Polish diva Soava Gallone (1880-1957) starred in the Italian silent melodrama All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (1921) directed by her husband Carmine Gallone for their own production company Films Gallone. Other actors were Umberto Casilini, Piero Schiavazzi and the child actor Marcella Sabbatini.
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Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
![Soava Gallone in All'ombra d'un trono]()
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 94. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
![Soava Gallone in All'ombra di un trono]()
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 224. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne aka L'Ombra di un trono (Carmine Gallone, 1921) was based on Fleur d'ombre, a French novel by Charles Folly.
When the legitimate heir to a throne has mysteriously killed himself, his brother (Piero Schiavazzi) becomes king. The iron law obliges the young and inexpert prince to abandon his affair with a bourgeois girl (Soava Gallone), with whom he is in love.
The renouncement of (but then revocation) of real love, the court intrigues, and a final duel are the ingredients of this Ruritania-like story.
All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne was released in Italy only in 1923. While press though it was outdated, audiences flocked to see it.
![Soava Gallone in All'ombra di un trono]()
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 115. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
![Soava Gallone in All'ombra d'un trono]()
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 117. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
![Soava Gallone in All'ombra di un trono]()
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 172. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
Sources: Vittorio Martinelli (Il cinema muto italiano 1921-1922 - Italian) and IMDb.
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 94. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 224. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
Ruritania-like story
All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne aka L'Ombra di un trono (Carmine Gallone, 1921) was based on Fleur d'ombre, a French novel by Charles Folly.
When the legitimate heir to a throne has mysteriously killed himself, his brother (Piero Schiavazzi) becomes king. The iron law obliges the young and inexpert prince to abandon his affair with a bourgeois girl (Soava Gallone), with whom he is in love.
The renouncement of (but then revocation) of real love, the court intrigues, and a final duel are the ingredients of this Ruritania-like story.
All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne was released in Italy only in 1923. While press though it was outdated, audiences flocked to see it.
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 115. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 117. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
Italian postcard by G. B. Falci, Milano, no. 172. Photo: publicity still for All'ombra di un trono/In the Shadow of a Throne (Carmine Gallone, 1921).
Sources: Vittorio Martinelli (Il cinema muto italiano 1921-1922 - Italian) and IMDb.