Domenico Gambino
Domenico Gambino | |
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 Gambino and Elli Parvo in the set of La donna perduta (1940) | |
| Born | Domenico Maria Gambino 17 May 1890 Turin, Piedmont Italy |
| Died | 17 April 1968 (aged 77)[1] Rome, Lazio Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Screenwriter Director |
| Years active | 1912–1954 (film) |
Domenico Gambino (17 May 1890 – 17 April 1968) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director.
Gambino played Saetta, one of the rival strongman heroes to Maciste.[2] Saetta had his own series of films during the early 1920s. He directed the 1931 German film A Storm Over Zakopane.[3]
Selected filmography
Actor
- Cabiria (1914)
- Saetta Saves the Queen (1920)
- Chief Saetta (1924)
- Emperor Maciste (1924)
- Saetta Learns to Live (1924)
- Thieves (1928)
- I Lost My Heart on a Bus (1929)
- A Storm Over Zakopane (1931)
- All is at Stake (1932)
- His Young Wife (1945)
Director
- The Last Performance of the Circus Wolfson (1928)
- Affair at the Grand Hotel (1929)
- A Storm Over Zakopane (1931)
- Battles in the Shadow (1938)
- The Secret of Villa Paradiso (1940)
- The Black Panther (1942)
- Return to Naples (1949)
Screenwriter
- Tragic Serenade (1951)
References
Bibliography
- Munich, Adrienne. Fashion in Film. Indiana University Press, 2011.
- Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.