Related Research Articles
Alessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s.
Mario Caserini was an Italian film director, as well as an actor, screenwriter, and early pioneer of film making in the early portion of the 20th century. Caserini was born in Rome, Italy, and was married to early 20th-century Italian actress Maria Caserini. His 1906 film Otello is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Othello.
Alfredo Martinelli was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany.
Macbeth is a silent Italian 1909 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the second Macbeth film released that year, and is the third film version of the play. The film was directed by Mario Caserini, and starred Dante Cappelli, Maria Caserini, Amleto Palormi, and Ettore Pesci. The running time is 16 minutes and it is a black-and-white film.
Maria Caserini was an Italian stage and film actress, as well as a pioneer of filmmaking during the early 20th century. She often starred in adaptations of stage and film productions for the works of William Shakespeare.
Otello is a 1906 Italian silent film based on the 1887 opera of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi, both being based on the William Shakespeare play Othello. The film was directed by and starred Mario Caserini, playing opposite his wife Maria Caserini. It is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of the play, released in Italy on 30 October 1906.
Amleto Palermi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed The Old Lady, which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.
Mario Bonnard was an Italian actor and film director.
Marcel Lévesque was a French film actor.
Livio Cesare Pavanelli was an Italian film actor.
Love Everlasting is a 1913 Italian silent drama film directed by Mario Caserini and starring Lyda Borelli, Mario Bonnard and Gianpaolo Rosmino. With the possible exception of Cabiria (1914), it is the most famous of early Italian silent films. It was made in Turin by Gloria Film. Borelli's appearance in the film led to her being considered the first diva of the cinema.
Vittorio Rossi Pianelli was an Italian stage and film actor and director. He was a prominent figure in early Italian film, appearing in over fifty silent films before 1930. His final appearance was in The Count of Brechard (1940).
Agrippina is a 1911 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Adele Bianchi Azzarili, Amleto Novelli and Maria Caserini. The film portrays the life of Agrippina the Younger, and was part of the move towards Roman epics in early Italian cinema.
Telemaco Ruggeri was an Italian actor and film director of the silent era.
Floretta and Patapon may refer to:
Floretta and Patapon is a 1927 Italian silent comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Ossi Oswalda, Livio Pavanelli and Marcel Lévesque. It is a remake of the 1913 film of the same title.
Beatrice Cenci is a 1909 Italian silent historical film directed by Mario Caserini and starring Maria Caserini, Renato De Grais and Fernanda Negri Pouget. It is one of several films portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.
Camillo De Riso (1854–1924) was an Italian actor and film director.
Letizia Quaranta, also known with the stage name of Laetitia Quaranta, was an Italian film actress. She was mainly active in the silent era of cinema.
Augusto Bandini was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than forty productions, the majority of them during the silent era.
References
- ↑ Moliterno p.65
