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Michele Malaspina
Michele Malaspina (16 August 1908 – 13 January 1979) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Bolzaneto, Genoa, the son of two shopkeepers, since childhood Malaspina has a passion for theater and was an actor in a company of amateur actors. At 18 years old, he entered the stage company of Alfredo Sainati, and from then he was part of the major stage companies of the time, notably the ones held by Emma Gramatica, Ermete Zacconi, Dina Galli, Ruggero Ruggeri and Camillo Pilotto. He made his film debut in the early 1930s, and during his long career he was mainly cast in supporting roles, being often used for playing high society characters. He worked for a long time at EIAR as an actor of radio-plays, and was also active as a dubber. Selected filmography * ''The Knight of San Marco'' (1939) * '' Lucky Night'' (1941) * ''His Young Wife'' (1945) * ''Immigrants'' (1948) * '' Heaven over the Marshes'' (1949) * '' A Dog's Life'' (1950) * '' Last Meeti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dog's Life (1950 Film)
''A Dog's Life'' ( it, Vita da cani) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. Plot Nino Martoni is the manager of a ramshackle show company. Her dancers include Lucy, the soubrette, capricious and obstinate, Franca, who left her beloved boyfriend Carlo with bitterness and suffering, because he was too poor for her ambitions, who aspires to a comfortable and luxurious life and Vera, in love , reciprocated by Mario, the son of a rich and wealthy bourgeois. The troupe is joined by Margherita, who has fled from the village and is wanted by the police on behalf of her parents, who is welcomed by the manager moved by the frightened and melancholy girl. When Lucy, after yet another altercation with Nino, leaves the company, this replaces her with Margherita who reveals unsuspected skills as a dancer and singer. The success of the girl, renamed Rita Buton, in the Alambra in Rome is overwhelming and the highly satisfied impresario of the theater signs a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny (1951 Film)
''Destiny'' ( it, Destino) is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Enzo Di Gianni and starring Eva Nova, Renato Valente and Lilia Landi.Morreale p. 115 The film's sets were designed by Enzo Trapani. Cast * Eva Nova as Elena Martini * Renato Valente as Bruno * Lilia Landi as Sonia * Mario Vitale as Franco Borielli * Agostino Salvietti as Papa' Ciocchetti * Loris Gizzi as Filippo Borcello * Michele Malaspina as L'avvocato Giorgio Bariello * Tina Pica as Nunziata * Amedeo Trilli as Il frate * Giulia Lazzarini as Anna Maria * Domenico Modugno as Turiddu * Silvana Muzi as L'infermiera * Salvatore Furnari as Il nano Sansone References Bibliography * External links *''Destiny''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1951 films 1951 dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Sergeants Of General Custer
''Two Sergeants of General Custer'' ( it, I due sergenti del generale Custer) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco La Pera * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio La Pera * Margaret Lee as Beth Smith – The Lynx * Moira Orfei as Baby O'Connor * Fernando Sancho as Serg. Fidhouse * Ernesto Calindri as Northern States Colonel * Franco Giacobini as Cochise * Nino Terzo as Schultz * Aroldo Tieri as Specialista * Riccardo Garrone as Specialista * Michele Malaspina as General Lee * Dina Loy as Mary * Juan Luis Galiardo as Fidanzato di Mary (as Juan Luis Gallardo) * Armando Curcio as Major Carter * Alfio Caltabiano Alfio Caltabiano (1932–2007) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director.Curti p.25 Partial filmography * ''Il principe dalla maschera rossa'' (1955) * '' Messalina'' (1960) * ''La strada dei giganti'' (1960) * '' The Colossus of Rh ... as Nervou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirate And The Slave Girl
