The Song of Love (1930 film)

1930 film

The Song of Love

Directed by	Gennaro Righelli
Written by	Giorgio Simonelli Gennaro Righelli
Produced by	Stefano Pittaluga for CINES
Starring	Dria Paola Isa Pola Elio Steiner Mercedes Brignone
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata Massimo Terzano
Edited by	Leo Menardi Gennaro Righelli
Music by	Cesare Andrea Bixio
Distributed by	Pitaluga
Release date	7 October 1930 (1930-10-07) (Italy)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Song of Love (Italian: La canzone dell'amore) is a 1930 Italian romance film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Dria Paola, Isa Pola and Elio Steiner. It was the first Italian talking film. Alessandro Blasetti's film Resurrection was actually shot first, but delays meant that it was not released until 1931.

The film was first publicly screened on 7 October 1930 at the Supercinema in Rome. The story was based on a novella by Luigi Pirandello, In Silenzio.

The film was shot at the Cines-Pittaluga studios in Rome in three different versions: Italian, French and German using different casts and directors.

Plot summary

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Cast

Dria Paola as Lucia
Isa Pola as Anna
Elio Steiner as Enrico
Mercedes Brignone as La governante
Camillo Pilotto as Alberto Giordani, il padre
Olga Capri as La padrona di casa
Nello Rocchi as Marietto detto 'Ninì'
Umberto Sacripante as Amico di Enrico
Geni Sadero as La dirimpettaia
Franz Sala
Ermete Tamberlani
Renato Malavasi
Gino Mercuriali

References

"Cinema Italia". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
Molitnero p.40

Bibliography

Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

The Song of Love at IMDb
The Song of Love at AllMovie

v t e Films directed by Gennaro Righelli
Red Love (1921) The Voyage (1921) Under the Snow (1922) La Boheme (1923) Orient (1924) Rudderless (1924) The Doll Queen (1925) The Champion of the World (1927) Homesick (1927) Svengali (1927) Five Anxious Days (1928) Orient (1928) The Secret Courier (1928) The President (1928) Their Son (1929) The Night of Terror (1929) The Song of Love (1930) The Blue Fleet (1932) Together in the Dark (1933) The Last of the Bergeracs (1934) Mr. Desire (1934) Those Two (1935) The Amnesiac (1936) White Amazons (1936) Lasciate ogni speranza (1937) They've Kidnapped a Man (1938) La voce senza volto (1939) The Boarders at Saint-Cyr (1939) The Knight of San Marco (1939) Down with Misery (1945) Peddlin' in Society (1946) The Courier of the King (1947)

Films directed by Gennaro Righelli

Red Love (1921)
The Voyage (1921)
Under the Snow (1922)
La Boheme (1923)
Orient (1924)
Rudderless (1924)
The Doll Queen (1925)
The Champion of the World (1927)
Homesick (1927)
Svengali (1927)
Five Anxious Days (1928)
Orient (1928)
The Secret Courier (1928)
The President (1928)
Their Son (1929)
The Night of Terror (1929)
The Song of Love (1930)
The Blue Fleet (1932)
Together in the Dark (1933)
The Last of the Bergeracs (1934)
Mr. Desire (1934)
Those Two (1935)
The Amnesiac (1936)
White Amazons (1936)
Lasciate ogni speranza (1937)
They've Kidnapped a Man (1938)
La voce senza volto (1939)
The Boarders at Saint-Cyr (1939)
The Knight of San Marco (1939)
Down with Misery (1945)
Peddlin' in Society (1946)
The Courier of the King (1947)

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