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Gustavo Serena
Gustavo Serena (5 October 1881 – 16 April 1970) was an Italian actor and film director. He appeared in 107 films between 1909 and 1961. He also directed 33 films between 1912 and 1932. He was born in Naples and died in Rome. Selected filmography * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1912) * '' Quo Vadis'' (1913) * '' Assunta Spina'' (1915) * '' The Lady of the Camellias'' (1915) * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (1916) * '' The Clemenceau Affair'' (1917) * ''Mariute'' (1918) * '' Niniche'' (1918) * '' The Race to the Throne'' (1919) * '' The Fear of Love'' (1920) * '' Diana Sorel'' (1921) * '' A Dying Nation'' (1922) * '' The Cry of the Eagle'' (1923) * '' The White Sister'' (1923) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ''Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi, his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Bertini
Francesca Bertini (born Elena Seracini Vitiello; 5 January 1892 – 13 October 1985) was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century. Early life Born Elena Seracini Vitiello in Prato, her mother was the unmarried Adelina di Venanzio Fratiglioni, who may have been an actress. Bertini was registered as Elena Taddei at an orphanage in 1892. Her mother married Arturo Vitiello in 1910. She took his family name. Career Bertini began performing on stages and at the age of seventeen she began to perform in the just-born Italian movie production. She had a major role in Salvatore Di Giacomo's melodramatic story ''Assunta Spina (play), Assunta Spina''. She had made over 50 films by 1915 including, ''Histoire d'un pierrot'', was under the direction of Baldassarre Negroni in 1913. Gradually she developed her beauty and elegance, plus a strong, intense, and charming personality, which would be the ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Sister (1923 Film)
''The White Sister'' is a 1923 American silent drama film starring Lillian Gish and Ronald Colman, directed by Henry King, and belatedly released by Metro Pictures. It was based on the 1909 play of the same name by Francis Marion Crawford and Walter Hackett. It is the second of four adaptations of the play, preceded by a 1915 production and followed by a 1933 sound film, starring Helen Hayes and Clark Gable, and a 1960 Mexican production. Plot Angela Chiaromonte and Captain Giovanni Severini are deeply in love, but Angela's wealthy father, Prince Chiaromonte, does not know this and arranges her marriage, without her knowledge, to the son of Count del Ferice. However, the prince dies in an accident. While Angela grieves, her older half-sister, the Marchesa di Mola, looks through their late father's papers and secretly burns one of them. No will can be found, so not only does the entire estate go to the Marchesa, but because the prince's second marriage was not registered wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Male Film Actors
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1970 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 Births
Events January * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The Chilean army defeats Peruvian forces. * January 15 – War of the Pacific – Battle of Miraflores: The Chileans take Lima, capital of Peru, after defeating its second line of defense in Miraflores. * January 24 – William Edward Forster, chief secretary for Ireland, introduces his Coercion Bill, which temporarily suspends habeas corpus so that those people suspected of committing an offence can be detained without trial; it goes through a long debate before it is accepted February 2. Note that Coercion bills had been passed almost annually in the 19th century, with a total of 105 such bills passed from 1801 to 1921. * January 25 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. February * Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courier Of Moncenisio (1956 Film)
''The Courier of Moncenisio'' () is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Roldano Lupi, Virna Lisi Virna Lisa Pieralisi (; 8 November 1936 – 18 December 2014), known as just Virna Lisi, was an Italian actress. Her international film appearances included ''How to Murder Your Wife'' (1965), ''Not with My Wife, You Don't!'' (1966), ''The Secre ... and Arnoldo Foà. It is the last of three film adaptation of the 1852 novel '' Jean le Coucher'' by Jean Bouchardy. Plot Nineteenth century. A woman, believing she has been widowed by her carrier husband, remarries a noble. He is actually plotting to get hold of a large inheritance, but he gets caught and kills himself. At this point, the woman's first husband, believed dead, reappears and rejoins the family. Cast References External links * ''The Cuorier of Moncenisio''at Variety Distribution 1954 films Italian historical drama films 1950s historical drama films 1950s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beggar's Daughter
''The Beggar's Daughter'' () is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Paola Barbara, Franca Maj and Steve Barclay (actor), Steve Barclay. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio. Plot 1860. In a villa in Naples, a foreign lady was killed: a poor beggar without one arm, Paolo, was accused of the crime, although innocent, he was sentenced to twenty years. The poor man's daughter, Anna, has worked in vain in favor of her father: she has only obtained the moral support of Franco, the son of the judge who sentenced Paolo. Franco, who is the leader of a group of patriots, partisans of Garibaldi, investigates the murder on his behalf and is induced to suspect his brother-in-law Giorgio, chief of police and the ex-maid of the murdered woman, who now is at Giorgio's service. Meanwhile Anna, threatened by her stepmother, who tries to market the girl, saves herself with the help of another patriot. Franco entrusts Anna w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cliff Of Sin
