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Romulus And The Sabines (1945 Film)
''Romulus and the Sabines'' (Italian: ''Il ratto delle sabine'') is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Totò, Carlo Campanini, and Clelia Matania. It was one of several of Totò's postwar comedies to use elements of neorealism.Brizio-Skov p.115 The film is based on the German comedy '' Der Raub der Sabinerinnen'' (1884) by Franz von Schönthan and Paul von Schönthan. Plot summary Toto is the actor of a penniless theater group: they arrive in a small town to offer their theatrical calendar to the mayor. Meanwhile, a professor: caught but shy, presents to the community his play, "The Rape of the Sabine Women", but the provincial inhabitants hate mortally the theater. The professor is in despair, but Toto willingly accepts the part of the work, just to eat something. At the end, the opera is performed at the theater, but it is a disaster, because the genre is drama, but Toto gullibility makes it a comic farce. Cast * Totò as Aristide Tromboni * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Bonnard
Mario Bonnard (24 December 1889 – 22 March 1965) was an Italian actor and film director. Career Bonnard was born and died in Rome. He began his cinematic career as an actor becoming a popular romantic lead in numerous silent films made before World War I. In 1917, he ventured into film directing for the first time. Before the arrival of sound films he worked for a period in Germany in films directed by Luis Trenker. Back in Italy in 1932, he became a prolific director working with the major stars of the time as: Assia Noris, Elsa Merlini, Amedeo Nazzari, and Luisa Ferida. ''Il feroce Saladino'' (1937) was the most popular of his films of the 1930s. During the war he continued to work. In the post World War II period his films, ranging from comedies to period dramas enjoyed much success. However, today he's no longer well known. One of his last films was ''The Last Days of Pompeii (1959 film), The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1959). An illness made him leave production early, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Gore
Laura Gore (born Laura Emilia Regli; 30 September 1918 – 27 March 1957) was an Italian actress and voice actress. She appeared in 39 films between 1945 and 1955. While studying accounting, in 1940 she won the eighth edition of the amateur song contest "L'ora del dilettante" organized by EIAR at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. After that win, Gore immediately started a successful career first as a music hall artist, later as an actress of cinema, radio and theatre. For two consecutive seasons (1949–50 and 1950–51) she was a member of the stage company of Eduardo De Filippo. She was also active as a dubber in the dubbing company ORI. Gore died of a heart attack at 38 years old. She was married to army officer Agostino Golzi. Partial filmography * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945) - Paolina * '' His Young Wife'' (1945) - Brigida * ''The Voice of Love'' (1946) - La cameriera della contessa * '' Departure at Seven'' (1946) - Lucy D'Orsay * '' The Ways of Sin'' (1946) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italo Pirani
Italo may refer to: *Italo-, a prefix indicating a relation to Italy or Italians * Italo (given name), given name Film * ''Italo'' (film), a 2014 comedy film *Italo crime, a genre of crime film Music genres *Italo disco *Italo dance *Italo house Other uses *A rail service offered by Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori is an Italian open-access train operating company operating in the field of high-speed rail transport under the brand name Italo (), stylized as ''.italo''. Commencing services in early 2012, it became Europe's first private open access operat ... * Triavio Italo, an Italian aircraft design {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciro Berardi
Ciro Berardi (1909–1961) was an Italian actor.Bìspuri p.51 Selected filmography * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * '' Lucky Night'' (1941) * '' Street of the Five Moons'' (1942) * '' After Casanova's Fashion'' (1942) * ''Love Story'' (1942) * ''The Peddler and the Lady'' (1943) * ''A Living Statue'' (1943) * '' The Ten Commandments'' (1945) * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945) * ''The Opium Den'' (1947) * '' The Street Has Many Dreams'' (1948) * '' Night Taxi'' (1950) * ''The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950) * ''Free Escape ''Free Escape'' (Italian: ''Libera uscita'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Nino Taranto, Ludmilla Dudarova and Laura Gore.Sorrenti p.21 The film's sets were designed by Alberto Boccianti. It was made at Ci ...'' (1951) * '' Stasera sciopero'' (1951) * '' Cops and Robbers'' (1951) References Bibliography * Ennio Bìspuri. ''Totò: principe clown : tutti i film di Totò''. Guida Editori, 1997. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristide Garbini
Aristide Garbini (1890–1950) was an Italian film actor.Verdone p.83 Selected filmography * '' The Crusaders'' (1918) * '' Messalina'' (1924) * '' Miryam'' (1929) * '' Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' Ragazzo'' (1934) * '' The Old Guard'' (1934) * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) * '' King of Diamonds'' (1936) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) * '' Hurricane in the Tropics'' (1939) * '' Father For a Night'' (1939) * '' Guest for One Night'' (1939) * '' Two on a Vacation'' (1940) * '' The Sinner'' (1940) * '' Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * '' Red Tavern'' (1940) * '' Red Roses'' (1940) * '' The Prisoner of Santa Cruz'' (1941) * '' After Casanova's Fashion'' (1942) * '' Street of the Five Moons'' (1942) * '' Non ti pago!'' (1942) * '' Four Steps in the Clouds'' (1942) * '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) * '' Mist on the Sea'' (1944) * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945) * '' Unknown Man of San Marino'' (1946) * ''The Opium Den ''The Opium Den'' () is a 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peppino Spadaro
