Italian photographer, film producer Marina Cicogni died
in Rome on November 4, 2023. Cicogna grew up in Milan, Venice, and Cortina. She
was the daughter of a banker, and her grandfather was Giuseppe Volpi, an
influential figure in Italy's history; one of the country's richest men, he
held many government posts and founded the Venice Film Festival.
Cicogna attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New
York, staying less than a year. While there, she befriended the daughter of
Jack L. Warner; this connection facilitated Cicogna's introduction to other
actors in Hollywood. She studied photography at another school in the United
States, and took pictures of Hollywood friends, including Marilyn Monroe and
Greta Garbo. At the age of 32, Cicogna decided to pursue a career in the film
industry. Her mother bought a share in a film distribution company, and Cicogna
suggested films for the business to purchase. She distributed the West German
film Helga, which she described as the first time a birth was shown on screen.
She publicized it by placing "ambulances at the exit of the film, saying
that people would faint when they saw that". Marina and her Brother Bino
(Giuseppe Ascanio Cicogna Mozzoni) [1935-1971] were owners of San Marco
Productions and produced several Spaghetti westerns including “Ace High”
(1967), “Once Upon a Time in the West” (1968) and “Boot Hill” (1969).
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