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The Actor Who Disappeared
''The Actor Who Disappeared'' () is a 1941 Italian comedy mystery crime film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vivi Gioi, María Mercader and Giulio Donadio. It is a remake of the German film ''Was wird hier gespielt?'' (1940) based on the eponymous play by Theo Lingen. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti. Synopsis A young actor, frustrated by the negligible roles he keeps being cast in, plans a hoax. The play he is appearing in, involves his character being shot dead while hiding in a cupboard by an outraged husband. However, when the door is opened he has completely vanished forcing the management to return the audience's money. However, one of the spectators, a police officer had received an anonymous letter claiming that a murder was to take place at that theatre that night and begins an investigation. Cast * Vivi Gioi as L'attrice * María Mercader as L'attrice ingenua * Stefano Sibaldi as L' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director. Biography Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome. He directed several Italian neorealism films in the 1940s. In 1949 he filmed '' Alarm Bells'' on Ischia, and also shot a separate British version under the title '' Children of Chance''. During the 1950s and 1960s, he became a director of several successful films belonging to the Commedia all'italiana genre, some starring Alberto Sordi. Filmography as director *1933 Risveglio di una città *1941 L'attore scomparso *1942 C'è sempre un ma! *1942 The Adventures of Fra Diavolo (''Fra' Diavolo'') *1942 Signorinette *1945 L'abito nero da sposa *1946 A Yank in Rome (''Un Americano in vacanza'') *1947 To Live in Peace (''Vivere in pace'') *1947 L'onorevole Angelina *1948 Difficult Years (''Anni difficili'') *1949 '' Alarm Bells'' (Campane a martell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.") This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is killing committed in the absence of ''malice'',This is "malice" in a technical legal sense, not the more usual English sense denoting an emotional state. See malice (law). brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. ''Involuntary'' manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent, recklessness. Most societies consider murder to be an extremely serious crime, and thus that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Mystery Films
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Action T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann, on behalf of Adolf Hitler, requires replacement of blackletter typefaces by Antiqua (typeface class), Antiqua. * January 4 – The short subject ''Elmer's Pet Rabbit'' is released, marking the second appearance of Bugs Bunny, and also the first to have his name on a title card. * January 5 – WWII: Battle of Bardia in Libya: Australian an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Films
The year 1941 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, '' Citizen Kane''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1941 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 17 '' Gone with the Wind'' goes into general release after touring in a roadshow version during 1940. Becoming a cultural phenomenon, it sells an estimated 60 million tickets this year alone. Adjusted for inflation with numerous rereleases, it remains the highest grossing domestic film of all time with $1.8 billion. * March 24 - Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie '' Sun Valley Serenade'' for Twentieth Century Fox * May 1 – '' Citizen Kane'', consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, is released. * July 2 – ''Sergeant York'', the film biopic of World War I hero Alvin C. York, starring Gary Cooper in the title role, premieres in New York City. It is the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Cortese
Valentina Cortese (1 January 1923 – 10 July 2019) was an Italian actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in François Truffaut's '' Day for Night'' (1973). Personal life Cortese was born in Milan to a family from Stresa, Piedmont. In 1940, she met conductor Victor de Sabata, who was 31 years older and married with children. She left high school to follow him to Rome, and there she graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art. They separated in 1948. Cortese married Richard Basehart, her co-star in '' The House on Telegraph Hill'', in 1951, and had one son with him, the actor Jackie Basehart; they divorced in 1960. She never remarried. Jackie Basehart died in Milan in 2015, predeceasing Cortese. Cortese died on 10 July 2019, aged 96. Career Cortese made her screen debut in Italian films in 1940, leading to her first internationally acclaimed roles in Riccardo Freda's 1948 Italian film ''Les Misérables'' with Gino Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoel Roero , a common nickname for those named Manuel
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Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Portugal Places * Manuel, Valencia, a municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain * Manuel Junction, railway station near Falkirk, Scotland Other * Manuel (American horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Manuel (Australian horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Manuel and The Music of The Mountains, a musical ensemble * ''Manuel'' (album), music album by Dalida, 1974 See also *Manny Manny is a common nickname for people with the given name Manuel, Emanuele, Immanuel, Emmanuel, Herman, or Manfred. People * Manny Acosta (born 1981), Panamanian pitcher in the Mexican Baseball League * Manny Acta (born 1969), Dominican Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Lombardi (actor)
