. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began in 1946. * February 27 – Harry Cohn, the remaining founder of Columbia Pictures and one of the last remaining Hollywood movie moguls, dies. * The second installment of Sergei Eisenstein's ''Ivan the Terrible'' is officially released, having previously been shelved for political re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dany Carrel
Yvonne Suzanne Chazelles du Chaxel, better known as Dany Carrel, (born 20 September 1932) is a French actress. She was born in Tourane, today Đà Nẵng (Vietnam - then French Indochina) to French father ''Marie Yves'' Aimé du Chaxel, a local Customs general manager, and his Vietnamese mistress, Kam., lettre de Huân, frère utérin de Dany Carrel à sa demi-sœur : « Maman a rencontré votre père lorsqu'elle avait dix-neuf-ans. Un jour, une superbe voiture s'est arrêtée juste devant la maison de maman, rue Hûng-Vuong. Maman est sortie pour la contempler. Votre père a aussitôt remarqué maman et l'a regardée avec un certain sentiment. Il était directeur général des douanes. Il a demandé à un ami vietnamien de lui présenter maman. Ainsi a commencé leur grand amour et leur vie conjugale... Maman avait vingt ans à la naissance d'Yvonne et dix-huit mois plus tard est née Alice. » [Translation : letter from Huân, uterine brother of Dany Carrel to her half-sister: "M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennio Girolami
Enio Girolami (14 January 1935 – 16 February 2013), sometimes credited as Thomas Moore, was an Italian film and television actor. Born in Rome, son of director Marino Girolami and brother of director Enzo G. Castellari, Girolami made his film debut at 18 with a role of weight in '' Fratelli d'Italia'' by Fausto Saraceni. He then appeared in many films, sometimes as main actor, working among others with Alberto Lattuada, Federico Fellini, Mauro Bolognini and Giuseppe De Santis. From 1960 he worked almost exclusively with his father and brother. Selected filmography * ''Brothers of Italy'' (1952) - Sergio * ''Poppy'' (1952) - Marocchi * (1953) - Piazzoni (uncredited) * ''Ci troviamo in galleria'' (1953) - Uno spettatore intransigente * '' The Beach'' (1954) - Riccardo * (1954) - The Singer with a Guitar in the Restaurant (uncredited) * ''Ho ritrovato mio figlio'' (1954) - Marco * '' Loves of Three Queens'' (1954) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Ultima illusione'' (1954) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorella De Luca
Lorella De Luca (17 September 1940 – 9 January 2014) was an Italian film, television, and voice actress. One of the most recognized '' ingénues'' of Italian cinema during the mid-to-late 1950s, she is best known for having played naive young girls in dramas and comedies. She was born in Florence, Italy, and, following her "discovery" at age 14, made her acting debut in the Federico Fellini film '' Il bidone'' (1955). De Luca's breakout role, however, came a year later following her performance in Dino Risi's comedy Poor, But Handsome'' (1956) and continued on in the genre, with appearances in Mario Monicelli films '' Fathers and Sons'' (1957) and '' Doctor and the Healer'' (1957), as well as in Duccio Tessari's spaghetti Westerns '' A Pistol for Ringo'' (1965) and its sequel '' The Return of Ringo'' (1965) with Giuliano Gemma. Biography Lorella De Luca was born in Florence, Italy on 17 September 1940. "Discovered" at the age of fourteen by a director who followed De Luca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liguria
Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with the former territory of the Republic of Genoa. Liguria is bordered by France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) to the west, Piedmont to the north, and Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany to the east. It rests on the Ligurian Sea, and has a population of 1,509,908 as of 2025. The region is part of the Alps–Mediterranean Euroregion. Etymology The name ''Liguria'' predates Latin and is of obscure origin. The Latin adjectives (as in ) and ''Liguscus'' reveal the original root of the name, ''ligusc-'': in the Latin name -sc- was shortened to -s-, and later turned into the -r- of , according to rhotacism (sound change), rhotacism. Compare whence . The name derives from the ancient Ligures people, although the territory of this people was much larger th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigullio Gulf
240px, Diagrammatic aerial view showing the main communes of Tigullio. Tigullio is a traditional region and a gulf in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, northern Italy. Part of the Riviera di Levante, it includes the communes of (from West to East) Portofino, Santa Margherita Ligure, Rapallo, Zoagli, Chiavari, Lavagna and Sestri Levante Sestri Levante () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Lying on the Mediterranean Sea, it is approximately south-east of Genoa and is set on a promontory. While nearby Portofino and the Cinque Terre are pro .... The name derives from the ancient Ligurian tribe, Tigullii. category:Italian Riviera Ligurian Sea category:Province of Genoa {{italy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
