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Das alte Gesetz (1923)
Although Henny Porten had only a supporting part in Das alte Gesetz/The Ancient Law (1923) and Ernst Deutsch had the leading role, she was the main subject on the series of postcards which Ross Verlag...
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Helene Thimig
Austrian actress Helene Thimig (1889-1974) was an important stage performer during the Weimar republic. She came from a renown acting family: she was the daughter of Hugo Thimig and the sister of...
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Hedda Vernon
Today starts the 32nd edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato, and we're in Bologna, Italy to enjoy the festival. One of the classics programmes is One Hundred years Ago: 1918. One the main European stars of...
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Gene Tierney
We're in Bologna, Italy, at the 32nd edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato! One of the programmes is 'Immortal Imitations: The Cinema of John M. Stahl'. Stahl's films treat concealed identities, troubled yet...
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15 x Marcello Mastroianni
One of the major programmes at Il Cinema Ritrovato this year is 'Portrait of Marcello Matroianni'. There are actors who, throughout their careers and their roles, shape for themselves a multi-faceted,...
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Alberto Capozzi
One of the programmes of Il Cinema Ritrovato is Arrigo Frusta and the Writing Workshop about the Italian Arrigo Frusta (1875-1965), the director of film company Ambrosio’s 'Screenplay Office'. With...
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Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946)
Every evening the public of Cinema Ritrovato gathers at the Piazza Maggiore for a spectacular open air screening. One of these evening events is the screening of Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946). Among the...
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Cosetta Greco
Luciano Emmer 100: The Art of Gazing is one of the programmes we follow at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2018. Placed chronologically after Neorealism and before Commedia all’italiana, director Emmer’s works...
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West Side Story (1961)
Every evening the public of Cinema Ritrovato gathers at the Piazza Maggiore for a spectacular open air screening. We won't miss West Side Story (1961). Buoyed by Robert Wise's dazzling direction,...
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Photo by Bettini
Cavaliere Dottore Riccardo Bettini stemmed from a family of photographers. He was the man behind Roman publisher Edizione Sociéta Anonima Italiana Bettini, of which we made already a post on 10 June...
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Jean-Pierre Aumont
French Film star Jean-Pierre Aumont (1909-2001) was the stylish gentleman in more than 100 films. The blond-haired, blue-eyed leading man wooed and wed during his film career some of the most beautiful...
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Pierre de Guingand
Pierre de Guingand (1885-1964) was a French stage and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s, most noteworthy for performing elegant rich men in films like Au bonheur des dames (1929) and Ich küsse Ihre...
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Marika Kilius
Marika Kilius (1943) is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion in pair skating. She also appeared in German films, together with her skate partner Hans-Jürgen Bäumler.Czech...
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Jean Périer
French operatic baritone and actor Jean Périer (1869-1954) had a long association with the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Although he sang principally within the operetta repertoire, Périer portrayed roles in...
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Vingt ans après (1922)
The silent French film serial Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (1922) is the sequel to Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (1921), one of the first film versions of Alexandre Dumas...
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Gaston Jacquet
Elegant French actor Gaston Jacquet (1883–1970) started his film career during the early silent film era. He played in many films of director Julien Duvivier during the 1920s and 1930s.French postcard...
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Photo by Angelo
Hungarian Pál Funk (1894-1974) was under the name of Angelo a leading photographer of European celebrities during the 1920s and 1930s. The glamorous film star portraits of his Angelo Photos studio...
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Suzy Delair
Lively French entertainer Suzy Delair (1917) starred in many different films and was also famous in France as the singer of popular songs as Avec son Tra-la-la. For several years, the saucy star was...
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Gianluca Grignani
Italian singer-songwriter Gianluca Grignani (1972) was a teen idol during the 1990s. He also starred in the film Branchie (1999).Italian postcard by Cloè, no. 29, 1995.Italian postcard by Cloè, no. 29,...
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1950s Hollywood dreamboat Tab Hunter dead
On Sunday 8 July 2018, Hollywood hunk Tab Hunter (1931-2018) passed away. With his blond, tanned, surfer-boy good looks, he was one of Hollywood’s hottest teen idols of the 1950s era. The American...
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