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Lia Franca
Lia Franca (1912–1988) was an Italian film actress. She was sometimes credited as Lya Franca and Libia Franca. Life and career Born Livia Caterina Petra Penso in Trieste, Franca started her career winning a beauty contest, "Miss Trieste", in 1927. Eager to pursue a film career, shorty later Franca moved to Turin, where she tried without success to be put under contract from the production company "Società Anonima Stefano Pittaluga", and finally moved to Rome where she started her brief career. She debuted in 1930 with the short film ''Arietta antica'', and then starred in '' Resurrection'' by Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during ..., the first Italian sound film, thus becoming the first Italian actress to have spoken in a film. Franca is best k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: '' Sciuscià'' and '' Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary), while '' Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' and '' Il giardino dei Finzi Contini'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Indeed, the great critical success of ''Sciuscià'' (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and ''Bicycle Thieves'' helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Award. These two films are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. ''Bicycle Thieves'' was deemed the greatest film of all time by ''Sight & Sound'' magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1958, and was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history. De Sica was also nominated for the 1957 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Scoundrels Men Are!
''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' ( it, Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!) is a 1932 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini. The film was a great success, De Sica and Lia Franca became stars and the song ''Parlami d'amore Mariù'' was a hit. Rare in Italian film history, it was filmed on real Milan locations, nowadays it is a sort of documentary on what Milan was like in the 1930s. It was produced by Cines with film sets designed by the art director Gastone Medin. The film was remade in 1953 by Glauco Pellegrini. Cast * Lia Franca as Mariuccia * Vittorio De Sica as Bruno * Cesare Zoppetti Cesare Zoppetti (January 1, 1876 – March 15, 1940) was an Italian stage and film actor. Zoppetti was a prolific film actor of the 1930s, appearing in nearly fifty productions between 1930 and his death in 1940 including the comedy '' What ... as Tadino * Aldo Moschino as Count Piazzi * Carola Lotti as Gina * Anna D'Adria as Letizia * Gemma Schirato a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provinces. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, on a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia; Slovenia lies approximately east and southeast of the city, while Croatia is about to the south of the city. The city has a long coastline and is surrounded by grassland, forest, and karstic areas. The city has a subtropical climate, unusual in relation to its relatively high latitude, due to marine breezes. In 2022, it had a population of about 204,302. Capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and previously capital of the Province of Trieste, until its abolition on 1 October 2017. Trieste belonged to the Habsburg monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Piccolo
''Il Piccolo'' is the main daily newspaper of Trieste, Italy. Its name derives from the paper's original ''small'' format. History and profile ''Il Piccolo'' was founded by Teodoro Mayer in 1881. He was also the owner and editor-in-chief of the paper. Mayer and other people who were instrumental in the establishment of the paper were right-wing pro-Italians. Mayer supported the idea that Trieste was part of Italy. One of its contributors was Carolina Luzzatto who was a supporter of this view. ''Il Piccolo'' ceased publication at the beginning of World War I and was relaunched in 1919. Following the beginning of the Fascist rule in Italy the paper declared its adherence to the Fascist ideology in 1923. Until the end of World War II the paper was edited by those with fascist political leaning. ''Il Piccolo'' is based in Trieste and it is published by Finegil Editoriale SPA which has been a subsidiary of Gruppo Espresso since 1998. Local editions for the towns of Monfalcone and G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 847,287 (31 January 2022) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city used to be a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. Turin is sometimes called "the cradle of Italian liberty" for having been the political and intellectual centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resurrection (1931 Italian Film)
