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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.
Helena Makowska was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1911 and 1958.
Avatar is a lost Italian silent film from 1916 based on the 1856 novel Avatar by Théophile Gautier. It was directed by Carmine Gallone and starred Soava Gallone. In the UK it was also known as The Magician. It was produced by Società Italiana Cines.
Amleto Novelli was an Italian film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 110 films between 1909 and 1924.
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.
Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Diana Karenne, Maria Reisenhofer and Gustav May. The film depicts the life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in which she was executed.
Goodbye Youth is a 1918 Italian silent drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Maria Jacobini, Lido Manetti and Helena Makowska, The film was adapted from the 1911 play of the same name by Nino Oxilia and Sandro Camasio, The film is set in Turin at the beginning of the twentieth century, where a student begins a romance with a seamstress, Dorina, however he is lured away by a sophisticated older woman to Dorina's distress. Genina remade the film in 1927, again as a silent. It was then remade as a sound film of the same title in 1940.
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.
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.
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.
Take Care of Amelia is a 1925 Italian silent comedy film directed by Telemaco Ruggeri and starring Pina Menichelli, Marcel Lévesque and Elena Lunda. It is based on the 1908 play Occupe-toi d'Amélie! by Georges Feydeau, which has been made into several films. It was the final film to star Menichelli, one of the leading divas of early Italian cinema.
Diomira Jacobini was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She was the younger sister of actress Maria Jacobini.
The House of Pulcini is a 1924 Italian silent film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Diomira Jacobini, Amleto Novelli and Franz Sala.
The Prey is a 1921 French-Italian silent film directed by Guglielmo Zorzi.
The Closed Mouth is a 1925 Italian silent film directed by Guglielmo Zorzi.
The Matchmaker is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Angelo Musco, Rosina Anselmi and Enrica Fantis.
Marco Visconti is a 1925 Italian silent historical drama film directed by Aldo De Benedetti. It was based on the 1834 novel of the same name by Tommaso Grossi, which was later adapted into a 1941 sound film.
The Carnival of Venice is a 1928 Italian silent drama film directed by Mario Almirante and starring Maria Jacobini, Malcolm Tod and Bonaventura Ibáñez. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giulio Lombardozzi.
