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Walter Chiari
Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari , was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles. Biography Walter Annicchiarico was born in Verona, Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originally from Apulia. During World War II, he joined the Decima Flottiglia MAS and was then drafted into the Wehrmacht (a detail that emerged only after his death). He was sent to a German Anti-aircraft warfare, anti-aircraft squad engaged in Northern France in Normandy where he was slightly Wounded in action, wounded in the fighting during Operation Overlord, D-Day. Prisoner of war, Captured, he was taken to the American Prisoner-of-war camp, prisoner camp of Coltano. Chiari appeared in films such as ''The Little Hut'' (1957), ''Bonjour Tristesse (1958 film), Bonjour Tristesse'' (1958), ''Chimes at Midnight'' (1966) and ''The Valachi Papers (film), The Valachi Papers'' (1972). He appeared opposite Anna Magnani in Luchino Visconti's film ''Belliss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verona
Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, northeastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona covers an area of and has a population of 714,310 inhabitants. It is one of the main tourist destinations in Northern Italy because of its artistic heritage and several annual fairs and shows as well as the Opera, opera season in the Verona Arena, Arena, an ancient Ancient Rome, Roman Amphitheatre, amphitheater. Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the city was ruled by the Scaliger, della Scala family. Under the rule of the family, in particular of Cangrande I della Scala, the city experienced great prosperity, becoming rich and powerful and being surrounded by new walls. The della Scala era is preserved in numerous monuments around Verona. Two of William Shakespeare's plays are set in Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of Italian neorealism, cinematic neorealism, but later moved towards luxurious, sweeping epics dealing with themes of beauty, decadence, death, and European history, especially the decay of the nobility and the bourgeoisie. Critic Jonathan Jones (journalist), Jonathan Jones wrote that “no one did as much to shape Italian cinema as Luchino Visconti.” Born into a Milanese Visconti di Modrone, noble family with close ties to the artistic world, Visconti began his career in France as an assistant director to Jean Renoir. His 1943 directorial debut, , was condemned by the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist regime for its unvarnished depictions of working-class characters, but is today renowned as a pioneering work of Italian cinema, generally regarded as the first neorealist film. During Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luv (play)
''Luv'' is a play by Murray Schisgal. The production originated on Broadway in 1964. The production was directed by Mike Nichols and featured performances from Alan Arkin, Eli Wallach, and Anne Jackson. It received five Tony Award nominations including for Best Play. It won three Tonys for Best Producer of a Play, Best Direction of a Play and Best Scenic Design. Summary A mix of absurdist humor and traditional Broadway comedy in the Neil Simon vein, ''Luv'' concerns two college friends—misfit Harry and materialistic Milt—who are reunited when the latter stops the former from jumping off a bridge, the play's setting. Each discovers the other is equally miserable as they share hard-luck stories. Milt sees in Harry an answer to his primary problem—his wife Ellen, whom he tries to foist on his old pal so he can run off with his mistress. Production After twenty-eight previews, the Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols, opened on November 11, 1964, at the Boot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianrico Tedeschi
Gianrico Tedeschi (20 April 1920 – 27 July 2020) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Milan in April 1920, Tedeschi got a degree in pedagogy before enrolling at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, which he abandoned after two years to make his professional debut with the Evi Maltagliati- Salvo Randone- Tino Carraro stage company. In the late 1940s he entered the Andreina Pagnani- Gino Cervi theatrical company, with whom he got his first personal success for his performance in the comedy play ''Quel signore che venne a pranzo''. He later worked intensively with Luchino Visconti and with the Piccolo Teatro directed by Giorgio Strehler. He also toured in the United States, the Soviet Union, Paris and London. In his variegated career, Tedeschi was very active as a voice actor, a dubber and a radio personality, and starting from the early 1950s he appeared in numerous films and TV series, even if often playing supporting roles. He appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gay Life
''The Gay Life'' is a musical with a book by Fay and Michael Kanin, lyrics by Howard Dietz, and music by Arthur Schwartz. Based on a cycle of seven short plays by Arthur Schnitzler, published in 1893 and first staged in 1910, ''The Gay Life'' focuses on womanizing playboy Anatol von Huber. The score is a mixture of traditional Broadway show tunes and operetta. Production ''The Gay Life'' started pre-Broadway try-outs at the Fisher Theater in Detroit and the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto. The production opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on November 18, 1961, and closed on February 24, 1962, after 113 performances and three previews. Directed by Gerald Freedman and choreographed by Herbert Ross, the cast included Walter Chiari as Anatol, Barbara Cook as Liesl, and Jules Munshin as Max, with Elizabeth Allen as Magda and Leonard Elliott as Franz. Owing to the new meaning which the term "gay" had acquired since the show's original staging, its title was changed to ''The High Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Garinei
