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Maria Caserini
Maria Caserini (née Gasperini; 24 July 1884 – 15 April 1969) was an Italian stage and film actress, as well as a pioneer of filmmaking during the early 20th century. She often starred in adaptations of stage and film productions for the works of William Shakespeare. Born in Milan, she started acting in stage productions at a young age. Her first film was in 1906, in what is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Othello'', titled ''Otello'', which was directed by her husband, Mario Caserini. She appeared in a film adaptation of ''Romeo and Juliet'' in 1907, along with appearing in another thirteen films through 1909. One of those films was the 1909 production ''Macbeth'', which was directed by her husband. From 1910 to 1927 she appeared in sixty five films, all produced in Italy, most of which were directed by her husband, and many of which were Shakespearean adaptations. She continued to perform in theater productions well after she left her film car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messalina (1910 Film)
Valeria Messalina (; ) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot. Her notorious reputation probably resulted from political bias, but works of art and literature have perpetuated it into modern times. Early life Messalina was the daughter of Domitia Lepida and her first cousin Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus. Her mother was the youngest child of the consul Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major. Her mother's brother, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, had been the first husband of the future Empress Agrippina the Younger and the biological father of the future Emperor Nero, making Nero Messalina's first cousin despite a seventeen-year age difference. Messalina's grandmothers Claudia Marcell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Silent Film Actresses
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1969 Deaths
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 ** Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Brezhnev escaped unharmed. * January 27 ** Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in Baghdad for spying for Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's '' Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow (1920 Film)
''The Shadow'' (Italian:''L'ombra'') is a 1920 Italian silent film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Francesca Bertini.Jandelli p.54 Cast In alphabetical order * Francesca Bertini * Ferruccio Biancini * Maria Caserini * Mary Fleuron * Amleto Novelli * Gabriel Rosca Fernand Gabriel Cahours called Gabriel Rosca, (8 September 1895 – 4 September 1943), was a French actor, screenwriter and film director of Italian descent. References Bibliography * Cristina Jandelli. ''Le dive italiane del cinema muto''. L'epos, 2006.External links * 1920 films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Railway Owner
''The Railway Owner'' (Italian title:''Il padrone delle ferriere'') is a 1919 Italian silent drama film directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Luigi Serventi, Maria Caserini and Amleto Novelli.Dalle Vacche p.263 It is based on Georges Ohnet's novel ''Le Maître de Forges''. Cast * Maria Caserini as Marchesa di Beaulieu * Myriam De Gaudi as Sig.na Derblay * Isabel De Lizaso * Pina Menichelli as Clara de Beaulieu * Lina Millefleurs as Athenaide Moulinet * Amleto Novelli as Filippo Derblay * Luigi Serventi Luigi Serventi (31 July 1885 – 18 August 1976) was an Italian film actor. Partial filmography * ''Il prezzo del perdono'' (1913) * ''Bianco contro negro'' (1913) * ''La lega dei diamanti'' (1913) * ''La parola che uccide'' (1914) * ''La dote d ... as Duca di Bligny References Bibliography * Angela Dalle Vacche. ''Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema''. University of Texas Press, 2008. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monna Vanna (1915 Film)
''Monna Vanna'' is a 1915 Italian silent film directed by Mario Caserini and starring Madeleine Céliat, Hamilton Revelle and François-Paul Donadio.Bernardini & Martinelli p.62 It was released in the United States by Universal Pictures in 1916. Cast * Madeleine Céliat * Hamilton Revelle * François-Paul Donadio * Luigi Chiesa * Maria Caserini * Cesare Zocchi * Umberto Scalpellini * Rita Jolivet See also * ''Monna Vanna ''Monna Vanna'' (russian: Монна Ванна) is an unfinished opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff after a play by Maurice Maeterlinck. Rachmaninoff had completed Act I in short vocal score, with piano accompaniment, and then he went to ask for permiss ...'' (1922) References Bibliography * Aldo Bernardini & Vittorio Martinelli. ''Il cinema muto italiano, Volume 8, Part 2''. Nuova ERI-Edizioni RAI, 1992. External links * 1915 films 1910s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Caserini Italian silent short films Films based on works by Mau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floretta And Patapon (1913 Film)
''Floretta and Patapon'' (Italian:''Florette e Patapon'') is a 1913 Italian silent comedy film directed by Mario Caserini.Moliterno p.65 It was remade in 1927 under the same title. Cast In alphabetical order * Mary Bayma-Riva * Mario Bonnard * Maria Caserini * Camillo De Riso * Carlotta Giani * Arduina Lapucci * Felice Metellio * Gentile Miotti * Antonio Monti * Letizia Quaranta * Vittorio Rossi Pianelli * Telemaco Ruggeri Telemaco Ruggeri (15 September 1876 – 15 October 1957) was an Italian actor 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 moder ... References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1913 films 1913 comedy films Italian comedy films Italian silent films 1910s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Caserini Italian films based on plays Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Everlasting (1913 Film)
''Love Everlasting'' (Italian: ''Ma l'amor mio non muore'', more literally translated as ''But My Love Will Never Die'') is a 1913 Italian silent drama film directed by Mario Caserini and starring Lyda Borelli, Mario Bonnard and Gianpaolo Rosmino. With the possible exception of ''Cabiria'' (1914), it is the most famous of early Italian silent films. It was made in Turin by Gloria Film. Borelli's appearance in the film led to her being considered the first diva of the cinema.Doane p. 125 Cast * Lyda Borelli as Elsa Holbein * Mario Bonnard as Prince Maximilien of Wallenstein * Gianpaolo Rosmino as Moise Sthar * Vittorio Rossi Pianelli as Col. Julius Holbein * Dante Cappelli as Granduke of Wallenstein * Maria Caserini as Granduchess of Wallenstein * Camillo De Riso as Schaudard * Emilio Petacci as Col. Theubner * Antonio Monti as General * Letizia Quaranta Letizia Quaranta (30 December 1892 – 9 January 1977) was an Italian film actress. Mainly active in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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