The Lady of the Camellias, sometimes called in English Camille, is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. First published in 1848 and subsequently adapted by Dumas for the stage, the play premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris, France, on February 2, 1852. It was an instant success. Shortly thereafter, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi set about putting the story to music in the 1853 opera La traviata, with female protagonist Marguerite Gautier renamed Violetta Valéry.
Francesca Bertini was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century.
Assunta Spina is a 1915 Italian silent film. Outside Italy, it is sometimes known as Sangue Napolitano.
Gustavo Serena was an Italian actor and film director. He appeared in 107 films between 1909 and 1961. He also directed 33 films between 1912 and 1932. He was born in Naples and died in Rome.
The Clemenceau Affair is a 1917 silent Italian adventure film directed by Alfredo De Antoni. The film features the first onscreen performance from Vittorio De Sica.
Giuseppe Barattolo (1882–1949) was an Italian lawyer, politician and film producer. In 1913, during the silent era, Barattolo founded Caesar Film. Caesar made a series of popular films, some of which starred Francesca Bertini. In 1919 he joined and became an influential figure at the conglomerate Unione Cinematografica Italiana which dominated Italian film production during the early 1920s, but this came to an end following the box office failure of Quo Vadis (1924). In the early 1930s he tried to re-establish Caesar Film as a serious force in Italian production, but this also failed.
The Blind Woman of Sorrento is a 1916 Italian silent drama film directed by Gustavo Serena and starring Alfredo De Antoni, Olga Benetti and Carlo Benetti. It is set in the nineteenth century in Sorrento in southern Italy. It is an adaptation of the 1852 novel of the same title by Francesco Mastriani. Subsequent adaptations were made in 1934, 1952 and 1963.
Alberto Collo was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred and thirty films during his career, mostly during the silent era. During the 1910s he starred in several films directed by Baldassarre Negroni.
There's Room Up Ahead is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Andrea Checchi and Adriana Benetti. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome.
The Crusaders or Jerusalem Liberated is a 1918 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni. It is based on the poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. The film is set during the Crusades and describes Godfrey of Bouillon's conquest of Jerusalem in 1099.
Blue Blood is a 1914 Italian silent drama film directed by Nino Oxilia and starring Francesca Bertini, Amedeo Ciaffi and Anna Cipriani.
Odette is a 1916 Italian silent drama film based upon the play by Victorien Sardou, directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro, and starring Francesca Bertini, Alfredo De Antoni, and Carlo Benetti. It was remade in 1928 and 1935, with both versions starring Bertini.
King Lear is a 1910 Italian silent historical drama film directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio and starring Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini and Olga Giannini Novelli. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear.
Lucrezia Borgia is a 1912 Italian silent historical film directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio and starring Francesca Bertini in the title role of Lucrezia Borgia.
Pierrot the Prodigal is a 1914 Italian silent film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Francesca Bertini, Leda Gys and Emilio Ghione.
The Lady of the Camellias is a 1915 Italian historical drama film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Hesperia, Alberto Collo, and Ida Carloni Talli. It is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias. Another Italian version The Lady of the Camellias was released the same year.
Mariute is a 1918 Italian silent drama film directed by Edoardo Bencivenga and starring Francesca Bertini.
Broken Idol is a 1913 Italian silent film directed by Emilio Ghione and starring Francesca Bertini, Angelo Gallina and Alberto Collo.
Caesar Film was an Italian film production and distribution company founded in 1913. The studio's owner Giuseppe Barattolo built it into one of the more successful silent film companies of the 1910s, thanks partly to signing up the diva Francesca Bertini to make a series of films.
Zaganella and the Cavalier is a 1932 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Mannini and Gustavo Serena and starring Arturo Falconi, Marcella Albani and Carlo Lombardi. It is also known as Zaganella and the Honorable Gentleman.
