The Lady of the Camellias (1947 film)

The Lady of the Camellias
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Italian	La signora dalle camelie
Directed by	Carmine Gallone
Written by	Hamilton Benz Francesco Maria Piave (libretto)
Produced by	Gregor Rabinovitch William A. Szekeley
Starring	Nelly Corradi Gino Mattera Manfredi Polverosi
Cinematography	Arturo Gallea
Edited by	Niccolò Lazzari
Music by	Luigi Ricci Giuseppe Verdi
Production company	Grandi Film Storici Cinopera
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (US)
Release date	22 December 1947 (1947-12-22)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Lady of the Camellias (Italian : La signora dalle camelie) is a 1947 Italian musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Nelly Corradi, Gino Mattera and Manfredi Polverosi. ^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1853 opera La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. In 1948 it was released in America by Columbia Pictures under the title The Lost One.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Costume design was by Georges Annenkov.

Cast

• Nelly Corradi as Violetta Valery
• Gino Mattera as Alfredo Germont
• Manfredi Polverosi as Georg Germont
• Flora Marino as Flora Bervoix
• Carlo Lombardi as Baron Douphol
• Massimo Serato as Alexandre Dumas fils (prologue)
• Nerio Bernardi as Giuseppe Verdi (prologue)
• Onelia Fineschi as Singer: opera
• Tito Gobbi as Singer: opera
• Francesco Albanese as Singer: opera
• Arturo la Porta as Singer: opera

References

1. Dyer, Richard (2012) [2011]. In The Space Of A Song: The Uses of Song in Film. London: Routledge. p. 34. doi:10.1017/S0261143013000731. ISBN   978-0415223744.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   3598114923.

External links

• The Lady of the Camellias at IMDb