Vittorio De Sica

Sophia Loren ca. 1950s. Screen legend & Best Actress Oscar winner Sophia Loren to receive Academy honor Sophia Loren will be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, May 4, at 8 p.m. at the…

Umberto D. with Flike and Carlo Battisti. Lost between the glare of The Bicycle Thief (1948) and his later films with Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica’s 1952 drama Umberto D. stands as an almost forgotten masterpiece of Italian neorealism and one…

Lilli Palmer in Beware of Pity: Paraplegic baroness discovers the difference between pity and love in purported Soviet Union box office hit. German-born Lilli Palmer (1914–1986) never quite became a top Hollywood name, but for nearly three decades she was…

Suso Cecchi D’Amico, the only top female screenwriter in the post-World War II 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…