''But It Isn't Serious'' (Italian: ''Ma non è una cosa seria'') is a 1921 Italian
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...
directed by
Augusto Camerini and starring
Carmen Boni
Carmen Boni (born Maria Carmela Bonicatti; 8 April 1901 – 18 November 1963) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Maria Carmela Bonicatti was born on 8 April 1901 in Rome to a colonel and Teresa Rovere di Bergeggi. Her birth date has also been gi ...
.
[Stewart p.52]
Cast
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Carmen Boni
Carmen Boni (born Maria Carmela Bonicatti; 8 April 1901 – 18 November 1963) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Maria Carmela Bonicatti was born on 8 April 1901 in Rome to a colonel and Teresa Rovere di Bergeggi. Her birth date has also been gi ...
*
Romano Calò
Romano Calò (6 May 1883 – 17 August 1952) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1913 and 1945.
Selected filmography
* '' Il bacio di Cirano'' (1913)
* '' But It Isn't Serious'' (1921)
* '' Queen of the Night'' (1931) ...
as Memmo Speranza
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Ignazio Lupi
Ignazio Lupi (1867–1942) was an Italian actor and film director. Lupi appeared in more than eighty films including several historical epics such as ''Cabiria'' (1914).Cowie p.38
Selected filmography
* ''Quo Vadis'' (1913)
* ''Antony and Cleopa ...
as Il cap. Barranco
*
Fernanda Negri Pouget as Gasperina
*
Giovanni Schettini
See also
*''
But It's Nothing Serious
''But It's Nothing Serious'' (Italian: ''Ma non è una cosa seria'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica, Elisa Cegani and Assia Noris.Cardullo p.268 It is based o ...
'' (1936)
References
Bibliography
* Stewart, John. ''Italian film: a who's who''. McFarland, 1994.
External links
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1921 films
1920s Italian-language films
Films based on works by Luigi Pirandello
Films directed by Augusto Camerini
Italian silent feature films
Italian films based on plays
Italian black-and-white films
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