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Lasciate Ogni Speranza
''Lasciate ogni speranza'' () is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Antonio Gandusio, María Denis and Rosina Anselmi. Cast * Antonio Gandusio as Pasquale Grifone * María Denis as Gina Grifone * Rosina Anselmi as Filomena Grifone * Giorgio De Rege as Giovanni * Guido De Rege as Arturo * Elli Parvo as Gemma * Maria Dominiani as Assunta * Mario Siletti as Jack Hilton * Angelo Bizzari * Mario Colli * Rocco D'Assunta * Walter Grant * Edwige Masing * Giulio Mostocotto * Luigi Pellegrini * Edoardo Toniolo Production Raffaele Colamonici hired Riccardo Freda as the screenwriter for the film, adapting the play ''L'agonia di Schizzo'' by Athos Setti. Freda would later dismiss the film and his other works of the era as "small comedies without any importance" Freda stated he wrote the film with his friend Edoardo Antonelli Edoardo Anton (7 January 1910 - 11 May 1986) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Background Born in Rome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, '' The Song of Love''. He was married to the film star Maria Jacobini, whom he frequently cast in his films. Selected filmography *'' Red Love'' (1921) * '' The Voyage'' (1921) * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Orient'' (1924) * ''The Doll Queen'' (1925) * ''Svengali'' (1927) * '' Homesick'' (1927) * '' The Prisoners of Shanghai'' (1927, writer) * '' The Champion of the World'' (1927) * ''Five Anxious Days'' (1928) * '' The President'' (1928) * ''The Secret Courier'' (1928) * ''Orient'' (1928) * ''Their Son'' (1929) * ''The Night of Terror'' (1929) * '' The Song of Love'' (1930) * '' The Blue Fleet'' (1932) * '' Together in the Dark'' (1933) * ''Stadium'' (1934) * '' The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * '' Mr. Desire'' (1934) * '' Those Two'' (1935) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Colli
Mario Delli Colli (7 July 1915 – 29 November 1989) was an Italian actor and voice actor.Pitts p.131 He also worked as a voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy. Selected filmography * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' The Amnesiac'' (1936) * ''Abandon All Hope ''Inferno'' (; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem '' Divine Comedy''. It is followed by '' Purgatorio'' and '' Paradiso''. The ''Inferno'' describes Dante's journey through Hell, ...'' (1937) * '' The Priest's Hat'' (1944) * '' I cinque dell'Adamello'' (1954) * '' The Violent Patriot'' (1956) * '' The Mongols'' (1961) * '' I Kill, You Kill'' (1965) * '' Salvo D'Acquisto'' (1974) References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * 1915 births 1989 deaths Male actors from Rome Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Gennaro Righelli
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s Italian-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 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 * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – ''The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * July 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy Films
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1937 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFarland & Company
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its former president and current editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ... is Robert Franklin, who founded the company in 1979. McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and had published 7,800 titles. McFarland's initial print runs average 600 copies per book. Subject matter McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to libraries. It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories. The company is known for its sports literature, especially baseball history, as well as books about chess, milita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaele Colamonici
Raffaele Colamonici was an Italian film producer and production manager.Goble p.120 Selected filmography * ''Naples in Green and Blue'' (1935) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) * ''A Husband for the Month of April'' (1941) * ''The Queen of Navarre'' (1942) * ''Totò Le Mokò'' (1949) * ''The Gay Swordsman'' (1950) * ''The Transporter'' (1950) * ''Free Escape'' (1951) * ''Abracadabra ''Abracadabra'' is a magic word, historically used as an incantation on amulets and common today in stage magic. Etymology ''Abracadabra'' is of unknown origin, but according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', its first known occurrence ...'' (1952) * '' Red Love'' (1952) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Italian film producers {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edoardo Toniolo
Edoardo Toniolo (22 November 1907 - 31 December 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Turin, the son of the stage actors Antonio and Rosa Rosaz, at young age Toniolo debuted on stage in supporting roles. He later worked on radio, and in the mid-1930s he started appearing in films, usually in character roles. After the Second World War, and following his role as leading actor in Ferruccio Cerio's ''Posto di blocco'', Toniolo also started working as a dubber, and since 1954 he was also pretty active in television dramas. He was sometimes credited as Edward Douglas. Selected filmography * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * ''Abandon All Hope'' (1937) * '' In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) * '' The King's Jester'' (1941) * '' Rossini'' (1942) * ''Angelo tra la folla'' (1950) * '' La figlia del diavolo'' (1952) * '' The Legend of the Piave'' (1952) * '' Rivalry'' (1953) * '' Captain Phantom'' (1953) * '' Angels of Darkness'' (1954) * '' Symphony of Love' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Pellegrini
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's mascot. Luigi appears in many games throughout the ''Mario'' franchise, oftentimes accompanying his brother. Luigi first appeared in the 1983 Game & Watch game ''Mario Bros.'', where he is the character controlled by the second player. He would retain this role in many future games, including ''Mario Bros.'', ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''Super Mario World'', among other titles. He was first available as a primary character in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. In more recent appearances, Luigi's role became increasingly restricted to spinoffs, such as the ''Mario Party'' and ''Mario Kart'' series; however, he has been featured in a starring role in '' Luigi's Hammer Toss'', ''Mario is Missing'', ''Luigi's Mansion'', '' Luigi's Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Mostocotto
Giulio () is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Giulio Alberoni (1664–1752), Italian cardinal and statesman * Giulio Alenio (1582–1649), Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar * Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian automobile engineer * Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), Italian politician * Giulio Carlo Argan (1909–1992), Italian politician and art historian * Giulio Base (born 1964), Italian film director * Giulio Berruti (born 1984), Italian film and television actor * Giulio Bizzozero (1846–1901), Italian physician * Giulio Bosetti (1930–2009), Italian actor and director * Giulio Brogi (1935–2019), Italian actor * Giulio Caccini ( 1545–1618), Florentine composer, significant innovator of the early Baroque era * Giulio Calì (1895–1967), Italian actor * Giulio Camillo ( 1480–1544), Italian philosopher * Giulio Campagnola ( 1482–1515), Italian painter * Giulio Campi (1500–1572), Italian painter and architect * Giulio Cappelli (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
