Edoardo Anton

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Edoardo Anton
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Born
Edoardo Antonelli

7 January 1910 (1910-01-07)
Rome, Italy
Died11 May 1986 (1986-05-12) (aged 76)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter

Edoardo Anton (7 January 1910 - 11 May 1986) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.

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Background

Born in Rome as Edoardo Antonelli, Anton was the son of the playwright and journalist Luigi Antonelli. [1] He entered the cinema industry in mid-thirties and soon became a prolific screenwriter specialized in comedy films. [1] His work as filmmaker is marginal, mainly confined to the co-direction of a few international co-productions; [1] the only work entirely attributable to him is Il lupo della frontiera . [1]

Selected filmography

Writer

Film
YearTitleNotes
1941 The Adventuress from the Floor Above
1941 Princess Cinderella
1942 Fourth Page
1942 Bengasi
1942 Headlights in the Fog
1943 Farewell Love!
1950 I falsari
1952 I, Hamlet
1953 Saluti e baci
1953 The Enchanting Enemy
1954 Cardinal Lambertini
1955 Il coraggio
1955 The Sign of Venus
1956 Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
1956 Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1957 Husbands in the City
1958 Girls for the Summer
1958 Mogli pericolose
1959 The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina
1959 Le sorprese dell'amore
1959 Uncle Was a Vampire
1960 Gentlemen Are Born
1960 Robin Hood and the Pirates
1961 Romulus and the Sabines

Director

Film
YearTitleNotes
1949 The Glass Mountain
1952 Frontier Wolf
1954 Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. p. 28. ISBN   8884401712.