''The Cliff of Sin'' () is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Gino Cervi, Margarete Genske and Delia Scala. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It was initially distributed by regional independents before being given a second release by Minerva Film in 1951. Plot Ischia. Stella, a fatal woman, joins Silvano, her old lover, who has been living isolated and alcoholic for some time in a hut on the island. To achieve her purpose, to seize her possessions, she does not hesitate to poison him. Immediately after she seduces Paolo, a young fisherman, and involves him in the trafficking of a gang of smugglers, so much so that he gives up on marrying Anna, she promises to him. Michele, the girl's brother, returns to the island just to make Paolo retrace her steps but he too yields to Stella's charm, becoming her lover and her accomplice in six trafficking of her. However, he is arrested and sentenced. Having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Taxi
''Night Taxi'' (French: ''Taxi de nuit'', Italian: ''Taxi di notte'') is a 1950 French-Italian comedy film about a taxicab driver, directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Beniamino Gigli, Danielle Godet and Philippe Lemaire.Apra p.93 Synopsis After finding a baby left abandoned in his cab, a singing taxi driver tries to find its mother. Cast *Beniamino Gigli as Nello Spadoni * Danielle Godet as Laura Morani *Philippe Lemaire as Alberto Franchi *Virginia Belmont as Luisa Forenti *Carlo Ninchi as Forenti l'Industriale *William Tubbs as Mr. William Simon *Jone Morino as Signora Forenti *Aroldo Tieri as Conte Tattini *Giuseppe Varni as Major Domo * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Il ragionere, inamorato di Luisa *Renzo De Luca as Il piccolo abandonato in taxi *Giulio Battiferri *Franco Coop * Peppino Spadaro * Edda Soligo * Ciro Berardi * Gustavo Serena * Nico Pepe * Pina Piovani Pina Piovani (20 March 1897 – 2 January 1955) was an Italian stage and film actress.Bìspuri p.126 She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flame That Will Not Die
''The Flame That Will Not Die'' () is a 1949 Italian war drama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Gino Cervi, María Denis and Leonardo Cortese.Bonsaver & Gordon p.104 It is inspired by the story of Salvo D'Acquisto, a Carabinieri officer who died to save others from being executed by the Germans during the Second World War. It was made at Cinecittà Studios. The film's sets were designed by Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Gino Cervi as Luigi Manfredi * María Denis as Maria * Leonardo Cortese as Giuseppe Manfredi * Luigi Tosi as Giovanni * Carlo Campanini as Il zio di Maria * Danielle Benson as Caterina * Diana Benucci * Siro Angeli * Lorena Berg * Nando Bruno * Tino Buazzelli * Vittorio Cottafavi * Maurizio Di Nardo * Giovanni Lovatelli * Fulvia Mammi as Norina * Carlo Mariotti * Arnaldo Mochetti * Diego Muni * Dina Romano * Gian Paolo Rosmino * Gustavo Serena * Barbara Vassarotti * Gaio Visconti See also * ''Salvo D'Acqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boarders At Saint-Cyr
''The Boarders at Saint-Cyr'' () is a 1939 Italian historical comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Vanna Vanni, Silvana Jachino and Maurizio D'Ancora. It is an adaptation of the 1843 play ''Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr'' by Alexandre Dumas.Goble p.138 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. Synopsis In Napoleonic France two girls at a boarding school next door to the Saint-Cyr military academy in Paris are visited by a couple of cadets who climb over the wall to woo them. However they are discovered and in the ensuing scandal the Empress Josephine insists that they have to hastily get married. Napoleon himself intervenes, in sympathy to the two forces husbands, and sends them on an immediate mission to the Kingdom of Naples ruled by his own brother-in-law Marshal Joachim Murat. Abandoned on their wedding night the two young woman head to Italy in pursuit of their new husbands. Cast * Vanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Always Ends That Way
''It Always Ends That Way'' () is a 1939 Italian musical comedy film directed by Enrique Susini and starring Vittorio De Sica, Nedda Francy and Roberto Rey. The film was based on a novel by Robert Dieudonné.Goble p.128 It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome with sets designed by Salvo D'Angelo. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Alberto Miller * Nedda Francy as Elisabetta * Roberto Rey as Renato * Noëlle Norman as Mariza Kalmay * Pina Renzi as La signora Kalmay * Assia De Busny as Florika * Eugenia Zaresca as Daisy * Alfredo Robert as Il parrocco * Eugenio Duse as Il regista * Carlo Chertier as Il critico Feroski * Alfredo Bracchi as Il paroliere * Ernesto Calindri as Un cameriere * Vasco Creti as L'investigatore privato * Liana Del Balzo as La cameriera dell' albergo * Mario Ersanilli as Un paesano * Mimosa Favi as L'amica di Elisabetta * Walter Grant as Un padrino * Alfredo Martinelli as Il marchese Ignazio Kovacs * Giovanni Onorato a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
