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Nyta Dover
Nyta Dover (17 May 1927 – 13 April 1998) was a Swiss actress. She appeared in more than 30 films from 1948 to 1959. Selected filmography References External links * 1927 births 1998 deaths Swiss film actresses {{Switzerland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passaguai Family
''The Passaguai Family'' (Italian: ''La Famiglia Passaguai'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film written, starring and directed by Aldo Fabrizi. It also featured Peppino De Filippo, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli. It was followed by a sequel '' The Passaguai Family Gets Rich'' in 1952. It follows the misadventures of a lower middle-class family and their friends from Rome when they take a day's outing at the seaside. It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and on location around the city and at the resort of Fiumicino at the mouth of the River Tiber near Ostia. Distributed by the Italian branch of the Rank Organisation it was a major hit, taking domestic box office earnings of 378 million lira. 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." Cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Cav. Peppe Passaguai * Ave Ninchi as Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ha Fatto Tredici
''Ha fatto tredici'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Manzoni. Cast * Carlo Croccolo as Mario Rossi * Riccardo Billi as himself * Mario Riva as himself * Antonella Lualdi as Mirella * Virgilio Riento as Cav. Brusaglia * Nyta Dover * Giulio Stival as Direttore dell'hotel * Nerio Bernardi * Anna Carena * Beniamino Maggio as Fattorino dell'hotel * Silvana Pampanini * Camillo Pilotto * Franca Rame * Marco Tulli Marco Tulli (20 November 1920 – 20 March 1982) was an Italian character actor, probably best known in the role of "Smilzo" in the Don Camillo film series. Born in Rome, Tulli debuted as actor while he was still a university student, at the en ... External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films Italian comedy films 1951 comedy films Films scored by Giovanni Fusco Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films Italian-language comedy films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 Births
Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 ** The first transatlantic telephone call is made ''via radio'' from New York City, United States, to London, United Kingdom. ** The Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball team play their first ever road game in Hinckley, Illinois. * January 9 – The Laurier Palace Theatre fire at a movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children. * January 10 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' is released in Germany. * January 11 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California. * January 24 – U.S. Marines United States occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monastery Of Santa Chiara
''The Monastery of Santa Chiara'' () is a 1949 Italian war melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring Edda Albertini, Massimo Serato and Nyta Dover.Klein p.227 The film's sets were designed by the art director Angelo Zagame. Synopsis During the Second World War Ester a Jewish nightclub singer in Naples has to flee the city to escape persecution and deportation from the occupying German forces. She is helped by her SS officer lover who takes her to safety in a monastery. He then commits suicide. While she survives a bombing raid, she is persecuted by Greta the dead man's discarded German lover. Cast * Edda Albertini as Ester di Veroli * Massimo Serato as Rudolf, ufficiale delle SS * Nyta Dover as Greta * Lamberto Picasso as Il tedesco condannato * Nino Manfredi as Enrico * John Kitzmiller as Il negro * Paolo Reale as Ciccillo * Mario Corte as Il prete * Fausto Guerzoni as Un pensionante * Italia Marchesini as Donna Filomena, madre di Enrico * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanticismo (film)
''Romanticismo'' is a 1951 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Clemente Fracassi.The film is set in Milan in 1858 and involves a Dr. Antonio Ansperti from Como, implicated in the activities of the Young Italy revolutionary movement. Cast *Clara Calamai as Giuditta Ansperti *Nyta Dover as Mrs. Dollman * Harry Feist as Varzis, officer *Fulvia Franco as Mrs. Pochini *Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Countess Lamberti *Fosco Giachetti as Tito Ansperti *Enrico Glori as Baraffini *Tamara Lees as Anna * Paul Muller *Amedeo Nazzari Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 – 5 November 1979) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star Errol Flynn. Although he emerged as ... as Vitaliano Lamberti * Filippo Scelzo as General Rienz External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films 1951 drama films Italian historical drama films 1950s historical drama films Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knight Has Arrived!
