Thursday, January 26, 2023

Voices of the Spaghetti Western – “Welcome Padre Murray”

 As we know most of the Euro-westerns were co-productions from Italy, Spain, Germany and France which incorporated British and American actors to gain a worldwide audience. The films were shot silent and then dubbed into the various languages where they were sold for distribution. That means Italian, Spanish, German, French and English voice actors were hired to dub the films. Even actors from the countries where the film was to be shown were often dubbed by voice actors for various reasons such as the actors were already busy making another film, they wanted to be paid additional salaries for dubbing their voices, the actor’s voice didn’t fit the character they were playing, accidents to the actors and in some cases even death before the film could be dubbed.

I’ll list a Euro-western and the (I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German and (F) French, (E) English voices that I can find and once in a while a bio on a specific voice actor as in Europe these actors are as well-known as the actors they voiced.








Today we’ll cover “Welcome Padre Murray”

[(I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German, (F) French, (E) English]

Padre Murray - René Muñoz (S) René Muñoz

Ray Terris – Howard Vernon (S) José Guardiola

Garcia – Fernando Sancho (S) Fernando Sancho

Burton - Tomás Blanco (S) Tomás Blanco

Caroline Edwards - Rosa del Río (S) Mari Ángeles Herranz

Cowboy – Paul Piaget (S) Félix Acaso

 


Special Birthdays

 Walter Barnes (actor) would have been 105 today but died in 1998.








Zika Milenkovic (actor) would have been 95 today but died in 2008.







Melvil Poupaud (actor) is 50 today.



Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Little Known European Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Richard Alagich

 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 gven and anything that you can add would be appreciated.

 

Richard Alagich was an Australian soccer coach who completed his degrees at the Academy and Faculty of Physical Education before specializing 2 years and gaining qualifications as a specialist football coach from the University of Zagreb, Croatia.

As a result, Richard is recognised, in Croatia, as a professor of Physical Education and a Specialist Soccer (football) Coach. wrote the book Soccer Winning through Technique and Tactics in 1995. He has been awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his services as a coach and mentor to the development of soccer.

ALAGICH, Richard [12/20/1945, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia -     ] – author, film actor, 1998 World Cup winning soccer coach.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – 1966 (Union corporal)


New Italian book release Claudia Cardinale: The indomitable

 








Claudia Cardinale: The indomitable

Author:

Edited by: Claudia Squitieri

 

Country: Italy

Publisher: Cinecittà-Electa

Language: Italian / English

Pages: 208

EAN: 9788892822931

Available: November 29, 2022

 

Claudia Cardinale: The Indomitable. It is the title of the book that will be presented at the Barberini cinema in Rome on January 19th. The volume was published by Cinecittà-Electa and is edited by the daughter of the actress Claudia Squitieri. The illustrated text traces the important stages in the life of the great actress together with the films that made her an icon of international cinema. The book will also be presented at the MoMA in New York, as part of a review of the film of the actress, scheduled from 3 to 21 February next. The actress herself will be the guest of honor at the event, curated by Claudia Squitieri.

Cinecittà celebrates Claudia Cardinale at The Museum of Modern Art, New York

 


Cinecitta News

By Nicole Bianchi

1/20/2023

An international celebration, worthy of a profile that is not drawn only within the confines of Italian cinema, although it has contributed to writing its history: Claudia Cardinale is the spearhead of a celebration that makes its first stop in Rome – this morning at the Barberini Cinema –, about to land at the MoMA in New York, from February 3 to 21, 2023

In collaboration with Cinecittà, Rome, MoMA celebrates the Tunisian-born Italian actress and women’s rights activist Claudia Cardinale with a retrospective that spans her nearly 70-year career, featuring approximately 20 films, including 12 restorations. Though internationally worshiped for her voluptuous beauty—and invariably compared in movie star magazines with Brigitte Bardot (her private life was consumed by a voracious public, including a notorious profile by Alberto Moravia) — Cardinale has brought an emotional vulnerability and intelligence to her many varied roles (she is fluent in Italian, French, English, Spanish, Sicilian dialect, and Tunisian Arabic) and she has collaborated with filmmakers as diverse as Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti, Abel Gance and Alexander Mackendrick, Sergio Leone, Werner Herzog, and Richard Brooks. In addition to such classics as Visconti’s Rocco and His Brothers and The Leopard, Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West, and Fellini’s 8 1⁄2, this retrospective includes her work with Mauro Bolognini (Il Bell’Antonio, La Viaccia, Senilita, and Libera, Amore Mio!) Valerio Zurlini (The Girl with the Suitcase), Pasquale Squitieri (Atto di Dolore), and Marco Bellocchio (Enrico IV), as well as a selection of international films including Richard Brooks’s The Professionals, Alexander Mackendrick’s Don’t Make Waves, Manoel de Oliveira’s Gebo and the Shadow, Nadine Trintignant’s L’été prochain, and Boris Despodov’s Twice Upon a Time in the West

*The festival consists of 20 film titles, including two other important restorations made by Cinecittà: https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5550; curated by Paola Ruggiero and Camilla Cormanni, for Cinecittà, and by Joshua Siegel, curator of the Department of Film - The Museum of Modern Art, New York. For the occasion, Cinecittà and Electa have edited the aforementioned volume Claudia Cardinale. L'indomabile, curated by Claudia Squitieri with texts by Giorgio Armani, Barbara Corsi, Caterina d'Amico, Masolino d'Amico, Silvia d'Amico Bendicò, René de Ceccatty, Jean A. Gili, Julia Guillon, Cristina Jandelli, Sergio Toffetti, accompanied by rare images selected from various archives (Archivio Luce, Archivio del Museo del Cinema di Torino, Reporters Associati & Archivi).

 

https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5550


Who Are Those Gals? ~ Berthe Dagmar

 

Berthe Dagmar was born Albertine Blanche Augusta Marie Hamon on January 24, 1881, in Agon-Coutainville, Manche, France. She began her career as a circus acrobat and animal trainer. In 1909 Berthe appeared in the ‘Arizona Bill’ series of films and would become an assistant director and then a director. She was married the director Jean Durand [1882-1946] in 1917, so she appeared in a number of the films he directed including quite a few Joe Hamman westerns. Berthe could be seen in anything from cameo appearances to leading lady. She could do it all as she was also a trained dancer and did her own stunts. Berthe died in Paris on January 20, 1934, from an undisclosed cause, four days short of her 53rd birthday.

DAGMAR, Berthe (Albertine Blanche Augusta Marie Hamon) [1/24/1881, Agon-Coutainville, Normandie, Marche, France – 1/20/1934, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France] – circus acrobat, animal tamer, director, assistant director, dancer, film actress, married to journalist, cartoonist, producer, director, assistant director, writer Jean Durand [1882-1946] (1917-1934).

The Adventures of Arizona Bill – 1909-1914

Le jeune chef indien - 1909

The Adventures of a Cowboy in Paris – 1910

Les aventures d'un cow-boy à Paris - 1910

Calino Wants to be a Cowboy – 1911

Le feu à la prairie – 1911

Hanging at Jefferson City – 1911 (saloon owner)

La prairie en feu – 1911 (Mrs. Brooks)

Cent dollars mort ou vif – 1912 (Daisy Davidson)

Coeur-Ardent - 1912 (Mouche-de-Feu/Sun Ray/Firefly)

Marriage With a Revolver – 1912 (Maud Baker)

The Railway of Death – 1912 (passenger)

Onésime sur le sentier de guerre - 1913 (Carmencita Olavacca)

Onésime on the Warpath - 1914

Le coeur d’un pere – 1914

 

Special Birthdays

 Renato De Carmine (actor) would have been 100 today but died in 2010.








Willi Neuenhahn (actor) would have been 95 but died in 1993.