Telefoni Bianchi films, also called deco films, were made by the Italian film industry in the 1930s and the 1940s in imitation of American comedies of the time in a sharp contrast to the other important style of the era, calligrafismo, which was highly artistic. The cinema of Telefoni Bianchi was born from the success of the Italian film comedy of the early 1930s; it was a lighter version, cleansed of any intellectualism or veiled social criticism.
Clara Calamai was an Italian actress.
Paola Barbara was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1935 and 1978. She was sometimes credited as Pauline Baards.
The 6th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 8 and 31 August 1938. The festival screened a French cinema retrospective, spanning works from 1891 to 1933.
Mr. Desire is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Vittorio De Sica.
Gennaro Righelli was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, The Song of Love. He was married to the film star Maria Jacobini, whom he frequently cast in his films.
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.
Giorgio Simonelli, was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist.
The Courier of the King is a 1947 Italian historical film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Rossano Brazzi, Irasema Dilián and Valentina Cortese. It is an adaptation of the 1830 novel The Red and the Black by Stendhal. It was the final film of the veteran director Righelli, who had previously directed a silent version of the story in 1928. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti.
Those Two is a 1935 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo and Assia Noris. A couple of men struggling to find work both fall in love with the same woman. The story is loosely based on two works by Eduardo De Filippo.
Peddlin' in Society or Down With Riches! is a 1946 Italian romance-drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli. it was a loose sequel to the 1945 film Down with Misery by the same director and also starring Magnani.
Giuseppe Fatigati was an Italian film editor, producer and director.
The Knight of San Marco is a 1939 Italian historical drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Mario Ferrari, Dria Paola and Laura Nucci. It is set during the Risorgimento. It was made at Cinecittà, with sets designed by the art director Alfredo Montori.
Lasciate ogni speranza is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Antonio Gandusio, María Denis and Rosina Anselmi.
The Secret Courier is a 1928 German silent adventure film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Lil Dagover, Ivan Mozzhukhin and Agnes Petersen. It is based on the classic novel The Red and the Black by Stendhal, which Righelli later remade as a sound film The Courier of the King in 1947. The film was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
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.
They've Kidnapped a Man is a 1938 Italian white-telephone comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Vittorio De Sica, Caterina Boratto and Maria Denis. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori.
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.
La voce senza volto is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli. It is part of the tradition of telefoni bianchi comedies, popular in Italy at the time.
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.
