Alfredo Guarini (1901–1981) was an Italian

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

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and director. Guarini is noted in particular for his management of the career of the Italian actress

Isa Miranda Isa Miranda (born Ines Isabella Sampietro; 5 July 1909 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career. Biography Miranda was born Ines Isabella Sampietro in Milan, the daughter of atreet car conductor in Mian. When ...

, who he eventually married. In the mid-1930s he was responsible for persuading her to work in a variety of different countries to build up a greater international profile after her breakthrough success in ''

Everybody's Woman ''Everybody's Woman'' (Italian: ''La signora di tutti'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi and Tatyana Pavlova. It is the only film Max Ophüls made in Italy. The film was a success an ...

'' (1934).Gundle p.131

Selected filmography

Director

* ''

A Woman Has Fallen ''A Woman Has Fallen'' (Italian: ''È caduta una donna'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Alfredo Guarini and starring Isa Miranda, Rossano Brazzi, and Claudio Gora. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel, Paolo ...

'' (1941) * ''

Document Z-3 ''Document Z-3'' (Italian:''Documento Z-3'') is a 1942 Italian spy film directed by Alfredo Guarini and starring Isa Miranda, Claudio Gora and Luis Hurtado. It was one of three Miranda films directed by Guarini that helped re-establish her in Ital ...

'' (1942) * '' Charley's Aunt'' (1943)

Producer

* ''

Lady of Paradise ''Lady of Paradise'' (Italian: ''La signora Paradiso'') is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Elsa De Giorgi, Mino Doro and Memo Benassi.Goble p.69 It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios. The film's sets were designe ...

'' (1934) * '' Red Passport'' (1935) * '' Germany Year Zero'' (1948) * '' The Walls of Malapaga'' (1949) * ''

Journey to Italy ''Journey to Italy'', also known as ''Voyage to Italy'', is a 1954 drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders play Katherine and Alex Joyce, a childless English married couple on a trip to Italy whose marriage i ...

'' (1954) * ''

Esterina ''Esterina'' is a 1959 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was entered into the main competition at the 20th Venice International Film Festival, in which Carla Gravina received a special mention for her performance. Cast *Carla Gr ...

'' (1959) * ''

Thor and the Amazon Women ''Thor and the Amazon Women'' (Italian: ''Le gladiatrici'', lit. "The female gladiators") is a 1963 Italian / Yugoslavian sword and sandal film directed by Antonio Leonviola. The film is also known as ''The Amazon Women'' (United Kingdom censored ...

'' (1963)

References

Bibliography

* Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.

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* 1901 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film producers Italian film directors Film people from Genoa 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub