Umberto Melnati
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 17, 1897
Place of Birth: Livorno, Italy
Known For
Mille lire al mese
Too Bad She's Bad
When young and attractive Lina Stroppiani, a thief like the rest of her family, tries to steal the taxi of Paolo, together with two accomplices, she can't possibly know that this will have far reaching consequences.
The Suitcase of Dreams
A former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an accidental fire and the risk of prison, he meets a rich producer who helps him to build a film museum.
Africa Under The Sea
The troublesome daughter of an American millionaire accompanies him aboard his yacht on a deep sea diving expedition in the Red Sea and falls in love with the captain.
Mister Max
Vittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall, makes enough money out of his business to take a vacation at a fashionable resort. He is given a cruise ticket by an aristocrat who is an old school friend, and is mistaken for the aristocrat when he uses a camera that has his friends name on it. Assia Noris plays a maid who falls in love with him because of who he is and not who others think he is. Happy ending comes when De Sica marries Noris, who is more real than the pampered society belles he has been partying with.
Red Roses
A comedy of errors about marriage and infidelity.
Pazza di gioia
A modest accountant wins a utility vehicle in a contest and publishes an ad looking for a companion to share expenses on a vacation trip. An attractive young lady answers the ad, but at the meeting place, the girl mistakes the accountant for a millionaire, who of course, leaves with her...
But It's Nothing Serious
Based on a Pirandello play, Vittori De Sica plays a wealthy young social lion who has to constantly fight off a horde of women who are eager to marry him because of his position and money. He weds Elisa Cegani, a servant girl, who turns out to be a more appealing wife than any of the others could have been. Assis Noris decorates the screen well as one of the chasers and pursuers. In 1937, De Sica and Noris made a film, "II Signor Max," which, other than the setting and character role names, basically has the same plot as this film.
Madame du Barry
The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France...
Passionately
"Elena" cannot marry the man she loves, so enters into a loveless marriage with the wealthy "Andrea". Gradually she falls in love with him, but he never reciprocates. Things become further complicated when a letter from her first love "Carlo" is discovered.
Filmography
as Thin Genie
as Michele, l'uomo derubato del portafogli
as Curtins
as Notary Dupré
as Cocò
as Ettore Omeri
as Sebastiano Lama
as Ugo Redy
as Ugo Palffy
as Leone
as Tommaso Savelli
as Aroldo Bianchi
as Matteo
as Massimo
as Ambrogio Peretti
as Riccardo
as Dino
as Carrani
as The fake baby
as Vico Lamanna
as Bardelli
as Renzo
as L'ingegner Carlo Fabbri