Pietro Garinei (1 February 1919 – 9 May 2006) was an Italian playwright, actor, and songwriter. Brother of Enzo Garinei. Biography Garinei was born in Trieste in 1919. He later worked as a sports journalist for the daily newspaper in Milan and Rome, where he met Sandro Giovannini. The two discovered a shared interest in music and entertainment, and left the paper shortly after to found a satiric newspaper. In September 1944 they established a musical theater, Cantachiaro, which was named after a weekly satirical magazine they had contributed to. The first star of their theater was Anna Magnani. Following the end of World War II, Garinei and Giovannini collaborated with the Radio RAI. In 1949 they started working as playwrights, and in 1952 they wrote one of Italy's first musical comedy, ''Attanasio cavallo vanesio'', featuring Renato Rascel. Garinei and Giovaninni also wrote a series of musicals such as ''Un paio d'ali'', ''Ciao Rudy'', '' Rugantino'', '' Aggiungi un posto a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Mandarino Per Teo
''Un mandarino per Teo'' is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari. Cast * Walter Chiari - Teo Tosci * Sandra Mondaini - Rosanella Ferrante * Ave Ninchi - Zia Gaspara * Riccardo Billi - Ignazio Fumoni * Carlo Delle Piane - Lo stagnaro * Annie Gorassini - Angelo biondo * Chim Kem - Il cinese * Dante Bisio - Regista Fracassoni * Anne Marie Delos - Nina Chevrolet * Corrado Olmi - Il signore in bianco * Salvo Libassi - Aiuto regista * Enrico Salvatore - Aiuto regista (as Salvatore Enrico) * Alberto Bonucci - Il notaio External links *''Un mandarino per Teo''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 ... 1960 films 1960 comedy films Italian comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Bonucci
Alberto Bonucci (; 19 May 1918 – 5 April 1969) was an Italian film actor and director. He appeared in 53 films between 1950 and 1967. Partial filmography * ''Variety Lights'' (1950) - Night Club Comic * ''Fugitive in Trieste'' (1951) * ''Toto in Color'' (1952) - Il regista russo * ''It Happened in the Park'' (1953) - Il presentatore del concorso di bellezza (segment: Concorso di bellezza) * ''Neapolitan Carousel'' (1954) - Lyricist #1 * ''The Contessa's Secret'' (1954) - Castiglione * ''La moglie è uguale per tutti'' (1955) - Leopoldo Rossi * ''Les Hussards'' (1955) - Raphaël * ''The Best Part (film), The Best Part'' (1955) - Antoine * ''Lo svitato'' (1956) - Un vigile urbano * ''Susanna tutta panna'' (1957) - Massimo * ''Femmine tre volte'' (1957) - Santucci * ''Ladro lui, ladra lei'' (1958) - Dottor Valletti * ''Promesse di marinaio'' (1958) - Giulio * ''Il terrore dell'Oklahoma'' (1959) - Benny * ''Roulotte e roulette'' (1959) - Alberto * ''Il Mattatore'' (1960) - Gloria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ave Ninchi
Ave Maria Ninchi (; 14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included '' Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1949) and Louis Malle's '' Murmur of the Heart'' (1971) and '' Lacombe, Lucien'' (1974). Born in Ancona, Italy, Ninchi worked with some of Italy's top movie stars, including Sophia Loren, Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, and Gina Lollobrigida; her performances playing in duo with Aldo Fabrizi and Totò are considered particularly memorable. Her television career was at its peak during the 1960s and 1970s when she was appearing in some of Italy's top-rated series. Selected filmography * (1944) – (segment "") * (1946) – Sister Celeste * (1946) – a friend of Adele's * (1946) – Laura, the waitress *'' Before Him All Rome Trembled'' (1946) – Nina * '' Rome, Free City'' (1946) – the landlady *'' To Live in Peace'' (1947) – Corinna *'' Fles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Mondaini
Alessandrina "Sandra" Mondaini (; 1 September 1931 – 21 September 2010) was an Italian actress, singer, and television and radio presenter. She appeared in 30 films between 1953 and 2008. Born in Milan, Italy, she was originated of Lambrate. she married actor Raimondo Vianello in 1962. Together with her husband she hosted numerous variety shows on Italian television including ''Tante scuse'', ''Di nuovo tante scuse'', ''Attenti a noi due'', ''Sandra e Raimondo Show'' and ''Stasera niente di nuovo''. Between 1988 and 2007 she had the leading role in the famous Italian sitcom A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent settin ..., '' Casa Vianello''. Her last work was the television film ''Crociera Vianello'', a spin-off from ''Casa Vianello''. She died on 21 September 2010 in Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Owl And The Pussycat (film)
''The Owl and the Pussycat'' is a 1970 American romantic comedy film directed by Herbert Ross from a screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the 1964 play of the same name by Bill Manhoff. The film follows Doris (Barbra Streisand), a somewhat uneducated actress, model, and part-time prostitute who moves in temporarily with her neighbor Felix (George Segal), an intellectual aspiring writer. Despite their many obvious differences, the two begin to admire each other over time. Comedian and actor Robert Klein appears in a supporting role. Plot Felix Sherman, a meek book clerk and aspiring novelist, struggles to maintain peace and quiet in his walkup New York City apartment. When he reports to his landlord that his brash, uneducated neighbor Doris is working as a prostitute, she is suddenly evicted. She then confronts him about this immediately, in the middle of the night. Felix, who had not intended that she actually be evicted, reluctantly allows her to stay at his apartment on a tempor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buonanotte Bettina
''Buonanotte Bettina'' () is a play by Italian playwrights Pietro Garinei and . It is set in Turin on 14 November 1956. An English version, titled ''When in Rome'', was given at Adelphi Theater in London in 1959. There's also a Spanish version, set in Teatro de la Comedia of Madrid on 31 December 1958. Synopsis Andrea's father and Nicoletta's mother, as well as characters, are narrators of the whole story, hiding or revealing a latent attraction between them. The manuscript of a novel entitled "''Buonanotte Bettina''" is accidentally found, abandoned in a taxi, by the Roman editor Colibò. It isn't known whether it is a novel or a masterpiece, whether it is fictional. But the content is, in every matter, hot. With tones ranging from risqué to romance, it tells of the sensual secret meetings between Bettina and the rude truck driver Joe. The editor considers the work a real editorial discovery and is looking for the author. Nicoletta, a young wife sweet and discreet, discovers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
