Vittorio De Sica Articles

Lamberto Maggiorani in Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves Some good and/or unusual offerings tonight on Turner Classic Movies. Silent Sundays will feature the 1925 version of The Wizard of Oz. Directed by and starring silent film comedian Larry Semon, The Wizard of Oz features Dorothy Dwan in the role that would become associated with Judy Garland, especially in the minds of some gay men — [...]

Lamberto Maggiorani in Vittorio de Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (aka The Bicycle Thief) Suso Cecchi d’Amico, the only top female screenwriter in the post-war Italian cinema, died today in Rome. She had turned 96 on July 14. According to reports, no cause of death was given. Chiefly among Cecchi D’Amico’s screenwriting contributions — nearly 120 of them — are those for Vittorio de Sica’s Oscar-winning neo-realist [...]

Ken Annakin, best remembered for directing the big-budget 1965 adventure comedy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, died of natural causes on Wednesday, April 22, at his home in Beverly Hills. He had suffered a stroke and a heart attack in February, and had been in poor health since. Like fellow British filmmaker Jack Cardiff, who also died on April 22, Annakin was 94. [...]

Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire FILM Ace in the Hole / The Big Carnival d: Billy Wilder; scr: Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman The African Queen d: John Huston; scr: James Agee L’Auberge rouge / The Red Inn d: Claude Autant-Lara; scr: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost The Day the Earth Stood Still d: Robert Wise; scr: Edmund H. North The [...]