Two Million for a Smile - Misplaced Pages

1939 Italian film

Two Million for a Smile

Directed by	Carlo Borghesio Mario Soldati
Written by	Carlo Borghesio Renato Castellani Mario Soldati
Starring	Enrico Viarisio Giuseppe Porelli Elsa De Giorgi
Cinematography	Mario Albertelli
Edited by	Mario Bonotti
Music by	Felice Montagnini
Production company	Lux Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	7 August 1939 (1939-08-07)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Two Million for a Smile (Italian: Due milioni per un sorriso) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and Mario Soldati and starring Enrico Viarisio, Giuseppe Porelli and Elsa De Giorgi.

It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Brosio.

Synopsis

An Italian industrialist who has made a fortune in America returns to Italy planning to make a film about a beautiful woman who smiled at him before he left his home country years before. With the assistance of a man who resembles his younger self he sets out to find the perfect woman for the role.

Cast

Enrico Viarisio as Mister Giacomo Perotti / Martino Bo
Giuseppe Porelli as Spinelli, il segretario
Elsa De Giorgi as Maria
Sandra Ravel as Lisetta
Romolo Costa as Il barista
Dhia Cristiani as Piera
Lauro Gazzolo as L'ufficiale giudiziario
Pina Renzi as La guarderobiera
Ermanno Roveri as Il banchista / il regista
Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il cuoco / il truccatore
Vasco Creti as Il capotreno
Guido Barbarisi as L'elettricista / il capocameriere
Carlo Bressan as L'autista del furgoncino
Maria Polese as La padrona della copisteria
Raimondo Van Riel as L'oste
Carlo Ranieri as Il primo cameriere / l'operatore
Antonietta Vilella as La fanciulla dell'organino
Livia Minelli as Un'attrice

References

Curti p.22

Bibliography

Roberto Curti. Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland, 2017.

External links

Two Million for a Smile at IMDb

v t e The films of Carlo Borghesio
Two Million for a Smile (1939) The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez (1940) The Champion (1943) Two Hearts (1943) How I Lost the War (1947) L'eroe della strada (1948) How I Discovered America (1949) Captain Demonio (1950) Il monello della strada (1951) Napoleon (1951) The Angels of the District (1952) The Steel Rope (1953) The Two Friends (1955)

v t e Films directed by Mario Soldati
The Woman of Monte Carlo (1938) Princess Tarakanova (1938) Two Million for a Smile (1939) Dora Nelson (1939) Tutto per la donna (1940) Piccolo mondo antico (1941) Tragic Night (1942) Malombra (1942) In High Places (1943) His Young Wife (1945) Eugenia Grandet (1946) Daniele Cortis (1947) Escape to France (1948) I'm in the Revue (1950) Her Favourite Husband (1950) Women and Brigands (1950) O.K. Nerone (1951) It's Love That's Ruining Me (1951) The Three Pirates (1952) Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1952) The Adventures of Mandrin (1952) The Dream of Zorro (1952) The Wayward Wife (1953) Of Life and Love (1954) The Stranger's Hand (1954) The River Girl (1954) Sous le ciel de Provence (1956) Italia piccola (1957) Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura (1959)

Films directed by Mario Soldati

The Woman of Monte Carlo (1938)
Princess Tarakanova (1938)
Two Million for a Smile (1939)
Dora Nelson (1939)
Tutto per la donna (1940)
Piccolo mondo antico (1941)
Tragic Night (1942)
Malombra (1942)
In High Places (1943)
His Young Wife (1945)
Eugenia Grandet (1946)
Daniele Cortis (1947)
Escape to France (1948)
I'm in the Revue (1950)
Her Favourite Husband (1950)
Women and Brigands (1950)
O.K. Nerone (1951)
It's Love That's Ruining Me (1951)
The Three Pirates (1952)
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1952)
The Adventures of Mandrin (1952)
The Dream of Zorro (1952)
The Wayward Wife (1953)
Of Life and Love (1954)
The Stranger's Hand (1954)
The River Girl (1954)
Sous le ciel de Provence (1956)
Italia piccola (1957)
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura (1959)

This article related to an Italian film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: