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Marisa Allasio
Maria Luisa Lucia "Marisa" Allasio (born 14 July 1936) is an Italian actress of the 1950s. She appeared in nearly 20 films between 1952 and 1958. Allasio was considered a typical sex symbol during her film career, which she abandoned in 1958, after marrying Count Pier Francesco Calvi di Bergolo (born 22 December 1932, died 2012), son of Princess Iolanda di Savoia, first-born of Vittorio Emanuele III and Elena del Montenegro. They had two children, Carlo Giorgio Dmitri Drago Maria Laetitia dei Conti Calvi di Bergolo (born 1959, Rome) and Anda Federica Angelica Maria dei Conti Calvi di Bergolo (born 1962, Rome). Filmography *'' Perdonami!'', Mario Costa (1953) *'' Sunday Heroes'', Mario Camerini (1953) *''Cuore di mamma'', Luigi Capuano (1954) * '' Tragic Ballad'', Luigi Capuano (1954) *'' Girls of Today'', Luigi Zampa (1955) *'' Eighteen Year Olds'', Mario Mattoli (1955) *''War and Peace,'' King Vidor (1956) *'' Maruzzella'', Luigi Capuano (1956) *'' Poor, But Handsome'', Din ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) 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), River Po, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill. The population of the city proper is 856,745 as of 2025, 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 was historically a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), 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 politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eighteen Year Olds
''Eighteen Year Olds'' () is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Marisa Allasio. Cast * Marisa Allasio as Anna Campolmi * Virna Lisi as Maria Rovani * Anthony Steffen as the physics teacher (as Antonio De Teffè) * Margherita Bagni as the headmistress * Ave Ninchi as miss Mattei * Adriana Benetti as the music teacher * Luisella Boni as Luisa * Pietro De Vico as Campanelli * Enzo Garinei as Stalliere * Ivo Garrani as Il medico * Rina Morelli as madre di Maria * Ave Ninchi as Signorina Mattei * Luigi Pavese as professore di greco * Nora Ricci as assistante del collegio * Virgilio Riento Virgilio Riento (29 November 1889 – 7 September 1959) was an Italian actor and comedian. He appeared in 108 films between 1936 and 1959. Life and career The son of a theatrical impresario, Riento made his debut on stage as a child, as a ... as il portiere del collegio References External links * 1955 films 1955 comedy films Italian comedy fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Vanzina
Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Early Life Steno's father, Alberto Vanzina was a journalist from Piedmont working for ''Corriere della Sera''. He emigrated to South America in 1930, founding a newspaper in Venezuela. He met Steno's mother, Giulia Boggio on the ship on the journey over there. Steno was born in Rome, and spent his childhood in Arona, Piedmont, Arona. He studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, where he started to draw caricatures and write humorous articles, adopting the pseudonym "Steno", as an homage to the novels of Francesca Steno. Work Steno started working with Mario Mattioli in 1939, as set designer and writer. Steno's first film credit was with Mattioli for ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (Italian: ''Imputato, alzatetvi''). His first credit as director came in 1949 alongside Mario Monicelli, with ''A Night of Fame'' (Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanna Whipped Cream
''Susanna Whipped Cream'' (, ) is a 1957 Italian-Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Steno. Cast * Marisa Allasio: Susanna * Germán Cobos: Alberto *Mario Carotenuto: Alfredo Libotti * Memmo Carotenuto: Scorcelletti the Younger *Nino Manfredi: Romoletto, the thief *Sandra Mondaini: Marisa Trombetti * Gianni Agus: Trombetti * Bice Valori: Rossella *Alberto Bonucci: Massimo * Gianrico Tedeschi: Gianluca *Raffaele Pisu: Arturo * Paolo Ferrari: Tao * Gianni Bonagura: Milanesi *Alberto Rabagliati: Commendatore Botta * Nuto Navarrini: Palpiti * Anna Campori: Susanna's mother * Fernando Sancho: Aristide * Luz Márquez: Maria Dolores * Fanny Landini: Armida * Francesco Mulé: Director * Giulio Calì: Scorcelletti the Older * Salvo Libassi: Roberto * Giacomo Furia: Taxi driver from Naples *Ignazio Leone Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Walk'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Brignone
Guido Brignone (6 December 1886 – 6 March 1959) was an Italian film director and actor. He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone and younger brother of actress Mercedes Brignone. Brignone was born in Milan, Italy. He was the first Italian Director to win the Venice Film Festival or Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, the oldest film festival in the world, with Best Italian Film, ''Teresa Confalonieri'' (1934). He died in Rome in 1959. Selected filmography * ''Odette (1916 film), Odette'' (1916) * ''The Painting of Osvaldo Mars'' (1921) * ''The Two Sergeants (1922 film), The Two Sergeants'' (1922) * ''Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * ''Saetta Learns to Live'' (1924) * ''Maciste in Hell'' (1925)Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 288. . * ''Maciste in the Lion's Cage'' (1926) * ''The Giant of the Dolomites'' (1927) * ''Mary's Big Secret'' (1928) * ''Devotion (1929 film), Devotion'' (1929 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Schiave Di Cartagine
''The Sword and the cross'' () is a 1956 sword and sandal film directed by Guido Brignone starring Gianna Maria Canale, Jorge Mistral, Marisa Allasio and Ana Luisa Peluffo. The film, a coproduction between Italy, Spain, and Mexico, was and shot in widescreen (Cinetotalscope) in Italian in Cinecittà, Rome. Set in Tarsus, in the Roman province of Cilicia, 120 CE, the plot follows two Christian sisters who are sold as slaves in a story of love, vengeance, religious persecution, and martyrdom. Plot Beautiful and proud, Julia Marcia, is the spoiled daughter of Julius Tiberius, the Roman Proconsul of the province of Cilicia in the city of Tarsus. Julia's ailing father wants to betroth her to Flavius Metellus, a member of the Senate who is in love with her. This would leave Julia's future settle and Flavius could succeed his future father in law as governor of the province. However, Julia is reluctant to comply with her father's wishes. She is in love, but unrequited, with her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty But Poor
