Italian cinema gave rise to some of the best-known films of the postwar years, and its stars were beloved by both the public and producers. This book explores the many conflicts over stars and stardom that arose during Italian cinema's postwar rebirth, shedding new light on the …
"Italian cinema gave rise to a number of the best-known films of the postwar years, from Rome Open City to Bicycle Thieves. Although some neorealist film-makers would have preferred to abolish stars altogether, the public adored them and producers needed their help in relaunchin…
Italian cinema and the challenges of democracy -- The film industry from fascism to the Cold War -- The transformation of the star system -- The public, film-going and the stars -- Massimo Girotti : proletarian Apollo -- Clara Calamai : the suspension of glamour -- Aldo Fabrizi …
"Italian cinema gave rise to a number of the best-known films of the postwar years, from Rome Open City to Bicycle Thieves. Although some neorealist film-makers would have preferred to abolish stars altogether, the public adored them and producers needed their help in relaunchin…
"Italian cinema gave rise to a number of the best-known films of the postwar years, from Rome Open City to Bicycle Thieves. Although some neorealist film-makers would have preferred to abolish stars altogether, the public adored them and producers needed their help in relaunchin…
A brilliant, methodical investigation of a murder scandal that convulsed the Roman political and social establishment in the 1950s." (Financial Times). On April 9thm 1953, twenty-one-year-old Wilma Montesi went missing from her family home in Rome. Thirty-six hours later her bod…
By the 1950s, Italy was in the process of reinventing itself and becoming one of the most glamorous places on earth. But the murder of Wilma Montesi exposed a darker side of Roman life--a life of corruption, cover-ups and carnal pleasures. It was a crime that the newspapers, the…