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Tharus Son Of Attila
''Tharus Son of Attila'' (), also known as ''Colossus and the Huns'', is a 1962 Italian peplum film co-written and directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Jerome Courtland in the title role.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. . Plot Cast * Jerome Courtland as Tharus * Lisa Gastoni as Princess Gamal * Mimmo Palmara as Gudrum * Rik Van Nutter as Oto * Livio Lorenzon as King Hatum * Giuseppe Addobbati as Kimg Bolem References External links * 1960s adventure films Films directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero Films set in the 5th century Films with screenplays by Roberto Bianchi Montero Sword-and-sandal films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Bianchi Montero
Roberto Bianchi Montero (7 December 1907 – 7 December 1986) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Bianchi Montero started acting as a teenager on stage and he was a member of an amateur theater group with whom he performed in several festivals. In 1930 he entered the stage company of Ettore Petrolini, and in 1934 he founded his own company. In 1936 he got his first film role, and in the late 1930s he also was assistant director for a number of films. After the Second World War, Bianchi Montero directed numerous genre films, usually low-budget productions, in which he often also collaborated to the screenplays. He particularly specialized in melodramas, Spaghetti Westerns and Commedia sexy all'italiana films. He was the father of the director Mario Bianchi. Selected filmography * ''Battles in the Shadow'' (1938) * ''Then We'll Get a Divorce'' (1940) * ''The Secret of Villa Paradiso'' (1940) * ''After Casanova's Fashion'' (1942) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Courtland
Jerome Courtland (December 27, 1926 – March 1, 2012) was an American actor, director and producer. He acted in films in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and in television in the 1950s and 1960s. Courtland also appeared on Broadway in the musical '' Flahooley'' in the early 1950s. He directed and produced television series in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He served in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Biography Actor Jerome "Jerry" Courtland was born Courtland Jourolmon Jr. on December 27, 1926, in Knoxville, Tennessee. At 17, he attended a Hollywood party with his mother, a professional singer. A chance meeting with director Charles Vidor led to a screen test at Columbia Pictures and a seven-year contract. Courtland's feature debut was in Vidor's 1944 screwball comedy ''Together Again'', before he joined the U.S. Army, serving in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. After the War, Courtland starred opposite Shirley Temple in ''Kiss and Tell'', followed by appearances in more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Gastoni
Lisa Gastoni (born 28 July 1935) is an Italian film actress. Gastoni was named "Best Italian Actress of the Year, 1966" as she received both the Nastro D'Argento Award and the Golden Globe Award from Italy's Foreign Press Association.} Biography Daughter of an Italian father and an Irish mother, Gastoni and her family moved to England in 1948. She turned from her initial ambition of being an architect to modelling and acting. She appeared in various B movies throughout the 1950s, as well as co-starring as Giulia in the Sapphire Films TV series ''The Four Just Men (TV series), The Four Just Men'' (1959) for ITV Network, ITV and at least two episodes of ''Danger Man'' in 1960 and 1961. Gastoni returned to Italy in the 1960s, first appearing in sword-and-sandal and swashbuckler films, but eventually gaining the attention of respected directors. The turning point in her film career was her role in ''Grazie, zia'' by Salvatore Samperi. This would set the tone for the roles she wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Migliardi
Mario Migliardi (31 May 1919 – 8 August 2000) was an Italian composer of music for movies and television. He was born in Alessandria, Italy. Works Migliardi composed music and soundtracks for the following movies and television shows: *''A come Andromeda ''A come Andromeda'' (RAI, 1971), is an Italian television remake of ''A for Andromeda'' (1961), the BBC series based on the book of the same name written by Cosmology, cosmologist Fred Hoyle in conjunction with author and television producer John ...'' (1972) (mini) TV Series * '' The Price of Death'' (1971) aka ''Il Venditore di morte'' *'' Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead'' (1971) *'' Matalo!'' (1970) *'' Pensiero d'amore'' (1969) *''Turm der verbotenen Liebe, Der'' (1968) aka ''Tower of Screaming Virgins'' (USA) *''La sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra'' (1964) aka '' Secret of the Sphinx'' (USA) *''Chirurgo opera, Il'' (1964) *''Tharus figlio di Attila'' (1962) aka '' Colussus and the Huns'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peplum Film
Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (: pepla), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget Hollywood historical epics of the time, such as '' Samson and Delilah'' (1949), '' Quo Vadis'' (1951), '' The Robe'' (1953), '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956), '' Ben-Hur'' (1959), ''Spartacus'' (1960), and ''Cleopatra'' (1963). These films dominated the Italian film industry from 1958 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by spaghetti Western and Eurospy films. The term "peplum" (a Latin word referring to the ancient Greek garment ''peplos'') was introduced by French film critics in the 1960s. The terms "peplum" and "sword-and-sandal" were used in a condescending way by film critics. Later, the terms were embraced by fans of the films, similar to the terms "spaghetti Western" or "shoot-'em-ups". In their English versions, peplum films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimmo Palmara
Domenico "Mimmo" Palmara (25 July 1928 – 10 June 2016) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Cagliari, Palmara made his film debut in 1952 as a character actor in drama films by eminent directors such as Luchino Visconti, Mario Monicelli and Antonio Pietrangeli, then obtained main roles in a great number of genre films, especially adventure films and peplum films. When the sword and sandals genre declined, he took part at a number of Spaghetti Westerns in which he is usually credited as Dick Palmer. A close friend of Sergio Leone, he was Leone's first choice for the role of Ramon in '' A Fistful of Dollars''; Palmara eventually chose to star in Mario Caiano's '' Bullets Don't Argue'' and the role of Ramon was played by Gian Maria Volonté. Selected filmography * '' Deceit'' (1952) - Un uomo in canottiera * '' The Queen of Sheba'' (1952) - Ally of Sheba * '' Sins of Rome'' (1953) - Gladiator (uncredited) * '' Empty Eyes'' (1953) - Marcella's Fiancé (uncredited) * '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Van Nutter
Frederick Allen Nutter (May 1, 1929 – October 15, 2005), known professionally as Rik Van Nutter and occasionally as Clyde Rogers, was an American actor who mostly appeared in Italian-produced films. He is also remembered for playing Felix Leiter in the James Bond picture ''Thunderball (film), Thunderball''. Biography Van Nutter is best known for playing the third version of Felix Leiter in the James Bond film ''Thunderball (film), Thunderball'' (1965). He also had a role alongside Peter Ustinov in ''Romanoff and Juliet (1961 film), Romanoff and Juliet'' (1961), and his later films included ''Foxbat (film), Foxbat'' (1977) with Henry Silva and Vonetta McGee and the Jim Brown World War II adventure ''Pacific Inferno'' (1979). Van Nutter was married to film actress Anita Ekberg from 1963 until 1975. They lived in Spain and Switzerland and started a shipping business together. Van Nutter died on October 15, 2005, at the age of 76. Filmography References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livio Lorenzon
Livio Lorenzon (6 May 1923 – 23 December 1971) was an Italian actor who was mainly active during the 1950s and 1960s. Biography He played minor roles in some memorable commedia all'Italiana movies directed by the likes of Dino Risi and Mario Monicelli. On the international stage, Lorenzon is best known for his small roles in Spaghetti Western films in the 1960s, appearing in ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', and ''The Secret Seven'' in 1966. Other genres he starred in were sword and sandal films and pirate films like ''Queen of the Pirates'' and ''Terror on the Seas''. He had a mature manliness in his demeanor, which made him believable in many disparate roles: clad in the sandals and Ancient Roman military clothing, lorica as a Roman centurion, donning a poncho and sombrero of a outlaw, desperado or even as a "tough as nails" sergeant in World War I in ''The Great War (1959 film), La Grande Guerra''. Seldom if ever cast as a protagonist, Lorenzon made up by working hecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Addobbati
Giuseppe Addobbati (31 December 1909 – 4 January 1986) was an Italian film actor known for his roles in Spaghetti Western and action films in the 1960s and 1970s. He was often billed as John MacDouglas for films released to an American audience. Addobbati was born in Makarska and later lived in Trieste. He made over 80 film appearances between 1937 and 1980 often as a police officer or law enforcer. He starred in films such as ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1964), '' Blood For A Silver Dollar'' alongside Giuliano Gemma (Montgomery Wood) and in '' The Conformist'' (1970). He also made several horror film appearances such as '' Nightmare Castle'' in 1965 alongside Barbara Steele, Paul Muller, Helga Liné, Laurence Clift and Rik Battaglia. Selected filmography * ' (1936, dir. Giovacchino Forzano) as Uomo #9 * ''Condottieri'' (1937, dir. Luis Trenker) as Giovanni's Father * '' Queen of the Scala'' (1937, dir. Camillo Mastrocinque e Guido Salvini) as Guido Vernieri * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s Adventure Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Roberto Bianchi Montero
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
