Two Million for a Smile

Two Million for a Smile
Directed by	Carlo Borghesio Mario Soldati
Written by	Carlo Borghesio Renato Castellani Mario Soldati
Starring	Enrico Viarisio Giuseppe Porelli Elsa De Giorgi
Cinematography	Mario Albertelli
Edited by	Mario Bonotti
Music by	Felice Montagnini
Production company	Lux Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	7 August 1939 (1939-08-07)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Two Million for a Smile (Italian : Due milioni per un sorriso) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and Mario Soldati and starring Enrico Viarisio, Giuseppe Porelli and Elsa De Giorgi. ^[1]

It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Brosio.

Synopsis

An Italian industrialist who has made a fortune in America returns to Italy planning to make a film about a beautiful woman who smiled at him before he left his home country years before. With the assistance of a man who resembles his younger self he sets out to find the perfect woman for the role.

Cast

• Enrico Viarisio as Mister Giacomo Perotti / Martino Bo
• Giuseppe Porelli as Spinelli, il segretario
• Elsa De Giorgi as Maria
• Sandra Ravel as Lisetta
• Romolo Costa as Il barista
• Dhia Cristiani as Piera
• Lauro Gazzolo as L'ufficiale giudiziario
• Pina Renzi as La guarderobiera
• Ermanno Roveri as Il banchista / il regista
• Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il cuoco / il truccatore
• Vasco Creti as Il capotreno
• Guido Barbarisi as L'elettricista / il capocameriere
• Carlo Bressan as L'autista del furgoncino
• Maria Polese as La padrona della copisteria
• Raimondo Van Riel as L'oste
• Carlo Ranieri as Il primo cameriere / l'operatore
• Antonietta Vilella as La fanciulla dell'organino
• Livia Minelli as Un'attrice

References

1. Curti p.22

Bibliography

• Roberto Curti. Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland, 2017.

External links

• Two Million for a Smile at IMDb