Carlo Lombardi (2 January 1900 – 21 March 1984) was an Italian stage and film actor. Later in his career he often worked in television. He appeared in a number of films during the Fascist era, including a leading role in the historical epic ''Scipio Africanus'' (1937).Elley p.196 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * ''Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * '' The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * ''Giallo'' (1933) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * '' The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * ''Scipio Africanus'' (1937) * '' The Last Enemy'' (1938) * ''Star of the Sea'' (1938) * '' A Wife in Danger'' (1939) * '' The Castle Ball'' (1939) * '' A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939) * ''The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * ''Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * '' L'attore scomparso'' (1941) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * '' Headlights in the Fog'' (1942) * '' Torrents of Spring'' (1942) * ''Lively Teresa'' (1943) * ''The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Bragaglia
Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961. Selected filmography References External links * 1893 births 1962 deaths Italian male film actors People from Frosinone {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgilio Riento
Virgilio Riento (29 November 1889 – 7 September 1959) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 108 films between 1936 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) - Man on train * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) - Pepe * ''A Lady Did It'' (1938) - Pasquale * '' For Men Only'' (1938) - Pasquale Pappalardo * '' The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) - Don Timurata * ''I, His Father'' (1939) - Il cavaliere * ''Department Store'' (1939) - Gaetano * '' The Make Believe Pirates'' (1939) * '' The Silent Partner (1939) - Il maggiore * ''Il signore della taverna'' (1940) - Il vice-commissario * ''Il ponte dei sospiri'' (1940) - Bertuccio * ''Boccaccio'' (1940) - Il bottaro * ''Miseria e nobiltà'' (1940) - Felice * ''Il re del circo'' (1941) - Bastiani, suo zio * '' L'attore scomparso'' (1941) - Il trovarobe * ''Due cuori sotto sequestro'' (1941) - L'uffiziale giudiziario * ''Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) - Antonio * ''La scuola dei timidi'' (1941) - Roc * ''Se io fossi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Jacobini
Maria Jacobini (17 February 1892 – 20 November 1944) was an Italian film actress. She was married to the film director Gennaro Righelli and appeared in many of his silent films for the Vesuvio Film Company.Moliterno p.266 She worked in the German film industry in the mid-1920s. She was the older sister of actress Diomira Jacobini. Selected filmography * ''Joan of Arc'' (1913) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1918) * '' Tortured Soul'' (1919) * '' The Prey'' (1921) *'' Red Love'' (1921) * '' The Voyage'' (1921) * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Rudderless'' (1924) * ''Orient'' (1924) * '' The Doll Queen'' (1925) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1926) * '' The Bordellos of Algiers'' (1927) * '' Bigamie'' (1927) * '' Folly of Love'' (1928) * ''Ariadne in Hoppegarten'' (1928) * ''The Case of Prosecutor M'' (1928) * '' Five Anxious Days'' (1928) * '' The Carnival of Venice'' (1928) * ''Villa Falconieri'' (1928) * ''Maman Colibri'' (1929) * ''The Living Corpse'' (1929) * '' Patatrac'' (1931) * '' La scala'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Della Corte
Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. Variants * Blanche: French * Bianca: Italian * Bianka (Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, German, English, French, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Corsican, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Czech) * Blanca (French, English, Icelandic, Hungarian, Spanish) People Medieval period :''In chronological order'' *Bianca Lancia (c. 1200–c. 1233), Italian noble *Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Lady of Milan by marriage *Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Duchess of Milan *Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Maximilian I *Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Grand Duchess of Tuscany Modern era A–K *Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian tennis player *Bianca Atzei (born 1987), Italian singer *Bianca Balti (born 1984), Italian model *Bianca Beauchamp (born 1977), Canadian model *Bianca Belair (born 1989), American professional wrestler * Bianca Bianchi (1855–1947), st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauro Gazzolo
Lauro Gazzolo (born Ilario Gazzolo; 15 October 1900 – 2 October 1970) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Nervi in Genoa, Gazzolo began his career on screen in 1938 starring in the comedy film '' The Document'' and became more successful after the end of World War II. A popular character actor, he appeared in at least 106 films and played many roles between 1939 and 1966. Among his most popular filmography included '' The Jester's Supper'', ''Four Steps in the Clouds'' and ''The Band of Honest Men''. In his later films, he appeared alongside his son Nando Gazzolo in the 1961 film ''Constantine and the Cross''. This would mark Nando's film debut. As a voice actor, Gazzolo dubbed foreign films into the Italian language. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
