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The Italian is a 1915 American silent film feature which tells the story of an Italian gondolier who comes to the United States to make his fortune but instead winds up working as a shoeshiner and experiencing tragedy while living with his wife and child in a tenement on New York's Lower East Side. The film was produced by Thomas H. Ince, directed by Reginald Barker, and co-written by C. Gardner Sullivan and Ince. The film stars stage actor George Beban in the title role as the Italian immigrant, Pietro "Beppo" Donnetti. The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
The film tells the story of Pietro "Beppo" Donnetti. Donnetti is a poor, but happy, gondolier in Venice, Italy. Beppo falls in love with Annette Ancello, but her father, Trudo, wants her to marry another suitor, one who is a successful businessman. If Beppo can prove himself within a year, Trudo agrees to allow him to marry Annette.
Beppo sails for America to make his fortune, making a living working as a shoeshiner on a street corner in New York City. He borrows money from an Irish ward boss, Bill Corrigan, and sends for Annette to join him. In exchange, Beppo agrees to help Corrigan's candidate win the Italian vote in the ward.
Actors: John Douglas Ayers (actor), Chad Meisenheimer (director), Chad Meisenheimer (writer), Nick Fenske (actor), Chad Meisenheimer (producer), Chad Meisenheimer (actor), Julianne Gabert (actress), Robert Granados (actor), Andrew Hooper (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Hooper (producer), Tyler Jerome Thompson (actor), Robert Edward Thomas (actor), Stefano Capone (actor), Jason Michael Fong (actor), Jason Knight (producer),
Genres: Crime, Short,Actors: Joëlle Keyser (miscellaneous crew), Claude Fenioux (miscellaneous crew), Teco Celio (actor), Firmine Richard (actress), Lorànt Deutsch (actor), Frédéric Cauvy (miscellaneous crew), Atmen Kelif (actor), Jim Adhi Limas (actor), Eddy Mitchell (actor), Atmen Kelif (actor), Julien Courbey (actor), Olivier Baroux (actor), Artus de Penguern (actor), Bernard Vander Donckt (miscellaneous crew), Peggy Pere (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Adventure, Family, Western,Actors: Steve Austin (actor), Christopher Baker (actor), Ashley Kravitz (miscellaneous crew), Peter Block (producer), Vinnie Jones (actor), Graeme Revell (composer), Andy McPhee (actor), Krista Johnston (miscellaneous crew), Vince McMahon (producer), Robert Mammone (actor), Michael Lake (producer), Fiona Searson (miscellaneous crew), Ozzie Devrish (actor), Rob Hedden (writer), Rob Hedden (writer),
Plot: The story of Jack Conrad, who is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
Keywords: action-hero, airplane, ak-47, ambush, arrow-in-chest, attack, bald, battle, battlefield, beaten-to-deathActors: Charles Arthur Berg (producer), Shane Woodson (actor), Jill Ferguson (miscellaneous crew), Ali Saam (actor), Barbara Scolaro (actress), Todd Hooker (editor), Michael Sun Lee (actor), Monty Jordan (actor), Michael Blain-Rozgay (actor), Carlie Westerman (actress), Steve Fix (actor), Parviz Saghizadeh (director), Parviz Saghizadeh (writer), Parviz Saghizadeh (producer), Gene Hill (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Gabriel Spahiu (actor), Dorel Visan (actor), Eugenia Bosânceanu (actress), Tora Vasilescu (actress), Doru Ana (actor), Nita Chivulescu (editor), Coca Bloos (actress), Petru Margineanu (composer), Cristian Mungiu (writer), Cristian Mungiu (director), Tania Popa (actress), Alexandru Papadopol (actor), Julieta Strîmbeanu (actress), Constantin Ghenescu (actor), Anca-Ioana Androne (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Mihalis Giannatos (actor), Philece Sampler (actress), Vassili Karis (actor), Patricia Arquette (actress), Julie K. Smith (actress), Notis Pitsilos (actor), Yorgos Kotanidis (actor), Diane Durant (miscellaneous crew), Joely Fisher (actress), Nicholas Celozzi (actor), Konstantinos Tzoumas (actor), Michele Valley (actress), Kim Waltrip (actress), Dimitri Logothetis (director), Lilette Botasi (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Vivi Bach (actress), Renzo Palmer (actor), Enrique Ávila (actor), Nino Vingelli (actor), Fortunato Arena (actor), Adriano Celentano (actor), Gustavo Rojo (actor), Ennio Antonelli (actor), Umberto D'Orsi (actor), Bruno Scipioni (actor), Pietro Ceccarelli (actor), Luis Induni (actor), Enrico Luzi (actor), Mary Paz Pondal (actress), Domenico Modugno (actor),
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Plot: A varied assortment of people are on a cross-country bus trip - salesman, school-teacher, runaway, a singer, and several nationalities---and they all have a story, except one. He has a story, also, but isn't talking about it. The wife-killer isn't much fun.
Keywords: 1930s, accent, archive-footage, b-movie, baby, boatman, bus, bus-crash, bus-driver, bus-stationActors: Hedda Hopper (actress), Eduardo Ciannelli (actor), Wilfred Lucas (actor), Russell Simpson (actor), Albert Parker (director), Mac Barnes (actor), Robert Shirley (writer), Jack Snyder (actor), Josephine Myers (actress),
Genres: Drama,On the bus the other day
You could tell right from the start
There's magic in all that you play
But oh, can you play guitar boy
Can you play guitar?
The truth is known the drums they roll
Loop the loop on the old banjo
Say, "No no no"
Say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah"
I said, "Maybe, maybe, maybe"
I just don't care"
No it doesn't rhyme with treasury
Nothing I never did
Measure out your honesty and
Things you keep in
Things they keep in
The truth is known the drums they roll
I loop the loop on the old banjo
Say, "No no no"
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Oh maybe maybe maybe
I just don't care
Some people run from trouble, some people meet it half way
Others are glad to pay their cab fare over
And superficially you enjoy the company that you loathe to bear
Enjoy the company
What exactly do you mean
The truth be known the drums they roll
I loop the loop on the old banjo
Say, "No no no"
Said, "Yeah yeah yeah"
Oh maybe maybe maybe
I just don't care
Say, "No no no"
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh maybe maybe maybe