Spaghetti Western Locations for “Day of Anger”

We continue our search for filming locations for “Day of Anger”. After the stable scene we see the inside of Talby’s new gambling saloon ‘The 45” and people placing bets at the roulette wheel. Talby sits at a table and is gambling and winning at Blackjack with Scott watching from behind. Gwen is now working in the saloon and steps out for some air. She  sees two deputies in the street in front of Talby’s saloon. She tells Scott who asks Talby what to do. He tells Slim to go to the upstairs window and Scott to go out the back and to be careful 

 

This scene was filmed on the Cinecitta western set in Rome and in the saloon.

For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm and Captain Douglas Film Locations http://www.western-locations-spain.com/

Special Birthdays

Monte Markham (actor) is 85 today. 

Giovanni Ukmar (stuntman, actor) is 80 today.

Philippe Sarde (composer) is 75 today.

First Day of Summer 2020

New Leone documentary film

Pulse Films and Leone Film Groups combine for documentary to celebrate Sergio Leone.

Pulse Films and Leone Group have announced the project of a documentary about Sergio Leone, with the direction and script by Francesco Zippel. Pulse Films will co-producer the documentary through its new subsidiary Pulse Films Italia.

“This project we have been working on for some time with Francesco Zippel who will direct it, exciting us and deeply involving us for obvious reasons – says Raffaella Leone, CEO of Leone Film Group – We are therefore very excited to announce that we have reached a co-production agreement with Pulse Films, with whom we will work side by side to create an innovative and wide ranging documentary like the man and the cinema whose story he will tell. Once again we thank Gianluca Farinelli and Cinecteca di Bologna for their precious help.

The film will benefit from exclusive material from the Cineteca di Bologna, which recently organized a highly successful exhibition dedicated to Sergio Leone both in Paris at the Cinematheque Francaise and in Rome at the Ara Pacis. Gianluca Farinelli and his team have conducted a careful research to recover Sergio Leone related material that will be available for the film

Who Are Those Composers? ~ Enrico Polito

Federico ‘Enrico’ Polito was born in Reggio Calabria, Italy in 1929. After studying piano and guitar he moved to Rome where he collaborated with singer Domenico Modugno, Rita Pavone, Mina and Ornella Vanoni. In 1966 he discovered Massimo Ranieri and therefore wrote and arranged his best known songs ‘Rose rosse’, Vent’anni’, ‘Via del Conservatorio’ and ‘erba di casa mia’. In 1978 he founded the record label Pom Records for which he produces I Pom an Italian pop group and authored several successful songs, including for Soccer Supporter, TGS Direct Sport for Rai 2. In all he wrote 239 songs and collaborated with such composers and writers as Giancarlo Bigazzi, Franco Migliacci, Toto Savio as well as conducting, arranging and producing. As a solo artist he recorded the 45 rpm singles of  Dalla mia finestra sul cortile (1961), Indovina (1962), Sotto il sole (1963). He also won a Golden Burlamacco for Non ho pietà.

His lone work in the Euro-western genre was as the composer for the western musical “A Fistful of Songs” in 1966

Polito died in Rome, Italy on March 19, 1998.

POLITO, Enrico (Federico Polito) [1929, Reggio Calabria, Italy – 3/19/1998, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – composer, songwriter, musician (piano, guitar), actor, singer.

A Fistful of Songs – 1966

Special Birthdays

Terence Young (director) would have been 105 today, he died in 1994.

Franco Castellano (screenwriter) would have been 95 today, he died in 1999.

Bill Crawley (actor) would have been 85 today, he died in 2018.

Ivan Palúch (actor) would have been 80 today, he died in 2015.

Spaghetti Western Trivia ~ Pecos meets Dracula

In the June 5^th ‘Once Upon a Time in Spaghetti Westerns” podcast our guest Robert Woods told co-host Jay Jennings that when he was working in Los Angeles, California early in his career, he and a couple other buddies shared a apartment and they found out that the place was owned and managed by film star Bela Lugosi. When asked what he was like, Robert explained he was just a regular guy, didn’t wear a cape, and was pleasant to deal with. I don’t believe he had to say, “Your rent is due” more than once.