Augusto Genina was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.
Lucciola is a 1917 Italian film directed by Augusto Genina.
The Prince of the Impossible is a 1918 Italian film directed by Augusto Genina.
Helena Makowska was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1911 and 1958.
Carmen Boni was an Italian actress.
Maria Jacobini was an Italian film actress. She was married to the film director Gennaro Righelli and appeared in many of his silent films for the Vesuvio Film Company. She worked in the German film industry in the mid-1920s. She was the older sister of actress Diomira Jacobini.
Villa Falconieri is a 1928 German-Italian silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Maria Jacobini, Hans Stüwe, and Eve Gray. It was based on the 1896 novel of the same title by Richard Voss.
Hamlet (Italian:Amleto) is a 1917 Italian silent drama film directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi and starring Ruggero Ruggeri, Helena Makowska and Mercedes Brignone. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Goodbye Youth is a 1940 Italian "white-telephones" drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring María Denis, Adriano Rimoldi and Clara Calamai. The film was adapted from the 1911 play of the same name by Nino Oxilia and Sandro Camasio, which had been adapted into films on three previous occasions. The film was a breakthrough role for Calamai who emerged as a leading star of Italian cinema during the 1940s. It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome and the Fert Studios in Turin.
Goodbye Youth is a 1927 Italian silent drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Walter Slezak, Elena Sangro and Carmen Boni. The film was adapted from the 1911 play of the same name by Nino Oxilia and Sandro Camasio.
Arnold Kent was an Italian-born American actor. He was born in Sesto Fiorentino as Lido Manetti and acted under that name in Italy, appearing in films such as Goodbye Youth (1918) and Quo Vadis (1924). He moved then to Hollywood where he played supporting roles in films such as Hula (1927) with Clara Bow and Clive Brook. He died in Los Angeles the following year after a car accident shortly before he was due to make a film with Mary Pickford.
Tortured Soul is a 1919 Italian silent film directed by Mario Caserini and starring Maria Jacobini, Andrea Habay and Alberto Collo. Alessandro Blasetti, a leading Italian director of the Fascist era, had his first contact with filmmaking by appearing as an extra.
Beatrice Cenci is a 1926 Italian silent historical film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Maria Jacobini, Raimondo Van Riel and Franz Sala. It is one of several films portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.
Diomira Jacobini was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She was the younger sister of actress Maria Jacobini.
The Blonde Hannele is a 1924 German silent film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Maria Mindzenty, Carl de Vogt, and Helena Makowska.
The Last Lord is a 1926 Italian silent comedy film directed by Augusto Genina.
The Matchmaker is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Angelo Musco, Rosina Anselmi and Enrica Fantis.
The Voyage is a 1921 Italian silent drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Maria Jacobini and Carlo Benetti. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Luigi Pirandello. It was made by the Turin-based Fert Film.
Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter is a 1922 German-Italian silent epic film directed by Luigi Romano Borgnetto and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Helena Makowska and Ludwig Hartau. It was one of a series of films featuring the character of Maciste.
Red Love is a 1921 Italian silent drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Maria Jacobini, Amleto Novelli and Arnold Kent. It was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin.