Peppino Spadaro (1898–1950) was an Italian actor.Paietta p.162 His brother Umberto Spadaro was also an actor. Selected filmography * ''1860'' (1934) * '' Saint John, the Beheaded'' (1940) * ''Jealousy'' (1942) * '' Sealed Lips'' (1942) * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1942) * '' Music on the Run'' (1943) * '' Farewell Love!'' (1943) * '' Lively Teresa'' (1943) * '' L'abito nero da sposa'' (1945) * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945) * ''The Street Has Many Dreams'' (1948) * '' Margaret of Cortona'' (1950) * ''Night Taxi'' (1950) * '' Terra senza tempo'' (1950) * ''Cavalcade of Heroes ''Cavalcade of Heroes'' () is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa (director), Mario Costa and starring Cesare Danova, Carla Del Poggio and Vittorio Sanipoli. It depicts the events around the founding of the short-lived ...'' (1950) * '' Ring Around the Clock'' (1950) References Bibliography * Ann C. Paietta. ''Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Castellani
Mario Castellani (24 November 190625 April 1978) was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò). He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre productions. Partial filmography References External links * Two sketches of ocanale RAIYouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Castellani, Mario 1906 births 1978 deaths Italian male comedians Male actors from Rome 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors 20th-century Italian comedians Comedians from Rome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Ermelli
Claudio Ermelli (24 July 1892 – 29 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1915 to 1962. Internationally, he is best known for his role as Giovanni, Gregory Peck's landlord in ''Roman Holiday ''Roman Holiday'' is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress f ...'' (1953). Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ermelli, Claudio 1892 births 1964 deaths Male actors from Turin Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Rinaldi
Giuseppe Rinaldi (14 September 1919 – 15 December 2007) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Rome, Rinaldi appeared in more than 20 films between 1939 and 1982. During his time, he was considered to be one of the greatest dubbers in Italy. He provided the Italian voices of Marlon Brando, Jack Lemmon, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, Van Johnson and James Dean. Other actors dubbed by him included Peter Sellers, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, David Tomlinson, Richard Burton, George Peppard, Burt Lancaster, Charles Bronson, Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, Jeffrey Hunter, Max von Sydow, and Christopher Plummer. In Rinaldi's animated film roles, he voiced Bruno Bozzetto's character Mr. Rossi in two films and a TV show, Pongo in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' as well as Prince Charming in the Italian version of ''Cinderella''. Other animated dubbing roles included Jim Dear in ''Lady and the Tramp'', The Great Princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Pisu
Mario Pisu (21 May 1910 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Montecchio Emilia, Pisu was considered to be one of the most elegant performers of the Italian cinema. He began his career on stage and screen in 1935, making his debut appearance in '' The Joker King'' and also making frequent on-stage collaborations with Andreina Pagnani, Evi Maltagliati, Rina Morelli, Paolo Stoppa and Gino Cervi. Pisu appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1976 and among his most popular appearances includes the 1965 film '' Juliet of the Spirits'' starring Giulietta Masina. He also appeared on television. Pisu was also a popular voice actor and dubber. With a very modulated voice, he dubbed actors such as Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Ward Bond, Walter Pidgeon, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Mitchum, Victor Mature, Fred MacMurray, Kenneth Tobey and many more. In Pisu's animated roles, he voiced Captain in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film '' One Hundred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldo Silvani
Aldo Silvani (21 January 1891 – 12 November 1964) was an Italian stage, film and voice actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1934 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''Cardinal Lambertini (1934 film), Cardinal Lambertini'' (1934) * ''The Ancestor'' (1936) * ''The Three Wishes (1937 Italian film), The Three Wishes'' (1937) * ''The King of England Will Not Pay'' (1941) * ''Carmela (film), Carmela'' (1942) * ''The Jester's Supper (film), The Jester's Supper'' (1942) * ''The Two Orphans (1942 film), The Two Orphans'' (1942) * ''Four Steps in the Clouds'' (1942) * ''Lively Teresa'' (1943) * ''Anything for a Song'' (1943) * ''Calafuria'' (1943) * ''Maria Malibran (film), Maria Malibran'' (1943) * ''The Son of the Red Corsair (1943 film), The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1943) * ''Romulus and the Sabines (1945 film), Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945) * ''L'abito nero da sposa'' (1945) * ''The Ten Commandments (1945 film), The Ten Commandments'' (1945) * ''Life Begins Anew'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fosca Spadaro
Fosca may also refer to: Literature and film * ''Fosca'' (novel), an 1869 novel by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti **''Passion of Love'', a 1981 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola adapted from Tarchetti's novel *Raimon Fosca, a man cursed to live forever '' All Men Are Mortal'', a 1946 novel by Simone de Beauvoir Music *Fosca (band) Fosca was a British band, combining indie pop songwriting with synthpop instrumentation. Initially, the band was formed by bassist Peter Theobalds and Orlando guitarist/lyricist Dickon Edwards (later guitarist for Spearmint) plus Orlando dr ..., a British band active 1997–2009 * ''Fosca'' (opera), an 1873 opera by Antônio Carlos Gomes based on Luigi Capranica's 1869 novel La festa delle Marie. *Fosca, character in ''Passion'', based on the Tarchetti's novel Geography * Fosca, Cundinamarca, a town in Colombia * Castell de la Fosca, an ancient Iberian settlement * La Fosca, a small village in the Mediterranean Costa Brava See also * Santa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
