Enrico Viarisio
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Enrico Viarisio was an Italian
theatre
and cinema
actor.
Equipped of a fine and elegant humour, Viarisio began his professional theatrical career at the age of 20. He began with the role of amoroso or male lover in the Carini-Gentili-Betrone theatre company, then passed to Talli-Melato-Betrone, Antonio Gandusio, Dyne Galli, and Nino Besozzi, and the Merlini-Cialente-Bagni company. To raise the company's small profits, Viarisio became the repertory comedian.
Bourgeois audiences appreciated Viarisio's "brilliance" — richly communicative, effervescent, and perfectly to their comfort — in amusing light comedies. In the sentimental comedies and white-telephone cinema of the 1930s, Viarisio was a constant figure, with his moustache and his black, shining hair combed to the back. He was the elegant interpreter of various pleasant stories adapted to film from the stage, such as Non ti conosco più (1936) by Nunzio Malasomma, L'uomo che sorride (1936) and Questi ragazzi (1937) by Mario Mattoli. Often he remained in the limits of the genre, but in some cases showed admirable creativity in his performances, keeping them fresh and memorable. This can be seen to best advantage in films like Il cappello a tre punte (1934) by Mario Camerini, Cavalleria (1936) by Goffredo Alessandrini and Quattro passi fra le nuvole (1942) by Allesandro Blasetti.
During the postwar period he was dedicated above all to the revue, playing opposite Wanda Osiris (Domani è sempre domenica, 1946–47; Si stava meglio domani, 1947–48; Il diavolo custode, 1950–51) and Isa Barzizza (Valentina, 1955). In the 1950s and '60s he lent his impeccable style and his sense of irony to television as well. Still memorable is his participation in Carosello in the spot for Germany (on the air from 1957 to 1965). He remains known for his signature phrase, "Ullalà è una cuccagna!"
Italy
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theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actor.
Equipped of a fine and elegant humour, Viarisio began his professional theatrical career at the age of 20. He began with the role of amoroso or male lover in the Carini-Gentili-Betrone theatre company, then passed to Talli-Melato-Betrone, Antonio Gandusio, Dyne Galli, and Nino Besozzi, and the Merlini-Cialente-Bagni company. To raise the company's small profits, Viarisio became the repertory comedian.
Bourgeois audiences appreciated Viarisio's "brilliance" — richly communicative, effervescent, and perfectly to their comfort — in amusing light comedies. In the sentimental comedies and white-telephone cinema of the 1930s, Viarisio was a constant figure, with his moustache and his black, shining hair combed to the back. He was the elegant interpreter of various pleasant stories adapted to film from the stage, such as Non ti conosco più (1936) by Nunzio Malasomma, L'uomo che sorride (1936) and Questi ragazzi (1937) by Mario Mattoli. Often he remained in the limits of the genre, but in some cases showed admirable creativity in his performances, keeping them fresh and memorable. This can be seen to best advantage in films like Il cappello a tre punte (1934) by Mario Camerini, Cavalleria (1936) by Goffredo Alessandrini and Quattro passi fra le nuvole (1942) by Allesandro Blasetti.
During the postwar period he was dedicated above all to the revue, playing opposite Wanda Osiris (Domani è sempre domenica, 1946–47; Si stava meglio domani, 1947–48; Il diavolo custode, 1950–51) and Isa Barzizza (Valentina, 1955). In the 1950s and '60s he lent his impeccable style and his sense of irony to television as well. Still memorable is his participation in Carosello in the spot for Germany (on the air from 1957 to 1965). He remains known for his signature phrase, "Ullalà è una cuccagna!"
Actor
- La ragazza dal livido azzurro , (1933)
- L'impiegata di papà , (1933)
- Tempo massimo , (1934)
- La provincialina , (1934)
- PaprikaPaprika (1933 film)Paprika is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Renato Cialente - Paolo* Vittorio De Sica* Gianfranco Giachetti - Urbano* Eva Magni - Lida Bonelli* Elsa Merlini - Ilonka* Sergio Tofano - Checco...
, (1934) - La marcia nuziale , (1934)
- Il cappello a tre punte ,(1934)
- Kiki di Raffaello MatarazzoRaffaello MatarazzoRaffaello Matarazzo was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :He started writing film reviews for Roman newspaper Il Tevere before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines...