''Resurrection'' (Italian: ''Resurrectio'') is a 1931 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Lia Franca, Daniele Crespi and Venera Alexandrescu. The film was the first Italian sound film to be made, but the studio held it back from release and another production by the company, '' The Song of Love'', was the first film to be released.Moliterno p.84 The film's production was troubled and it was not a commercial success. Synopsis A musical conductor plans to commit suicide after being abandoned by his lover. However, after saving a young boy from being run over and meeting a young woman who he falls in love with, he decides to live again. Cast * Lia Franca as La ragazza * Daniele Crespi as Pietro Gaddi * Venera Alexandrescu as La vamp * Olga Capri as La signora grassa sull'autobus * Mario Mazza as Un operaio sull'autobus * Giacomo Moschini as Un gentleman del tabarin * Alfredo Martinelli as Alto gentiluomo al tabarin * Aristide Baghetti J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film '' Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s. Early life Blasetti was born in Rome, where he also died. After studying law at university, Blasetti chose to become a journalist and film critic. He worked for several film magazines and led a campaign for national film production, which had largely ceased by this point. In 1919 he made a brief foray into acting when he appeared as an extra in Mario Caserini's '' Tortured Soul''. Director In 1929 Blasetti made his directorial debut with '' Sun'', a fictional story set against the ongoing draining of the Pontine Marshes. The film was well received at a time when there were few Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Camerini
Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. He directed about 50 films till 1972, including ''Ulysses'' with American stars Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn, one of the first Europe/U.S.A. film coproductions. He died in 1981 in Gardone Rivera, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Wally'' (1923) *''Jolly clown da circo'' (1923) * ''The House of Pulcini'' (1924) * '' Voglio tradire mio marito'' (1925) * '' Saetta, principe per un giorno'' (1925) * ''Maciste against the Sheik'' (1925) * ''Kif Tebbi'' (1928) * ''Rails'' (1929) * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * ''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932) * ''Giallo'' (1933) * '' T'amerò sempre'' (1933) *''The Three-Cornered Hat'' (1935) * '' Like the Leaves'' (1935) *'' The Great Appeal'' (1936) *'' I'll Give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Sequi
Mario Sequi (1913-1992) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.Bayman p.59 A Sardinian by birth, he was married to the actress Lia Franca. He began his career in the 1930s as a production manager in the 1930s before becoming a director after the Second World War. Selected filmography Production manager * '' I Met You Too Late'' (1940) * '' Il vetturale del San Gottardo'' (1941) * '' C'è un fantasma nel castello'' (1942) * ''Orizzonte di sangue'' (1942) * '' The White Angel'' (1943) Assistant director * '' O sole mio'' (1946) * ''Peddlin' in Society ''Peddlin' in Society'' or ''Down With Riches!'' ( it, Abbasso la ricchezza!) is a 1946 Italian romance-drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli. it was a loose sequel to the 1945 film ''Down with Misery'' by the same director and also starring Ma ...'' (1946) Director * '' L'isola di Montecristo'' (1948) * '' Altura'' (1949) * '' Tragic Spell'' (1951) * '' Gli uomini dal passo pesante'' (1965) * '' The Cobra'' (1967) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before The Jury
''Before the Jury'' (Italian title:''Corte d'Assise'') is a 1931 Italian crime film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Marcella Albani, Lia Franca and Carlo Ninchi. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film is a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.Moliterno p.150 Cast * Marcella Albani as Leda Astorri * Lia Franca as Dora Bardi * Carlo Ninchi as Marcello Barra, il guardacaccia * Renzo Ricci as Aroldo Cramoli * Elio Steiner as Giulio Alberti * Elvira Marchionni as La cognata del guardiacaccia * Giovanni Cimara as Alberto Astorri * Camillo De Rossi as Adolfo Calandri * Vasco Creti as Giovanni, il cameriere di casa Astorri * Franco Coop as Il portiere di casa Calandri * Giorgio Bianchi as Lo sconosciuoto * Luigi Carini as Il presidente del tribunale * Raimondo Van Riel as Il procuratore generale * Oreste Fares as L'avvocato difensore * Nino Altieri * Augusto Bandini * Vittorio Bianchi * Amerigo Bombrazzi * Mercedes Brignone * Rosett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actors From Trieste
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Actresses
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