Mary Cleo Tarlarini
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Mary Cleo Tarlarini.
Born: April 22, 1878
Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Known For
Good Evening, Flowers!
Flower petals in the background create different shapes while actress Mary Cleo Tarlarini salutes the audience.
The False Oath
An adaptation of Balzac's La Grande Bretêche
Parsifal
A fantasy film about the knight Parsifal, who has to protect the Holy Grail from wizards.
The Golden Wedding
A grandfather recalls how he and his wife met and fell in love during the Second Italian War of Independence.
The Ship
The newly-settled city of Venice in the Sixth Century AD: A wandering people struggle to establish Christian Theocracy. Basiliola Faledro, an exotic dancer, wicked and cunning, arrives from faraway lands seeking to avenge her pagan lineage; Her father and brothers blinded and humilated by frenzied zealots. Her primary targets are the brothers Gràtico, both newly-elected to positions of power: One, Marco, an arbiter and tribune, the other, Sergio, a bishop. The title refers to a bold pronouncement made by Deaconess Ema Gràtico to her subjects the Venetians, a seafaring and desperate tribe-- That their native homeland is aboard a ship.
A Modern Cinderella
Sylvia and Janet lose their mother and are left destitute orphans. Jenny Smart (a leading moving picture actress) takes an interest in the girls and brings them to a studio. Sylvia is employed as a moving picture actress and is cast as the lead in a retelling of "Cinderella". A rare glimpse of filmmaking in Turin’s Ambrosio studio.
Il canto della fede
A patriotic drama played by one of the most beloved actresses of early Italian cinema: Mary Cléo Tarlarini is Mary, a high society lady who devotes all her dedication to the Italian patriotic cause, overseeing a war hospital and supporting the refugees. Luciano dello Stelvio, a young officer, falls in love with her, but after torments and family misunderstandings, he will sublimate his feelings in the love for his Country and will depart for the war, praised by Mary and by her daughter Emma, who had initially suspected them of having an affair.
A Blind Retribution
Italian short drama directed by Luigi Maggi.
Good Evening, Flowers!
Early special effects film in which a woman throws a basket of flowers in the air, upon which the flowers create different shapes and figures and eventually spell out the words "Buona Sera".
L'ave Maria di Gounod
A violinist touches the heart of a sick lady.
Filmography
as Contessa di Fontenuova
as La diaconessa Ema
as Kondrie
as Elena
as Bianca Maria