Petrolini, Ettore

Petrolini, Ettore
(1886-1936)
   Actor and playwright. Taking to the stage at the age of 14, Petrolini achieved enormous national and international renown as a performer of cabaret and musical theater, touring extensively throughout Europe and the Americas. In spite of his huge popularity over three decades, he appeared only twice in films during the silent period: in a brief comic sketch for Latium films in 1913 and in Mario Bonnard's Mentre il pubblico ride (While the Public Laughs, 1919). However, in 1930 Alessandro Blasetti filmed a performance of his stage show Nerone (Nero, 1930) and a year later Carlo Campogalliani also recorded theatrical performances of Cortile (Courtyard, 1931) and Medico per forza (1931), an Italian version of Moliere's Le medecin malgre lui (The Doctor in Spite of Himself). Although Petrolini's lampoon of the Roman emperor in Nerone appeared to many as thinly veiled references to Mussolini, such was his overwhelming popularity that the film was allowed to circulate freely and Mussolini himself is said to have been amused by it.
   Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema by Alberto Mira

Guide to cinema. . 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Petrolini, Ettore — ▪ Italian actor and author born Jan. 13, 1886, Rome, Italy died June 29, 1936, Rome       Italian theatrical actor and author, creator of numerous caricature sketches, and inventor of a revolutionary and anticonformist way of performing.… …   Universalium

  • Petrolini, Ettore — (1886 1936)    Actor and playwright. Taking to the stage at the age of 14, Petrolini achieved enormous national and international renown as a performer of cabaret and musical theater, touring extensively throughout Europe and the Americas. In… …   Historical dictionary of Italian cinema

  • Petrolini, Ettore — (Roma 1886 1936) commediografo; attore …   Dizionario biografico elementare del Novecento letterario italiano

  • Nino Manfredi — Saturnino Nino Manfredi (Castro dei Volsci, 22 de marzo de 1921 Roma, 4 de junio de 2004) Actor, director teatral y director de cine, guionista y cantante italiano. Junto a Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi y Marcello Mastroianni… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Cinema italien — Cinéma italien L’histoire du cinéma italien commença quelques mois après que les Frères Lumière eurent créé le cinématographe et plus précisément avec les quelques secondes de film dans lequel le Pape Léon XIII bénissait la caméra. Sommaire 1… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cinéma Italien — L’histoire du cinéma italien commença quelques mois après que les Frères Lumière eurent créé le cinématographe et plus précisément avec les quelques secondes de film dans lequel le Pape Léon XIII bénissait la caméra. Sommaire 1 Premières années …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cinéma italien — L’histoire du cinéma italien commença quelques mois après que les Frères Lumière eurent créé le cinématographe et plus précisément avec les quelques secondes de film dans lequel le Pape Léon XIII bénissait la caméra. Sommaire 1 Premières années 2 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Blasetti, Alessandro — (1900 1987)    Critic, screenwriter, director. Sometimes affectionately called the father of Italian cinema in recognition of the crucial role he played in the rebirth of Italy s film industry in the late 1920s, Blasetti graduated in law but… …   Guide to cinema

  • Blasetti, Alessandro — (1900 1987)    Critic, screenwriter, director. Sometimes affectionately called the father of Italian cinema in recognition of the crucial role he played in the rebirth of Italy s film industry in the late 1920s, Blasetti graduated in law but… …   Historical dictionary of Italian cinema

  • COMÉDIE ITALIENNE — La comédie italienne est le seul genre cinématographique à pouvoir être comparé, pour sa richesse, sa fidélité à certaines lignes de force et son enracinement dans une tradition nationale, aux grands genres du cinéma américain, tels le western ou …   Encyclopédie Universelle

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”