''Belle ma povere'' (internationally released as ''Pretty But Poor'') is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It is the sequel of ''Poor, But Handsome'' and was followed by '' Poor Millionaires''.Paolo D'Agostini, ''Dino Risi'', Editrice Il castoro, 1995 Plot Romolo and Salvatore are two Roman boys, engaged respectively to Annamaria and Marisa, Salvatore's first sister and Romulus's second. The two girls would like to get married soon, but the two engaged couples have neither a steady job nor the intention of putting their heads straight: then they unwillingly decide to follow a radio engineering course in an evening school where however Romulus is committed while Salvatore quickly abandons them. Education. The two are great friends but they quarrel when Giovanna, an old flame of both of them, returns. She is the latter after leaving her beloved Hugh she works in the jewelry of her boyfriend Franco. Romulus thinks that Salvatore is not suitable to marry his sister, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Zeffirelli
Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (; 12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019) was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post–World War II era, gaining both acclaim and notoriety for his lavish stagings of classical works, as well as his film adaptations of the same. Films he directed included the Shakespearean adaptations '' The Taming of the Shrew'' (1967), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1968), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director; and '' Hamlet'' (1990), starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. His Biblical television miniseries '' Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977) won both national and international acclaim and is still frequently shown at Christmas and Easter in many countries. A member of the party, he served as the Senator for Catania between 1994 and 2001. A Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauro Bolognini
Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director. Early years Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. After earning a master's degree in architecture at the University of Florence, Bolognini enrolled at the (Italian National Film Academy) in Rome, where he studied stage design. After graduation, he became interested in film direction and set out to work as an assistant to directors Luigi Zampa in Italy, and Yves Allégret and Jean Delannoy in France. Film and television Bolognini began directing his own feature films in the 1953 with the film '. He received his first international success with ''Wild Love (film), Wild Love'' (''Gli innamorati''). His other notable films of the 1950s and early 1960s include ''Young Husbands'' (''Giovani mariti''), ''Bad Girls Don't Cry, The Big Night'' (''La notte brava''), ''From a Roman Balcony'' (''La giornata balorda''), and the Marcello Mastroianni-Claudia Cardinale starrer ''Il b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Risi
Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy, and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''. Biography Risi was born in Milan. He had an uncle, Fernando Risi, a cinematographer, and a younger brother, Nelo Risi, Nelo (1920–2015), a director and writer. At the age of twelve, Risi became an orphan and was looked after by relatives and friends of his family.Italian director Dino Risi dies BBC.co.uk; accessed 19 November 2015. He studied medicine but refused to become a psychiatrist, as his parents wished. Risi started his career in Film, cinema as an assistant director to cinema figures such as Mario Soldati and Alberto Lattuada. Later he began directing his own films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor, But Handsome
''Poor, But Handsome'' () is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. There have been two sequels, also directed by Risi and starring Marisa Allasio, Maurizio Arena and Renato Salvatori: '' Pretty But Poor'' in 1957 and '' Poor Millionaires'' in 1959 (the latter not featuring Allasio, who by then had retired from acting). In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Plot Romolo (Maurizio Arena) and Salvatore (Renato Salvatori) are two young men that are neighbors and friends. They live in Piazza Navona in Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with the beautiful Giovanna ( Marisa Allasio). After having briefly flirted in quick succession with both friends (a situation which severely strains their feelings of comradeship), Giovanna realizes she's still in love with Ugo, her previous boyf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maruzzella (film)
''Mermaid of Naples'' () is a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano. Plot Cast *Marisa Allasio: Maruzzella * Massimo Serato: Salvatore * Yvette Lebon: Donna Carmela * Adolfo Geri: Caputo *Renato Carosone: Renato *Carlo Tamberlani Carlo Tamberlani (11 March 1899 – 5 August 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor. Life and career Born in Salice Salentino, Tamberlani was born ...: Don Mario * Virginia Balistrieri: Aunt Concetta See also * List of Italian films of 1956 References External links * 1956 films 1950s romantic musical films Italian musical drama films Italian romantic drama films Films directed by Luigi Capuano Films set in Naples 1950s Italian films 1950s melodrama films Films scored by Michele Cozzoli {{romantic-musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
