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Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Muriel Bauducco

[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.]

Muriel Bauducco was a an actress of unknown origin who appeared in only one film and that was in an uncredited role in the Spaghetti western “E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico” directed by Enzo Barboni and starring Terence Hill.

BAUDUCCO, Muriel – film actress.

Man of the East – 1972

RIP Marina Cicogna

 

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).

Sascha Gluth as "Shatterhand" at the Felsenbühne Rathen

 Karl May & Co.

October 22, 2023

Next year, the Landesbühnen Sachsen will present "Shatterhand", a new play "loosely based on Karl May", written by stunt coordinator Holger Kahl.

For the title role, the Landesbühne are relying on a well-known name in the scene: Sascha Gluth. For years he played Klaus Störtebeker on Rügen and was seen for two years as "Old Shatterhand" in Bad Segeberg. He has already been engaged at the Landesbühne three times before, most recently in 2015/2016. In the press release, Gluth is quoted as saying: "After two seasons as 'Old Shatterhand' in Bad Segeberg, I have a very special relationship with this role and look forward to meeting well-known and dear colleagues in Rathen in 2024." Michael Berndt-Cananá from the acting ensemble of the Landesbühnen Sachsen will play "Winnetou" again. The director is Artistic Director Manuel Schöbel.

Synopsis:

The year is 1879. In El Paso, Texas, Old Shatterhand witnesses hostilities between Apaches, Comanches, and white settlers. A peace treaty is supposed to settle the conflict. The shady businessman Coleman and his accomplices try by all means to prevent this. Old Shatterhand and his blood brother Winnetou have their hands full trying to keep the peace.

If one follows May's words, Winnetou could no longer play a role in the production, as he is said to have died in 1874. The content known so far also does not sound like the special fidelity to the work, for which Rathen has been known for decades.

After the heated "Winnetou debate", people in Radebeul had been struggling for a long time as to how Karl May could be brought to the stage. Among other things, they work together with the Karl May Museum, and there is also an accompanying program:

The performances will be accompanied by a supporting programme on contemporary indigenous culture from North America, presented by the Landesbühnen Sachsen and the Karl-May-Museum Radebeul: Under the title "Turtle Island", a wide variety of events by indigenous guests and artists are planned from 16 to 25 May 2024 in the spa town of Rathen and in Radebeul, including a panel discussion on cultural understanding and understanding in the Karl May Museum and an exhibition with Works by contemporary North American indigenous artists in Rathen's "Haus des Gastes". Cultural mediator, actor and performer Kendall Old Elk from the Apsaloka people from Montana will take you into the world of indigenous customs, dances and songs from North America in two shows on May 24 and 25 at the Felsenbühne Rathen. On the way through the health resort, interested parties can see and purchase selected products from indigenous craftsmen beyond mainstream and industrial production on these two days. Art education workshops are also planned, which will take place in schools in the districts of Pirna and Meissen in the week from 13 to 17 May.

The premiere is on May 18, 2024.

Spaghetti Western Locations for “Face to Face”

 

We begin our search for locations for “Face to Face. College Professor Brad Fletcher tells his history class he can no longer continue to teach his class and gives them a short lecture on choices that they will face in the coming years. After dismissing the class, he is greeted by the college dean and Miss Wilkins wish him well on his journey to fight his lung condition and return to Boston and tell him he must fight to regain his health. Left alone in his classroom he eyes a map of North America and looks at Texas and then gazes out the window as the music soars and the main credits role.

This scene was filmed at Elios Studio in Rome

Spaghetti Westerns Podcast Season 6 episode 3 #116

 Please join me today at high noon PST for the “Spaghetti Westerns Podcast Season 6 episode 3 #116. I’ll be covering “$5,000 on One Ace” in our ongoing segment “History of the Spaghetti Western”. I’ll also talk about “Whatever Happened to… Freddy Unger. “Who are Those Guys?” will feature Spanish actor Ricardo Palacios. The film of the week will be the classic Giuliano Gemma western “Arizona Colt”. The LP/CD of the week is also “Arizona Colt” by composer Angelo Francesco Lavagnino and I’ll also mention singer Raoul we’ll have an autograph of the week, book of the week and wrap things up with a jam-packed News of the Week. So join me today at 12 noon PST.

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