, 1h52 Directed byRobert Mulligan OriginUSA GenresComedy, Romantic comedy, Romance ActorsRock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee, Joel Grey, Bobby Darin, Walter Slezak Roles Maria (Maid) (uncredited) Rating68% Wealthy American businessman Robert Talbot (Rock Hudson) owns a villa on the Ligurian coast, where he and his Roman mistress Lisa Fellini (Gina Lollobrigida) spend September of each year. When Robert moves up his annual visit to July and calls her en route from Milano, she cancels her wedding to Englishman Spencer (Ronald Howard) and rushes to meet him. Upon his arrival at the villa, Robert discovers that, in his absence, his major domo, Maurice Clavell (Walter Slezak), has turned the villa into a hotel, currently hosting a group of teenage girls, including Sandy (Sandra Dee), and their chaperone, Margaret Allison (Brenda De Banzie). Their departure is delayed when Margaret slips on a champagne bottle cork dropped by Robert and is forced to spend a day in the hospital. Four teenage boys who irritated Robert on the drive to his villa, including Tony (Bobby Darin), set up camp right outside of the villa and begin courting the girls.
, 1h30 Directed bySteno OriginFrance GenresComedy ThemesPeinture ActorsTotò, Louis de Funès, Abbe Lane, Mario Carotenuto, Giacomo Furia, Enzo Garinei Roles Signora del treno Rating60% The penniless painter Toto is commissioned by unknown Spanish fraudsters to mirror the famous masterpiece Maja Desnuda by Francisco Goya, with some details. In fact, these thieves have agreed with a rich billionaire who plans to buy the original masterpiece. When Toto discovers that all that was nothing more than a scam, it's too late...
, 1h14 Directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia GenresComedy ActorsTotò, Ave Ninchi, Aroldo Tieri, Paul Müller, Mario Castellani, Luigi Pavese Roles La nera australiana Rating62% In 1950 in Australia Aunt Agatha writes to Toto, informing him not to send him in Italy even a penny until he is married. Toto is in fact a great bachelor who dabbles in sculpture and live in luxury with the money of her aunt. Now Toto is threatened and forced to be with a woman just because Aunt would soon come to Rome to meet the new couple. Thanks to a friend (Aroldo Tieri) Toto is helped but the women that gives him are horrible or are already ammogliate, which causes many misunderstandings. At the end bull is mistaken for a delinquent because of mistaken identity and misunderstanding continues when they come into the house of Toto's aunt and the new "wife", or a woman who is made to pay for pretending to be his wife Toto.
Directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia GenresComedy ActorsTotò, Ave Ninchi, Marisa Merlini, Aroldo Tieri, Paul Müller, Mario Castellani Roles La nera australiana Rating62% En 1950, l'énergique et déterminé tante Agata, qui vit en Australie, fatiguée de la vie de Bohème que conduit son neveu Totò, sculpteur d'avant-garde à Rome, essaye d'y remédier en le faisant épouser sa pupille Adelina. Pour cela, elle envoie une photo de la jeune fille dans une lettre dans laquelle elle informe Totò de sa décision et où elle annonce qu'elles vont lui rendre visite prochainement. Mais, par erreur, la photo envoyée est celle de la très laide femme de chambre d'Agata : ainsi Totò est confronté au choix entre se marier contre sa volonté ou renoncer à la rente de la tante.
, 1h48 Directed byGiuseppe De Santis OriginItalie GenresDrama, Crime, Italian neorealism ThemesFeminist films, Films about the labor movement, Political films ActorsVittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Nico Pepe, Checco Rissone Roles Irene Rating75% The film begins at the start of the rice-planting season in northern Italy. In an effort to escape the law, two small-time thieves, Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gassman), hide amongst the crowds of female workers heading to the rice fields of the Po Valley. While attempting to board the train for the fields, the pair runs into Silvana (Silvana Mangano), a peasant rice worker. Francesca boards the train with Silvana, who introduces her to the planter's way of life. Francesca does not have a work permit, and struggles with the other "illegals" to find a place on the rice fields. After initial resistance from documented workers and bosses, the scabs are allowed a place in the fields. At the fields, Silvana and Francesca meet a soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco (Raf Vallone), who unsuccessfully tries to attract Silvana's interest.
, 1h28 Directed byMario Mattoli GenresDrama, Romance ActorsAlida Valli, Carlo Ninchi, Giuditta Rissone, Dina Galli, Armando Migliari, Marisa Merlini Roles Ospite dell'istituto Rating58% Cesare, a journalist, recognizes among some prostitutes arrested by the police, the young woman that saved his life some time earlier, without his having learned her identity. He tries to help the woman, Maria, and convince her to change her life, but without success.