''The Pirate and the Slave Girl'' ( it, La scimitarra del Saraceno, also known as ''The Pirate's Captive'') is a 1959 Italian adventure film written and directed by Piero Pierotti and starring Lex Barker. Plot Captain Drakut, called the "Dragon", is a ruthless Saracen pirate who makes the Mediterranean unsafe with his ship. On his forays he hijacks ships and kidnaps the women captured on the ships in order to later sell them as slaves to Turkish human traffickers in North Africa. The rogue pirate only becomes weak when it comes to one woman: the glow-eyed princess Miriam, ruler of a desert tribe of Arabs. One day, Drakut makes a crucial mistake when he raids the "San Luca" and kidnaps Bianca, who is traveling with him. She is the daughter of the governor of Rhodes, which currently belongs to the Republic of Venice. There were also several secret papers from the Doge of Venice on board. The governor is in dire need, as he has to assume that his Bianca could also be bartered away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragic Ballad (film)
''Tragic Ballad'' (Italian: ''Ballata tragica'') is a 1954 Italian crime musical melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Teddy Reno, Beniamino Maggio and Nando Bruno.Chiti & Poppi p.54 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. Cast * Teddy Reno as Stefano Accardi * Beniamino Maggio as Giovanni Barone * Nando Bruno as Commisario * Marisa Allasio as Maria Rota * Tina Pica as Moglie del nostromo * Barbara Shelley as Betty Mason * Leda Gloria as Signora Barone * Marc Lawrence as Felipe Alvaro * Enzo Petito as Nostromo * Amedeo Girardi as Paolo Accardi * Giulio Calì as Marinaio genovese * Rosalia Maggio as cameriera casa Accardi * Giacomo Furia as Vigile urbano * Michele Malaspina as armatore amico Accardi * Cesare Fantoni as Ispettore polizia * Pasquale De Filippo as Aiutante commissario * Natale Cirino Natale Cirino (5 February 1894 – 29 May 1962) was an Italian stage and film actor. Life and career Born in Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Cinque Dell'Adamello
''I cinque dell'Adamello'' (i. e. "The Five from the Adamello") is a 1954 Italian war drama film written and directed by Pino Mercanti and starring Fausto Tozzi and Nadia Gray.Alberto Albertazzi. "I cinque dell'Adamello". ''Intermezzo'' (10/11). 15 June 1954. Plot Cast *Fausto Tozzi as Leonida *Nadia Gray as Magda *Franco Balducci as Renato * Mario Colli as Momi * Dario Michaelis as Pinin *Walter Santesso as Piero * Attilio Bossio as Doschei *Saro Urzì as Briscola * Piera Simoni as Rosina * Rita Rosa as Mariolina *Guido Celano as Don Romualdo * Fedele Gentile as Captain Alvaro * Mariolina Cappellano as Lauretta *Dina Perbellini as Piero's Mother * Cristina Pall as The Marquise *Michele Malaspina as Piero's Father *Nino Marchesini Nino Marchesini (1895 – 13 January 1961) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1961. Filmography References External links * 1895 births 1961 deaths Italian male film actors {{Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Past Lovers
''Past Lovers'' (Italian: ''Amanti del passato'') is a 1953 Italian melodrama film that was directed by Adelchi Bianchi and starring Lia Amanda, Vittorio Sanipoli and Irene Genna."Amanti del passato". ''Segnalazioni Cinematografiche''. Vol. XXXIV, 1953. Main cast *Lia Amanda as Anna *Vittorio Sanipoli as Carlo * Irene Genna as Roberta *Lauro Gazzolo as Servitore *Michele Malaspina as Count Bernardo *Gino Leurini *Mirko Ellis *Nino Milano Nino or Niño may refer to: * Nino (name) * Niño (name) *Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court justice whose nickname was "Nino" * El Niño, a climate pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean *NINO, an abbreviation for National Insurance number in ... References External links * 1953 films 1953 romantic drama films Italian romantic drama films Films directed by Adelchi Bianchi 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Melodrama films 1950s Italian films {{romantic-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Heroes
''Sunday Heroes'' ( it, Gli eroi della domenica) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini. Cast * Raf Vallone as Gino Bardi * Cosetta Greco as Mara * Marcello Mastroianni as Carlo Vagnetti * Paolo Stoppa as Piero * Franco Interlenghi as Marini * Enrico Viarisio as Radio commentator * Cesare Fantoni * Marisa Merlini as Wife of Radio commentator * Guglielmo Barnabò as President * Sandro Ruffini as Doctor * Ada Dondini as Aunt Carolina * Galeazzo Benti as The suitor * Gianni Cavalieri as Brother of Piero * Erno Crisa as Stefan * Guido Martufi as 'Lenticchia' * Elena Varzi as Mariolina * Franca Tamantini as Annetta * Vittorio Pozzo Vittorio Pozzo (; 2 March 1886 – 21 December 1968) was an Italian football player, manager and journalist. The creator of the '' Metodo'' tactical formation, Pozzo is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, and is the only man ... as Himself References External links * 1953 films 1950s Italian-lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Giorgio
