Italy was the host nation for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was the first time that the nation had hosted the Summer Games, and the second time overall. It also hosted the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome – the inaugural Paralympic Games.
Menichelli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli, known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pastrone gave her the lead role in The Fire (1916). Over the next nine years, Menichelli made a series of films, often trading on her image as a diva and on her passionate, decadent eroticism. Menichelli became a global star, and one of the most appreciated actresses in Italian cinema, before her retirement in 1924, aged 34.
La dama de Chez Maxim's is a 1923 Italian silent comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Carmen Boni, Alfredo Martinelli and Pina Menichelli. It is an adaptation of the 1899 play La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau.
Livio Cesare Pavanelli was an Italian film actor.
Luigi Serventi was an Italian film actor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1929 German silent mystery film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Alexander Murski, Livio Pavanelli. The film is an adaptation of the 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the last Sherlock Holmes adaptation in the silent film era. The film boasted an unusually international cast, including American actor Carlyle Blackwell, German actor Fritz Rasp, British actress Alma Taylor, Russian actor Alexander Murski and Italian actor Livio Pavanelli.
Tigre reale(The royal tigress) is a 1916 silent film directed by Giovanni Pastrone under the name Piero Fosco, adapting the eponymous 1875 novel by Giovanni Verga.
Julius Caesar is a 1914 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Amleto Novelli, Bruto Castellani and Pina Menichelli. Taking minor inspiration from William Shakespeare's 1599 play of the same title, the film portrays the events leading up to the assassination of Julius Caesar. In the wake of Guazzoni's internationally successful Quo Vadis it was produced on an epic scale, including vast sets recreating Ancient Rome and more than 20,000 extras.
The Railway Owner is a 1919 Italian silent drama film directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Luigi Serventi, Maria Caserini and Amleto Novelli. It is based on Georges Ohnet's novel Le Maître de Forges.
The Story of a Poor Young Man is a 1920 Italian silent drama film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Luigi Serventi, Pina Menichelli and Antonio Gandusio. It was one of numerous film adaptations of Octave Feuillet's novel of the same name.
The Second Wife or The Second Mrs. Tanqueray is a 1922 Italian silent drama film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Pina Menichelli, Elena Lunda and Alfredo Martinelli. It is an adaptation of Arthur Wing Pinero's 1893 British play The Second Mrs Tanqueray, about a woman who struggles to overcome rumours about her past.
Princess Giorgio is a 1920 Italian silent film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Francesca Bertini and Livio Pavanelli.
The Cheerful Soul is a 1919 Italian silent comedy film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Francesca Bertini. It is based on play by Serafín Álvarez Quintero.
The Confessions of a Woman is a 1928 Italian silent drama film directed by Amleto Palermi. The film relates a woman falling into high-class prostitution, and her eventual redemption. It is set in Palermo.
The Story of Lilian Hawley is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Franz W. Koebner and starring Lotte Neumann and Livio Pavanelli.
The Most Beautiful Woman in the World is a 1924 German silent film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lee Parry, Livio Pavanelli and Olaf Fjord. It premiered in Berlin at the Marmorhaus.
The Last of the Bergeracs is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Ketty Maya, Arturo Falconi and Italia Almirante-Manzini.
A Husband for the Month of April is a 1941 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Vanna Vanni, Carlo Romano and Pina Renzi.
The Woman of Yesterday and Tomorrow is a 1928 Austrian silent drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Arlette Marchal, Vivian Gibson, Livio Pavanelli. It is based on the novel of the same title by Alfred Schirokauer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger.
