The Merry Widower (1950 film)

1950 film

The Merry Widower

Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Aldo De Benedetti Agenore Incrocci Mario Mattoli Furio Scarpelli
Produced by	Isidoro Broggi
Starring	Carlo Dapporto Isa Barzizza Amedeo Nazzari
Cinematography	Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Giuliana Attenni
Music by	Felice Montagnini
Production companies	Marina Film Spettacoli Za Bum Teatri della Farnesina
Distributed by	Manenti Film
Release date	July 1950 (1950-07)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Merry Widower (Italian: Il vedovo allegro) is a 1950 Italian romance film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Carlo Dapporto, Isa Barzizza and Amedeo Nazzari. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.

Plot

Bebè, a variety artist, runs a nightclub in Cannes on the French Riviera. Unknown to both his girlfriend Lucy and the other performers, he has a young daughter living in San Remo with his grandmother. Lucy becomes suspicious due to his repeated absences, unaware that Bebè's daughter is ill and needs an expensive operation.

Cast

Carlo Dapporto as Bebè
Isa Barzizza as Lucy
Amedeo Nazzari as Il professore De Carlo
Ave Ninchi as Dolores
Irasema Dilián as Peggy
Luigi Pavese as Il commissario dell'Interpol
Mimma Beccari as La piccola Anna Maria
Arnoldo Foà as Roy
Tina De Mola as La maestrina
Toti Dal Monte as La suocera
Cesco Baseggio as Il suocero
Laura Gore as La dottoressa
Ubaldo Lay as Shaphiro
Ughetto Bertucci as Il primo portiere del tabarin
Mario Pisu as Il nuovo portiere del tabarin
Aldo Silvani as Un medico anziano
Vinicio Sofia as Un poliziotto

References

Chiti & Poppi p.394

Bibliography

Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

v t e Films directed by Mario Mattoli
Full Speed (1934) I Love You Only (1935) The Man Who Smiles (1936) Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936) La Damigella di Bard (1936) Music in the Square (1936) The Last Days of Pompeo (1937) These Children (1937) Felicita Colombo (1937) Destiny (1938) Triumph of Love (1938) Nonna Felicità (1938) A Lady Did It (1938) The Lady in White (1938) At Your Orders, Madame (1939) We Were Seven Widows (1939) Defendant, Stand Up! (1939) Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939) Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939) Abandonment (1940) The Pirate's Dream (1940) Non me lo dire! (1940) Light in the Darkness (1941) Schoolgirl Diary (1941) I Live as I Please (1942) Invisible Chains (1942) The Three Pilots (1942) The Lady Is Fickle (1942) Sealed Lips (1942) Nothing New Tonight (1942) The Valley of the Devil (1943) Lively Teresa (1943) Anything for a Song (1943) The Last Wagon (1943) The Za-Bum Circus (1944) Life Begins Anew (1945) Departure at Seven (1946) The Two Orphans (1947) Toto Tours Italy (1948) Fear and Sand (1948) Cab Number 13 (1948) Assunta Spina (1948) Little Lady (1949) The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) Adam and Eve (1949) Totò Tarzan (1950) The Merry Widower (1950) The Elusive Twelve (1950) The Cadets of Gascony (1950) Toto the Sheik (1950) Toto the Third Man (1951) The Steamship Owner (1951) Arrivano i nostri (1951) My Heart Sings (1951) Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952) Sardinian Vendetta (1952) Neapolitan Turk (1953) Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) Funniest Show on Earth (1953) Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954) Toto Seeks Peace (1954) The Doctor of the Mad (1954) Poverty and Nobility (1954) L'ultimo amante (1955) Eighteen Year Olds (1955) I giorni più belli (1956) Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957) Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958) Move and I'll Shoot (1958) Tipi da spiaggia (1959) Prepotenti più di prima (1959) Non perdiamo la testa (1959) Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959) Gentlemen Are Born (1960) Un mandarino per Teo (1960) Appuntamento a Ischia (1960) Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960) Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961) Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961) Appuntamento in riviera (1962) 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962) Obiettivo ragazze (1963) Corpse for the Lady (1964) For a Few Dollars Less (1966)

Films directed by Mario Mattoli

Full Speed (1934)
I Love You Only (1935)
The Man Who Smiles (1936)
Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936)
La Damigella di Bard (1936)
Music in the Square (1936)
The Last Days of Pompeo (1937)
These Children (1937)
Felicita Colombo (1937)
Destiny (1938)
Triumph of Love (1938)
Nonna Felicità (1938)
A Lady Did It (1938)
The Lady in White (1938)
At Your Orders, Madame (1939)
We Were Seven Widows (1939)
Defendant, Stand Up! (1939)
Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939)
Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939)
Abandonment (1940)
The Pirate's Dream (1940)
Non me lo dire! (1940)
Light in the Darkness (1941)
Schoolgirl Diary (1941)
I Live as I Please (1942)
Invisible Chains (1942)
The Three Pilots (1942)
The Lady Is Fickle (1942)
Sealed Lips (1942)
Nothing New Tonight (1942)
The Valley of the Devil (1943)
Lively Teresa (1943)
Anything for a Song (1943)
The Last Wagon (1943)
The Za-Bum Circus (1944)
Life Begins Anew (1945)
Departure at Seven (1946)
The Two Orphans (1947)
Toto Tours Italy (1948)
Fear and Sand (1948)
Cab Number 13 (1948)
Assunta Spina (1948)
Little Lady (1949)
The Firemen of Viggiù (1949)
Adam and Eve (1949)
Totò Tarzan (1950)
The Merry Widower (1950)
The Elusive Twelve (1950)
The Cadets of Gascony (1950)
Toto the Sheik (1950)
Toto the Third Man (1951)
The Steamship Owner (1951)
Arrivano i nostri (1951)
My Heart Sings (1951)
Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951)
Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952)
Sardinian Vendetta (1952)
Neapolitan Turk (1953)
Siamo tutti inquilini (1953)
Funniest Show on Earth (1953)
Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954)
Toto Seeks Peace (1954)
The Doctor of the Mad (1954)
Poverty and Nobility (1954)
L'ultimo amante (1955)
Eighteen Year Olds (1955)
I giorni più belli (1956)
Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957)
Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958)
Move and I'll Shoot (1958)
Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
Prepotenti più di prima (1959)
Non perdiamo la testa (1959)
Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
Gentlemen Are Born (1960)
Un mandarino per Teo (1960)
Appuntamento a Ischia (1960)
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960)
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961)
Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
Appuntamento in riviera (1962)
5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
Obiettivo ragazze (1963)
Corpse for the Lady (1964)
For a Few Dollars Less (1966)

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