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Power couples of Italian silent film
It may not be a surprise that the Italian silent film industry was chock-full of couples. Today, for the Feast of Saint Valentine, let’s take a look at these duos with lives spent in film as well as love—sometimes both … Continue reading
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Tagged André Deed, athletic heroines, Augusto Genina, Baldassarre Negroni, Carmen Boni, Carmine Gallone, cinema of Italy, Diana Karenne, Emilio Ghione, Febo Mari, Fernanda Negri Pouget, Gero Zambuto, Italia Almirante Manzini, Kally Sambucini, Lea Giunchi, Leda Gys, Linda Albertini, Luciano Albertini, Maria Gasparini Caserini, Maria Jacobini, Mario Caserini, Nietta Mordeglia, Nino Oxilia, Rina De Liguoro, Soava Gallone, Valentina Frascaroli
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Now on the Media History Digital Library: several of my film magazines
Well, when I say ‘now’, I mean ‘several months ago’. Last year, I went on holiday to Europe (including taking in Il Cinema Ritrovato), and while in the Netherlands, I picked up several issues of the Dutch journal Cinema en Theater … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Abel, Asta Nielsen, film magazines, Geraldine Farrar, Leda Gys, Louise Glaum, Lucy Doraine, MHDL, Pola Negri, Sessue Hayakawa
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Diva films about diva films
After spending some quality time with the films of Borelli, Menichelli, and Makowska, now I want to cast my net a little wider. Diva films were a major force of the Italian film industry in the teens—but how did people perceive … Continue reading
L’Amazzone mascherata | The Masked Amazon [The Woman who Dared] (IT 1914)
L’Amazzone mascherata sees Francesca Bertini in the role of Franca de Roberti, a woman who vows to clear the name of her husband after he is framed for treason. Here she is, appearing in the opening ‘credit sequence’ as both … Continue reading
Fatal passions: an overview of the Italian divas
Decadence, outrageous emotion, an extravaganze of costume and gesture … the inimitable screen presence of the Italian divas is one of my favourite facets of the silent era. In the 1910s, actresses like Lyda Borelli, Francesca Bertini, and Pina Menichelli swept … Continue reading
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