Alfred Rode (born Alfred Spedaliere; 4 June 1905 – 22 July 1979) was an Italian-born French composer, musician, actor and film director. He was born in

Torre del Greco Torre del Greco (; ; "Greek man's Tower") is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called ''Corallini'' because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and becaus ...

. In 1936 Rode appeared in the British film ''

Gypsy Melody ''Gypsy Melody'' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Lupe Vélez, Alfred Rode and Jerry Verno. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.90 The sets were designed by art director John Mead. The fi ...

'' alongside

Lupe Vélez María Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 14, 1944) was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s ...

, which was a remake of his own 1935 film '' Juanita''.Vogel p.196-97 Rode was married to the French actress

Claudine Dupuis Claudine Dupuis (born Andrée Esther Chaloum; 1 May 1924 in Paris – 26 May 1991 in Lisieux) was a French actress. She starred as the "garrulous prostitute Manon" in Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Quai des Orfèvres'' in 1947. Other films inclu ...

from 1951.

Selected filmography

Director

* ''

The Blue Danube "The Blue Danube" is the common English title of "An der schönen blauen Donau", Op. 314 (German for "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866. Originally performed on 15 Februar ...

'' (1940) * '' Secret Cargo'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1951) * ''

It's the Paris Life ''It's the Paris Life'' (French: ''C'est la vie parisienne'') is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Alfred Rode and starring Claudine Dupuis, Philippe Lemaire and Raymond Bussières.Hayward p.465 It was shot in Gevacolor. The film portrays t ...

'' (1954) * ''

Scandal in Montmartre ''Scandal in Montmartre'' (French: ''La môme Pigalle'') is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by Alfred Rode and starring Claudine Dupuis, Philippe Nicaud and Dany Carrel.Palmer p.210 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and locati ...

'' (1955) * ''Secret File 1413'' (1962)

Actor

* ''

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'' (1931) * ''

'' (1932) * '' Juanita'' (1935) * ''

Antonia Antonia may refer to: People * Antonia (name), including a list of people with the name * Antonia gens, a Roman family, any woman of the gens was named ''Antonia'' * Antônia (footballer) * Antônia Melo Entertainment * '' Antonia's Line'', o ...

'' (1935) * ''

'' (1936) * ''

'' (1940) * ''

'' (1951) * ''Tourbillon'' (1953) * ''

'' (1954)

References

Bibliography

* Vogel, Michelle. ''Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's Mexican Spitfire''. McFarland, 2012.

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* 1905 births 1979 deaths French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters French male film actors French film directors French male composers Italian male film actors Italian film directors 20th-century French male actors 20th-century Italian male actors 20th-century French composers 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century male composers 20th-century Italian musicians 20th-century French male musicians 20th-century French male writers Italian emigrants to France {{France-film-bio-stub