Paola Borboni was an Italian stage and film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema.
La Damigella di Bard is a 1936 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli.
Olga Solbelli was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 81 films between 1939 and 1967. She was born in Verghereto and died in Bologna.
The Old Lady is a 1932 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi. It features Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.
Odessa in Flames is a 1942 Italian-Romanian propaganda war film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Carlo Ninchi and Filippo Scelzo. The film is about the Battle of Odessa in 1941, where the city was taken in an operation was primarily conducted by Romanian forces and elements of the German Army's 11th Army.
María Denis was an Argentine-born actress in Italian made films. Denis moved to Italy in 1932 when she was 16, and appeared in her first film there the same year. Denis became a top Italian star between 1936 and 1942 playing girl next door characters. Denis later appeared in films in several other countries. In 1949 she appeared in the British film Private Angelo.
The Charmer is a 1931 Italian comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Armando Falconi, Tina Lattanzi and Ada Dondini. It is part of the White Telephone genre of films. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome.
The Widow is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Isa Pola, Leonardo Cortese and Osvaldo Valenti. A mother's possessive love for her dead son leads to a hostile attitude towards his widow.
Dina Perbellini was an Italian actress. She appeared in over sixty films and television series between 1934 and 1969 and was also a leading voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy. She made her film debut in the 1934 school comedy Seconda B.
Mother Earth is a 1931 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Leda Gloria, Sandro Salvini and Isa Pola. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. Along with Blasetti's other early films, it shows a strong influence of Soviet-style realism. A country landowner decides to sell up and move to the city, but later has a change of heart. It was part of Fascist Italy's promotion of rural over urban values.
The Innkeeper is a 1944 Italian historical comedy film directed by Luigi Chiarini and starring Luisa Ferida, Armando Falconi and Osvaldo Valenti. The film is an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's 1753 play The Mistress of the Inn, one of a number of times the work has been turned into films.
Irma Gramatica was an Italian stage and film actress. Gramatica appeared in ten films during her career including The Materassi Sisters (1944). Her sisters Anna Capodaglio and Emma Gramatica were both actresses.
Carlo Giustini, sometimes credited as Carlo Justini, is an Italian retired actor.
Yes, Madam (Italian:Sissignora) is a 1942 Italian romance film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring María Denis, Leonardo Cortese and Emma Gramatica.
The Peddler and the Lady is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Caterina Boratto and Anna Magnani.
Inspector Vargas is a 1940 Italian-Spanish crime film directed by Gianni Franciolini and Félix Aguilera and starring Giulio Donadio, Olga Solbelli and Mariella Lotti.
The Former Mattia Pascal is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Irma Gramatica. It is based on the 1904 novel Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello. The film was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. A separate French-language version was also made, under the title The Man from Nowhere.
The Gift of the Morning is a 1932 Italian comedy film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Germana Paolieri, Carlo Lombardi and Arturo Falconi. It was based on a play by Giovacchino Forzano. It was made by Caesar Film at the company's Rome studios.
A Living Statue is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Laura Solari, Fosco Giachetti and Camillo Pilotto.
A Romantic Adventure is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Gino Cervi and Leonardo Cortese. It is inspired by the 1883 short story The Romantic Adventures Of A Milkmaid by Thomas Hardy. Produced when the two countries were at war, the setting was shifted from the English countryside of the late nineteenth century to Piedmont in the 1830s.
