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RIP Giacomo Dell’Orso

RIP Giacomo Dell’Orso. Composer, producer, arranger, conductor, keyboardist, singer Giacomo Dell’Orso died in Rome on September 9^th. He was 92. He was the older brother of producer, composer and conductor Gianni Dell'Orso [1941- ]. Husband of vocalist Edda dell'Orso [1935- ]. Giacomo was born in Ofena, L'Aquila, Italy on December 2, 1931. He worked on over 50 film scores in various capacities and is best known for his 1980 score for “Zombie Holocaust”. Giacomo was the conductor on the scores of two Spaghetti westerns: “Those Dirty Dogs” (1973) and “Macho Killers” in 1977.

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Renato Capanna

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Renato Capanna was an Italian film actor. I cannot find any information on him other than he appeared in one film and that was his only Euro-western appearance as the sheriff in 1942’s “Il fanciullo del West” (The Kid of the West).

Whether he was directly related to the more famous Otello Capanna [1911-1983], Omero Capanna [1942-2003] and Piero Capanna [1919-2001] is unknown.

CAPANNA, Renato [Italian] – film actor.

The Kid of the West – 1942 (sheriff)

RIP Mirko Ivanković

Croatian stutnman and actor Mirko Ivanković died from heart complications on September 6th he was 86. Mirko Ivanković, who starred in four films of Karl May ("Treasure of the Silver Lake" and the "Winnetou" trilogy). Mirko had been very ill for the past few months. 10 days ago, he had surgery and seemed to be on the road to recovery, but it soon became worse, and his heart stopped. Mirko was the younger brother of Mat Ivanković [1937-2006], was born on March 1, 1939, in Široki Brijeg, Yugoslavia the youngest of ten children. From 1965 to 1969 he lived in Italy. After returning to Yugoslavia, he worked as a television driver, later as a taxi driver. He was a widower and left two daughters. Ivanković appeared in four Euro-westerns: "The Treasure of Silver Lake" in 1962 as a Brinkley henchman and performed stunts; "Apache Gold" in 1963 [stunts]; "Last of the Renegades" in 1964 [stunts] and "Desperado Trail" in 1965 [stunts].

New British 4K Blu-ray release of “Red Sun”

Red Sun

(1971)

Director: Terence Young

Starring: Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, Toshiro Mifune, Ursula Andress

Country: U.K.

Label: StudioCanal

4K-UltraHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray

Also separately released on BluRay and on DVD

Discs: 2

Regions: A, B, C

Resolution: 2160p/HEVC / H.265

Language: English

Subtitles: ?

Running time: 112 minutes

Extras: On the set of Red Sun - Extract from Pour le cinéma (Director: Pierre Mignot); new Interview with Steven Okazaki; Original Trailer; four postcards

ASIN: ‎B0D362S6BH

Available: September 9, 2024

Spaghetti Western locations Then & Now – “Hannie Caulder”

Hannie and Price arrive in town and immediately spot the Clemens brothers. Hannie approaches the hotel/saloon to confront Frank Clemens who’s in bed with a whore.

This scene was filmed at Texas Hollywood/Fort Bravo in Tabernas, Almeria, Spain. Since this is a movie set the buildings change from time to time depending on the film and what the director wants to depict for his audience.

European Western Comic Books – Billy London – Lo sceriffo senza pistola

Billy London – Lo sceriffo senza pistola

This comic book of 24 issues was published in three years. Non-sequential numbering. From 1961 the format increases and the magazine becomes Lo sceriffo senza pistola.

Year I #1 (August 1, 1960) #4 (September 15, 1960)

Year II #1 (August 10, 1961) #8 (December 10, 1961)

Year III #1 (January 10, 1962) #12 (June 25, 1962)

Anno I: pubblica BILLY LONDON western di Augusto Pedrazza e le storie in costume “Le Avventure di Polignac” di Domenico Mirabella e “Le avventure di Matteo Trevisan” di A. Lombardi e S. Stizza.

Anno II e III: pubblica JIM LASSO, Lo Sceriffo senza Pistola, western di Carlo Cedroni, e IL CAVALIERE NERO o CAVALIERE DELLA CHIMERA, serie epica di Lamberto Lombardi. In IV di copertine figurine di indiani disegnate da Guido Buzzelli. Segnalato, ma non reperito, il n. 9 del 1961.

Year I is published Billy London a western by Augusto Pedrazza and the costume stories The Adventures of Polignac by Domenico Mirabella and The Adventures of Matteo Trevisan by A. Lombardi and S. Stizza.

Year II and III: is published Jim Lasso, lo sceriffo senz pistola, a western by Carlo Cedroni, and Il cavaliere nero and Cavaliere della chimera, an epic series by Lamberto Lombardi.

Year IV covered figures of Indians drawn by Guido Buzzelli. Reported, but not found, the #9 of 1961.

Titles

Anno I

01 (01.08.60) - “Al galoppo verso la morte” (Galloping to Death)

02 (15.08.60) - “Al galoppo verso la morte” II episodio (Galloping to Death Episode II)

03 (01.09.60) - “Prigionieri degli Apaches” (Prisoners of the Apaches)

04 (15.09.60) - "Billy London impara a sparare" (Billy London Learns to Shoot)

Anno II

01 (10.08.61) - "Il pugnale cinese" (The Chinese Dagger)

02 (25.08.61) - “Assalto al campo indiano” (The Indian Camp Assault)

03 (10.09.61) -

04 (25.09.61) - “Le vacanze dello sceriffo” (The Sheriff’s Holiday)