I'm in the Revue
| I'm in the Revue | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Soldati |
| Written by | Pietro Garinei Mario Monicelli Sandro Giovannini Dino Maiuri Marcello Marchesi Stefano Vanzina |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Starring | Nino Taranto Isa Barzizza Irasema Dilián |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Douglas Robertson |
| Music by | Pasquale Frustaci Francis Lopez Vittorio Mascheroni |
Production company | Teatri della Farnesina |
| Distributed by | Cosmopolis Films Lux Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | Italian |
I'm in the Revue (French: Je suis de la revue, Italian: Botta e risposta) is a 1950 French-Italian musical comedy film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Nino Taranto, Isa Barzizza and Irasema Dilián as well as an ensemble cast of other performers.[1] [2] A revue film, it was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[3] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and the Farnesina Theatre in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.
Synopsis
[edit]Pasquele is sent by film star Suzy Delair to pick up a dress for her. However he is robbed on the train by kleptomaniac Cleo. He goes to great lengths to recover the dress.
Cast
[edit]- Nino Taranto as L'Habilleur
- Isa Barzizza as Cleo, la kleptomane
- Irasema Dilián as Maria
- Louis Armstrong as Himself
- Dante Maggio as Le portier du théâtre
- Suzy Delair as La Chanteuse
- Fernandel as Le peintre en bâtiment dévot
- Katherine Dunham as Herself
- Vanda Osiris as Herself
- Renato Rascel as Himself
- Carlo Dapporto as Himself
- Andreina Paul as Une danseuse
- Enrico Viarisio as Le prestidigitateur
- Claudio Villa as Himself
- Isa Miranda as Isa
- Borrah Minevitch as Himself
- Ernesto Almirante as Le colonel
- Cozy Cole as Un musicien
- Pierre Ferval as Le bègue
- Silvio Gigli as Himself
- Bernard Hilda as Un musicien
- Earl 'Fatha' Hines as Une musicienne
- Jean London as 'Mago di Napoli'
- Velma Middleton as Une danseuse
References
[edit]- ^ Malavasi p.158
- ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/6932/je-suis-de-la-revue
- ^ "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
Bibliography
[edit]- Malavasi, Luca. Mario Soldati. Il castoro, 2006.
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