Documentary tapes: boom of titles Light in contention

 

Cinecitta News

February 1, 2023

“Sergio Leone, the Italian who invented America” directed by Francesco Zippel, produced by Sky Studios and Sky Italia with Leone Film Group, is the Documentary of the Year 2023. This was announced by the SNGCI that will deliver the Nastro d'Argento to the director in Rome, immediately after the Berlin Film Festival, together with the awards for the best documentaries. The Zippel doc struck the journalists for "the originality and emotion that you breathe from the first shot, renewing with affection and great care the tribute to a Master never celebrated enough with an unprecedented cut, rich in the most prestigious international testimonies. A story that enhances the value of the innovative gaze and unique creativity of Sergio Leone, a man born in the cinema who has made immortal sequences, protagonists, music, and images of his cinema".

Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection From Sideshow Honors His Greatest Works

 SCREEN RANT

By Charles Nicholas Raymond

January 13, 2023

Sideshow's Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection, which commemorates some of the actor's biggest roles, is available for pre-order on their website.

A handful of the most memorable characters in cinematic history were portrayed by Clint Eastwood. Over the years, the Western and action movie legend has contributed a great deal to the Hollywood industry both as a director and as an actor. And now, some of the most important characters in his career are being brought to life via a series of detailed figures from Sideshow Collectibles.

Thanks to a partnership with the actor himself, Sideshow Collectibles is producing the Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection, which consists of figures depicting a few of his most well-known characters. Each 1:6 figure represents an iconic movie hero played by Eastwood. In 2023, Sideshow plans to release figures of the Clint Eastwood characters from Dirty Harry, Pale Rider, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Last February, Screen Rant revealed the first images of the Dirty Harry figure. Now, fans of the actor and director can get a closer look at images of the three upcoming figures.

Releasing first is Dirty Harry, the protagonist of the 1971 classic of the same. In four action thrillers, Eastwood played Harry Callahan, the cold-blooded detective known for his ruthless approach to fighting crime. Measuring 12 inches tall and complete with his signature .44 magnum revolver, the figure shares the look sported by the character in the first Dirty Harry film. Like every figure in the collection, Dirty Harry is fully poseable and can be customized through removable clothing and accessories, such as his jacket.

Dirty Harry is without question one of Eastwood's two most celebrated roles; the other is the Man With No Name, another character now being imagined as a figure in Sideshow Collectibles' Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection. Commonly referred to as the Man With No Name, the no-nonsense, quick-shooting drifter is remembered as the character whose films launched Eastwood to stardom and made him one of Hollywood's most popular "tough guys."

Easily recognized by his trademark poncho, Eastwood's nameless gunslinger appeared in a trilogy of Spaghetti Westerns. Sideshow's figure uses his look from the third film, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

The third installment in the collection, shipping early this year, is a figure of a Clint Eastwood character called the Preacher. In 1985, the actor starred in Pale Rider as an aging pastor who turned out be an expert gunslinger with a mysterious past. As an older character, the Preacher represents a different era of Eastwood's acting career, but still captures the toughness and ferocity that tends to go hand-in-hand with the Hollywood star's movies.

On the subject of the Dirty Harry figure and the Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection as a whole, Sideshow creative director Tom Gilliland talked about the importance of Eastwood's characters and how their close partnership has helped in producing these figures.

[Throughout the nearly 30 years that Sideshow has been in business, it is rare to have a creative partnership like the one we have with Clint Eastwood.

Mr. Eastwood and his team have been incredibly communicative and collaborative – and the Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection reflects that genuine integration of talent, insight and direction. I am so proud of what we have created together, and the quick sell-out of the Dirty Harry 1:6th figure represents how we have struck a chord with the fan community, as well.

 

The pieces in the Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection are uniquely impactful. But I am most excited about what is to come next… Mr. Eastwood’s characters are symbols of strength, inspiration and independence for so many fans – and, working closely with the man himself, we have captured that essence in interpretive 1:4 scale statuary that will stir those feelings in the hearts of fans as well.]

 

Each of these incredible Clint Eastwood figurines will be available to ship in 2023, and if the reception to Dirty Harry is any proof, are sure to be hugely popular. Make sure to visit Sideshow and reserve a spot on the waitlist in order to build a collection worthy of Eastwood's legacy.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Eju7034vg

 

 

*Buyer beware. I’ve had my ‘Man With No Name’ figure on order since September 2022 and the order has been delayed three times. The latest delivery schedule in spring 2023.

Little Known European Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Hans-Otto Alberty

 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.