''Lieutenant Giorgio'' (Italian: ''Il Tenente Giorgio'') is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Massimo Girotti, Milly Vitale and Paul Muller. Chiti & Poppi p.357 It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and on location around San Giovanni in Fiore in Calabria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. Synopsis In 1866 during the Risorgimento, an infantry lieutenant in Calabria fighting bandits is brought to a castle. There it is arranged for him to spend the night with a young woman, whose identity is concealed from him. Unknown to him, she is the daughter of an aristocratic family whose husband has failed to get her pregnant. Years, later, having left the army, the officer returns to the area still intrigued by the mysterious woman. Cast * Massimo Girotti as Lt. G. Biserta * Milly Vitale as Countess Elisa * Paul Muller as Count Stefano di Monserrato * Gualtiero Tumiati as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Mandrin
''The Adventures of Mandrin'' (Italian: ''Le Avventure di Mandrin'') is a 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Raf Vallone, Silvana Pampanini and Jacques Castelot. It was released under a variety of alternative titles including ''Don Juan's Night of Love'' in America and ''The Affair of Madame Pompadour'' in Britain. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. On its release it earned around 194 million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.51 Synopsis During the reign of Louis XV of France the smuggler and brigand Louis Mandrin leads defiance of the government's harsh tax-collecting efforts. Cast *Raf Vallone as Mandrin *Jacques Castelot as Baron de Villemure *Silvana Pampanini as Rosetta *Michèle Philippe as Marquise de Maubricourt * Roland Armontel as Marchese di Montbricourt *Gualtiero Tumiati as Prince Guido *Vinicio Sofia as Stefano Vernet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dream Of Zorro
''The Dream of Zorro'' (Italian: ''Il Sogno di Zorro'') is a 1952 Italian comedy adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Walter Chiari, Delia Scala and Vittorio Gassman. The future star Sophia Loren had a minor role in the film. The film's sets were designed by Guido Fiorini. Plot A direct descendant of the legendary Zorro, an elderly gentleman has an only son named Raimondo (Walter Chiari), in whom there is no trace of the original pride of his ancestors. Raimondo is a shy and fearful young man, who has become this way since he was a child, following a terrible fall, in which he hit his head. When the father invites a friend with his daughter to his farm, whom he intends to marry Raimondo, the latter has such a childish and foolish demeanor that everything is upset. Chased out of the house he decides to enter the convent, but on the way he meets a powerful gentleman who conspires against the Governor and, involved in the melee between them and his opponents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deceit (1952 Film)
''Deceit'' (Italian: ''Inganno'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Gabriele Ferzetti, Nadia Gray and Tina Lattanzi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. It was partly shot on location around Trieste. Plot Anna is a policewoman, member of the female section of the Civil Police of the Free Territory of Trieste, she marries Andrea, a doctor with an unclear past but already during the honeymoon begins to have doubts especially after the chance meeting with a former lover of his. Back at work Anna has to investigate this adventurer who seems to be involved not only in drug trafficking but also in the white trade. Andrea is also involved in the investigation and is suspected of complicity, for this reason Anna decides to separate. Andrea, having failed every attempt to reconcile her, wants to go abroad and also asks for help from her ex-lover but then refuses to collaborate with her precisely because he doe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |