Dria Paola
Acting
Biography
Dria Paola, born Pietra Pitteo, was an Italian stage and film actress. In 1930 she starred in the first Italian sound film "The Song of Love".
Born: November 21, 1909
Place of Birth: Rovigo, Italy
Known For
The Song of Love
A young woman takes care of the just-born child of her late mother. Sacrificing her engagement and studies along the way.
The Hotel of the Absent
The young lady-in-waiting of a millionairess is kidnapped, in her stead, by people who had an interest in the disappearance of the rich heiress. The girl is entrusted to a shady figure who has, for years, organized a special "hotel" where - in rigorous segregation - he holds prisoners the people entrusted to him by those who, for reasons of interest, have decreed their disappearance.
The Blind Woman of Sorrento
Drama set in the nineteenth century in Sorrento in southern Italy. It is an adaptation of the 1852 novel of the same title by Francesco Mastriani. A young woman named Beatrice loses her sight after witnessing the death of her mother. Unable to see Beatrice is unable to identify her mothers’ killer. The police arrest a man who they believe is the murderer. Did they get the right man or is the killer still lurking in the shadows? Years later a family friend introduces Beatrice to a renowned Doctor who specializes in restoring sight. Will Beatrice regain her sight and identify her mothers’ killer or will someone make sure that she never sees again?
The Movie Star
A young woman accidentally becomes a movie star.
Montevergine
A blacksmith from Montevergine, accused of murder, flees to Argentina. Years later, a mute witness testifies to his innocence, leading to his acquittal. Just before returning home, an Argentine woman plants opium in his luggage, resulting in a ten-year prison sentence. After his release, he finds his daughter engaged to a wealthy landowner who had falsely accused him. Enraged, he plans to kill the man but is moved by grace at the Marian Shrine, lays down his weapon, and makes peace with his enemy.
Cuori nella tormenta
Sole!
Sole is the first film by the great Alessandro Blasetti and bears a complex relationship to the reclamation of the Pontine Marshes, a seminal event in Fascist political history.
Battles in the Shadow
Foreign spies steal the formula for a revolutionary explosive created by an Italian scientist and to decrypt the secret code they kidnap his secretary who knows about it.
Vele ammainate
L'albero di Adamo
Based on the comedy Il successo by Alfredo Testoni.
Filmography
as Teresa
as Luisa Paoli
as Alina
as Susanna
as Young prisoner
as Francine
as Eugenia
as Maddalena
as La dottoressa Renata Vigo
as Herself
as Lucia
as Giovanna
as Viennese Child's Mother