Hans-Otto Alberty was born in Berlin, Germany on November 13, 1933. He started out as an amateur boxer before discovering a talent for acting, making his début at the City Theatre in Konstanz in 1959. He then began to take supporting roles in films. He made his first appearance in English language films as an SD officer (who captures Richard Attenborough) in “The Great Escape” (1963). With his broad face, broken nose and distinctive white-blond hair, he would go on to play variations of the role of German officers in a series of films, notably “Battle of the Bulge” (1965), Andrew V. McLaglen's “The Devil's Brigade” (1968), Luchino Visconti's “The Damned” (1969), and as a Waffen-SS tank commander of a Tiger I tank from the 1st SS Panzer Division LSSAH in “Kelly's Heroes” (1970). He played a Luftwaffe general in “The Battle of Britain” (1969). He also continued to work in both Germany and Italy in a wide variety of films from dramas and comedies to Spaghetti westerns. He also made regular appearances on German television. His last appearance was in the TV series ‘War and Remembrance’ (1988). He was variously credited as Charles Albert, Charles Alberty and Carlo Alberti. Alberty died on April 25, 2015, at the age of 81.

ALBERTY, Hans-Otto (aka Charles Albert, Carl Otto Alberti, Otto Albertj, Charles Alberty, Hans Otto Alberty, Karl Otto Alberty, Karl Alberty Otto, Karl Heinz Otto) (Karl-Otto Alberty) [11/13/1933, Berlin, Berlin, Germany – 4/25/2015] – amateur boxer, theater, film, TV actor.

The Man from Oklahoma – 1965 (Hondo) [as Charles Alberty]

Day of Anger – 1967 (blond deputy with harmonica)

New French Blu-ray release “Le Grand Silence”

 

Le Grand Silence”

The Great Silence

(1968)

 

Director: Sergio Cobrucci

Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff

 

Country: France

DVD

Label: Studio Canal

Format: PAL

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Languages: DD 2.0 mono French, Italian

Subtitles: French

Running time: 105 minutes

ASIN: ‎B09QP5J62D

Available: February 1, 2023

Who Are Those Gals? ~ Arlene Dahl

 

Arlene Carol Dahl, of Norwegian extraction, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 11, 1925. She was an American actress active in films from the late 1940s. Dahl was one of the last surviving stars from the Classical Hollywood cinema era. Arriving in Hollywood in 1946, she signed a brief contract with Warner Brothers, but she is best remembered for her work at MGM. “The Bride Goes Wild” (1948) was her first work at Metro. It was an odd but rather humorous love story, which starred Van Johnson and June Allyson.

Although her beauty captivated audiences, it ultimately limited her to smaller roles, and the mark she made at MGM was small. Some of her best films were “Reign of Terror” (1949), which actually required some acting and she acquitted herself quite well, “Three Little Words” (1950), “Woman's World” (1954), “Slightly Scarlet” (1956) and “Journey to the Center of the Earth” (1959).

Leaving films behind her in 1959, her typecasting would pay off financially as she became a beauty columnist and writer. She later established herself as a businesswoman, founding Arlene Dahl Enterprises which marketed lingerie and Dahlia a perfume company.

She was married six times, two of whom were actors Lex Barker [1919-1973] from 1951-1952 and Fernando Lamas [1915-1982) from 1954-1960 (both appeared in Euro-westerns). She is the mother of actor star Lorenzo Lamas [1958- ], and actually made a guest appearance in his film “Night of the Warrior” (1991).

Dahl appeared in only one Euro-western 1969’s “Land Raiders” as Martha Cardenas the wife of Telly Savalas’ character.

Arlene Dahl died in Manhattan, New York on November 29, 2021. She was 96.

DAHL, Arlene (Arlene Carol Dahl) [8/11/1925, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. – 11/29/2021, Manhattan, New York, U.S.A.] – writer, film, TV actress, singer, married to actor Lex Barker (Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr.) [1919–1973] (1951-1952), married to producer, director, writer, actor, singer Fernando Lamas [1915-1982] (1954-1960), mother of producer, director, stuntman, actor, singer Lorenzo Lamas (Lorenzo y de Santos Lamas) [1958-    ], married to Chris Holmes (Christian R. Holmes) [1923-1996] (1960-1964) mother of actress Carole Christina Holmes [1961-    ], married to entrepreneur, writer, Alexis Lichine [1913-1989] (1964-1969), married to industrialist Rounsevelle W. Schaum [1934-    ] (1969-1976) mother of Rounsevelle Andreas Schaum [1970-    ], married to packaging designer Marc Rosen [1947-    ] (1984-2021), grandmother of actor A.J. Lamas (Alvaro Joshua Lamas) [1983-    ], actress Shayne Lamas [1985-    ], director, actress Paton Ashbrook (Paton Lee Lamas) [1988-    ], actress Alexandra Lamas (Alexandra Lynne Lamas) [1997-    ], art department Victoria Lamas [1999-    ], Isabella Lamas [2001 -    ], founded Arlene Dahl Creations [1954].

Land Raiders – 1969 (Martha Cardenas)

Lex Barker Documentary – 2010 [herself]

Special Birthdays

 Piero Lulli (actor) would have been 100 today but died in 1991.

Stuart Whitman (actor) would have been 95 today but died in 2020.

Little Known European Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Vic Albert

 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. 

Most likely Vic Albert is an American actor and full name Victor Albert. The two films below are the only films I can find associated with this actor. I can find no other biographical information on him. The alternative is that it is an alias for a Spanish actor.  

ALBERT, Vic – film actor.

Valdez is Coming – 1970 (townsmen)

Bad Man’s River – 1971