Spaghetti Western Locations ~ Rambla Viciana

Rambla Viciana stretches south of the current Mini Hollywood to the Ponte de Cautivo, at the same route as the current highway. The most characteristic point of this rambla is represented by a large oasis created for a film sequence in “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962), directed by David Lean, in which appears Peter O'Toole, Omar Shariff and the men who stop by the well of a palmetto. The location, was then used in other films, including “Gunmen Of The Rio Grande” (1964); “For a Few Dollars More” (1965); “Ballad of a Bounty Hunter” (1968); “The Hunting Party” (1971); “Silver Saddle” (1978), and today the cavity of the well is almost intact and still visible, although some palms have died and the area is occupied by other types of vegetation, especially eucalyptus. A few hundred meters to the south for the film “Gunfight at High Noon” (1963) the set of Gloria Milland's ranch and her three children was built. In the southernmost part of the rambla the sequence of the Indian attack on the caravan was filmed for the film “The Tall Women” (1966).

“Gunfight at High Noon” (1963)

 

“For a Few Dollars More” (1965)

“The Tall Women” (1966)

“The Hunting Party” (1971)

Special Birthdays

Willy Rösner (actor) would have been 125 today, he died in 1975.

Dirk Capel (actor) would have been 105 today, he died in 1981.

Fernando Cerchio (director, screenwriter) would have been 105 today, he died in 1974.

Ted Moore (cinematographer) would have been 105 today, he died in 1987.

Anjanette Comer (actress) is 80 today.

Marionna (actress) is 75 today.

Who Are Those Guys? ~ Pierangelo Civera

Pierangelo Civera was born in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy on July 18, 1933. He was active in many facets of the entertainment industry from film and television to dubbing and directing. He was best known as the Italian voice of Peter Fonda in “Easy Rider” and later Robert Englund as Freddy Kruger in “Nightmare 2” and “The Revenge” and Nightmare 3”. He has also worked at the SAS (Synchronization Actors Company).

Pierangelo only appeared on screen in one Euro-westerns as a plague victim in “Keoma” 1975. He was the Italian voice of Jeffrey Hunter in 1968’s “Custer of the West”, Richard Harrison in “Reverend Colt” (1970) and Joseph Persaud in “Massacre at Fort Holman” and George Martin in “Return of Clint the Stranger” both (1972).

Sadly he died at the age of 44 due to a tumor in Rome, Italy.

CIVERA, Pierangelo (aka Angelo Civera, Pier Angelo Civera) [7/18/1933, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy – 11/14/1992, Rome, Lazio, Italy (tumor)] – film, TV, voice actor.

Custer of the West – 1968 [Italian voice of Jeffrey Hunter]

Reverend Colt – 1970 [Italian voice of Richard Harrison]

Massacre at Fort Holman – 1972 [Italian voice of Joseph P. Persaud]

The Return of Clint the Stranger – 1972 [Italian voice of George Martin]

Keoma – 1975 (plague victim)

Special Birthdays

Calisto Calisti (actor) is 85 today.

Mario Valgoi (actor) would have been 80 today, he died in 2005.

RIP Roberto Bodegas

RIP Roberto Bodegas. Film director Roberto Bodegas, founder along with José Luis Dibildos of the well-known as “The Third Way of Spanish Cinema” died in Madrid, Spain on August 2, 2019, he was 86. Bodegas began his career in feature films in the early 1970s with Spaniards in Paris, work in which actors such as José Sacristán, Máximo Valverde, Tina Sainz or Ana Belén shared screen. The film talked about the difficulties of Spanish women when emigrating to France in the 60s. Subsequently, other titles such as “Vida Conyugal sana” (1974), also with Ana Belén and José Sacristán, in which divorce in Spain, or “Libertad Provisional” (1976), with Concha Velasco and Patxi Andión addressing the social reintegration of the prisoners. He was an assistant director on 1973’s “Chino” starring Charles Bronson.