Movie Poster Collecting: Vittorio De Sica

Friday, March 16, 2018

Hello Elephant (1952) - (Vittorio DeSica) Italian locandina

Hello Elephant (1952) - (Vittorio De Sica) Italian locandina

This is a 13" x 27.5" country-of-origin Italian locandina poster for the 1952 Gianni Franciolini film Hello Elephant AKA Sabu principe ladro based on story and screenplay by Suso Cecchi D'Amico and Cesare Zavattini and starring Vittorio De Sica as Carlo Caretti. Plot summary: Carlo Caretti, a struggling teacher, receives a baby elephant as a gift from the visiting Sultan of Nagore, [Sabu] which upsets his neighbors.

Cast and crew: Gianni Franciolini, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, María Mercader, Nando Bruno, Sabu, Gisella Sofio, Michele Sakara, Ciro Berardi, Giuseppe Chinnici, Antonio Nicotra, Piero Mastrocinque, Pasquale De Filippo, Teresa Fimiani, Fausto Guerzoni, Sofi Fort, Stefano Carnetta, Giampiero Donini, Giuseppe Mendola, Virgilio Antico

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Monday, April 4, 2016

The Voyage (1974) - (Sophia Loren) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1974 Vittorio De Sica film The Voyage AKA Il Viaggio based on a novel by Luigi Pirandello, screenplay by Diego Fabbri, Massimo Franciosa and Luisa Montagnana and starring Sophia Loren as Adriana De Mauro. Plot summary: In Sicily several years before World War I Adriana de Mauro and Cesar Braggi [Richard Burton] are in love, but Cesar's brother Antonio [Ian Bannen] also wants to marry Adriana. Cesar steps aside and allows this to comply with his father's dying wish, to Adriana's great disappointment. After initial reluctance she agrees because of the social advantages to their families. Five years later, after having had a son with Adriana, Antonio dies in an automobile accident. Cesar reenters Adriana's life, but Adriana is then diagnosed with a terminal illness. Cesar still proposes to her, but Adriana's mother Signora De Mauro [Barbara Pilavin] bitterly objects.

Cast and crew: Diego Fabbi, Massimo Franciosa, Luisa Montagnana, Luigi Pirandello, Vittorio De Sica, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Ian Bannen, Barbara Pilavin, Renato Pinciroli, Daniele Vargas, Sergio Bruni, Ettore Geri, Olga Romanelli, Isabelle Marchall, Riccardo Mangano, Annabella Incontrera, Antonio Anelli, Luca Bonicalzi, Francesco Lauriano