''The Knight Has Arrived!'' (Italian: ''È arrivato il cavaliere!'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno and starring Tino Scotti, Silvana Pampanini and Nyta Dover. The film's sets were designed by the art director Flavio Mogherini. It earned around 254 million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.135 It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival in 2010. Synopsis The eccentric leader of a group of small-time Hawkers known as "The Knight" tries to prevent the area they use from being redeveloped as part of a new business and Metro station complex. Employing a number of surreal schemes, he is eventually successful. Cast *Tino Scotti as Il Cavaliere * Silvana Pampanini as Carla Colombo *Enrico Viarisio as Il Ministro *Enzo Biliotti as Il Commissario * Nyta Dover as Musette * Rocco D'Assunta as Capo dei Banditi *Galeazzo Benti as Marchese Bevilacqua * Marcella Rovena as Signo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dog's Life (1950 Film)
''A Dog's Life'' () 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 contract with the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porca Miseria
''Porca Miseria'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Plot Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs. After several misadventures, they seem reduced to despair, but a ray of hope appears on the horizon. The two learn of a variety show they could participate in, if only they had a companion, a girl with a nice pair of legs. Their early searches are unsuccessful, but then their salvation appears in the guise of a poor and beautiful roommate whom the landlady kicked out for not paying the rent. The trio is hired, but because of the ineptitude of Jack, the show ends in disaster and the two friends, hungrier than ever, must flee with their new partner. In the course of their further adventures, the two friends fall in love with the girl and each believes he is the favorite. They are both greatly dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrivano I Nostri
''Arrivano i nostri'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and written by Agenore Incrocci, Marcello Marchesi, and Vittorio Metz starring Mario Riva. Cast * Mario Riva * Riccardo Billi as The showman playing Carmen Miranda * Franca Marzi as Gloria Chelli — Garlandi's lover * Lisetta Nava as Lisetta Rapelli * Nyta Dover as Acrobat and circus owner's wife * Alberto Sorrentino * Giuseppe Porelli as Baron Rapelli * Carlo Romano as Garlandi * Gianni Cavalieri * Gino Cavalieri * Guglielmo Inglese * Franco Sportelli * Giacomo Furia Giacomo Matteo Furia (2 January 1925 – 5 June 2015) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998. Life and career Born in Arienzo, near Caserta, Furia started his acting care ... References External links * 1951 films 1951 comedy films Commedia all'italiana 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vevey
Vevey (; ; ) is a town in Switzerland in the Vaud, canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Leman, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used. It was the seat of the Vevey (district), district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District. It is part of the French-speaking area of Switzerland. Vevey is home to the world headquarters of the international food and beverage company Nestlé, founded here in 1867. Milk chocolate was invented in Vevey by Daniel Peter in 1875, with the aid of Henri Nestlé. The English actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin resided in Vevey from 1952 until his death in 1977. History A piloti settlement existed here as early as the 2nd millennium BC. Under ancient Rome, Rome, it was known as Viviscus or ''Vibiscum''. It was mentioned for the first time by the ancient Greek astronomer and philosopher Ptolemy, who gave it the name Ouikos. In the Middle Ages it was a station on the Via Francigena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Era Lui
An era is a span of time. Era or ERA may also refer to: * Era (geology), a subdivision of geologic time * Calendar era Education * Academy of European Law (German: '), an international law school * ERA School, in Melbourne, Australia * Era University, in Lucknow, India Games and sports * Earned run average, a baseball statistic * Elite Rodeo Athletes, a professional rodeo organization * English Racing Automobiles, a manufacturer of racing cars * Era Basket Liga (EBL), name of Polish Basketball League due to sponsorship reasons in 2003–2005 Media * Era (publisher), a Bulgarian publishing house * Era (radio station), in Malaysia * Era Television, a Taiwanese television network * ''Improvement Era'', a defunct magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Hellenic Radio, the main public radio broadcaster in Greece * ''The Era'' (newspaper), a defunct British weekly * TV Era, a television channel in North Macedonia Music * Era (musical project), a New Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amor Non Ho
Amor ("love" in Latin, Spanish and Portuguese) may refer to: Arts, entertainment, media * ''Amor'' (film), a 1940 Argentine comedy * WAMR-FM, branded as ''107.5 Amor'', a radio station in Miami, Florida * WPAT-FM, branded as ''93.1 Amor'', a radio station in Paterson, New Jersey Music Albums * ''Amor'' (Julio Iglesias album), 1982 * ''Amor'' (Andrea Bocelli album), 2006 Songs * "Amor" (Los Auténticos Decadentes song), 2000 * "Amor" (Cristian Castro song), 1995 * "Amor" (Gabriel Ruiz song), recorded by Bing Crosby in 1944, Ben E. King in 1961, and Luis Miguel in 2001 * "Amor" (Ricky Martin song), 2001 People and figures * Amor (name), a list of notable people with the name * Amor, the Roman deity Cupid Other uses *1221 Amor, an asteroid *Amor asteroid, a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1221 Amor *Amor (automobile), a German car See also *Amor Amor (other) *Amora (other) *Amore (other) *Ay Amor (other) * *Love (other) L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
