Domenico Meccoli (4 January 1913 – 21 November 1983) was an Italian film critic, journalist,

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and occasional actor. Born in

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, Meccoli started his career as a journalist and a film critic for the magazine ''Cinema'', and later for several decades he was film critic and chief editor of the magazine '' Epoca''. He wrote for nine films between 1939 and 1954. He was a member of the jury at the 16th Venice International Film Festival in 1955, at the 9th Cannes Film Festival in 1956 and at the

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in 1968. In 1961 and 1962 he served as artistic director of the

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Selected filmography

* '' Cardinal Messias'' (1939) * ''

Hurricane in the Tropics ''Hurricane in the Tropics'' () is a 1939 Italian adventure film directed by Pier Luigi Faraldo and Gino Talamo and starring Fosco Giachetti, Rubi D'Alma, and Osvaldo Valenti.Poppi p.396 The film is based on a novel by Anton Giulio Majano. The f ...

'' (1939) * '' Flying Squadron'' (1949) * ''

Stormbound ''Stormbound'' () is a 1950 Italian crime melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Constance Dowling, Andrea Checchi and Aldo Silvani. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It earned 64 million lire at ...

'' (1950) * '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) * '' I due derelitti'' (1951) * '' Tom Toms of Mayumba'' (1955, actor)

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