, (1934) - Milizia territoriale , (1935)
- Amo te sola , regia di Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1935) - L'uomo che sorride , (1936)
- Trenta secondi d'amore , (1936)
- Sette giorni all'altro mondoSette giorni all'altro mondoSette giorni all'altro mondo is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli.-Cast:*Camillo Pilotto*Vanna Vanni*Franco Coop*Nietta Zocchi*Emilio Petacci*Virgilio Riento*Guglielmo Barnabò*Stefano Sibaldi*Clelia Bernacchi*Flavio Díaz...
, (1936) - Non ti conosco più , (1936)
- Cavalleria , (1936)
- Amazzoni bianche , (1936)
- Musica in piazzaMusica in piazzaMusica in piazza is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli.-Cast:*Gemma Bolognesi*Guido Celano*Ugo Ceseri*Mino Doro*Anna Maria Dossena*Carlo Duse*Achille Majeroni*Milly*Maria Raspini*Ermanno Roveri*Agostino Salvietti...
, (1936) - Gli uomini non sono ingrati , (1937)
- Gli ultimi giorni di PompeoGli ultimi giorni di PompeoGli ultimi giorni di Pompeo is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli.-Cast:*Enrico Viarisio as Pompeo Quarantini*Roberta Mari as L'eritiere*Camillo Pilotto as Il banchiere*Luigi Cimara as L'avvocato*Marcello Giorda as Il commissario...
, (1937) - Questi ragazzi , (1937)
- Ho perduto mio marito , (1937)
- I fratelli Castiglioni , (1937)
- I due misantropi , (1937)
- Duetto vagabondo , (1938)
- Il destino in tasca , (1938)
- Amicizia , (1938)
- La dama bianca , (1938)
- Ai vostri ordini, signora , (1939)
- La bionda sotto chiave , (1939)
- Due milioni per un sorriso , (1939)
- L'amore si fa così , (1939)
- L'eredità in corsa , (1939)
- Le sorprese del vagone letto , (1941)
- Il capitano degli ussari , (1940)
- Non mi sposo più , (1942)
- Finalmente soliFinalmente soliFinalmente soli is an Italian television series....
, (1942) - Quattro passi fra le nuvole , (1942)
- L'avventura di Annabella , (1943)
- Harlem , (1943)
- Tristi amori , (1943)
- Gli assi della risata , (1943)
- Ti conosco, mascherina , (1943)
- Circo equestre Za-bum , (1944)
- Ippocampo , (1945)
- SignorinellaSignorinellaSignorinella is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Gino Bechi.-Cast:* Gino Bechi - Don Cesare Balestri* Antonella Lualdi - Maria Censi* Aroldo Tieri - Un ladro* Ave Ninchi - Iris* Aldo Silvani - Ernesto De Blasi...
, (1949) - Ti ritroverò , (1949)
- È arrivato il cavaliere , (1950)
- Botta e risposta , (1950)
- Prima comunione , (1950)
- Donne e brigantiDonne e brigantiOf Love and Bandits is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati....
, (1950) - La bisarca , (1950)
- Napoleone , (1951)
- Il Microfono è vostro , (1951)
- Cameriera bella presenza offresi...Cameriera bella presenza offresi...Cameriera bella presenza offresi... is a 1951 Italian film directed by Giorgio Pastina. Federico Fellini was one of its scriptwriters.-Plot:...
, (1951) - Era lui... sì! sì! , (1951)
- Noi due soliNoi due soliNoi due soli is a 1952 Italian film directed by Marino Girolami....
, (1952) - La leggenda del Piave , (1952)
- Bellezze in moto-scooter , (1952)
- Villa Borghese , (1953)
- Siamo tutti inquiliniSiamo tutti inquiliniSiamo tutti inquilini is a 1953 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Aldo Fabrizi.-Cast:* Aldo Fabrizi - Augusto* Anna-Maria Ferrero - Anna Perrini* Enrico Viarisio - Sassi* Tania Weber - Lulù* Nino Pavese - Talloni...
, directed by Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1953) - Il più comico spettacolo del mondo , (1953)
- Pellegrini d'amore , (1953)
- Martin Toccaferro , (1953)
- Lasciateci in pace , (1953)
- Gli eroi della domenica , (1953)
- Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare , (1953)
- Cose da pazzi , (1953)
- Canzoni, canzoni, canzoni , (1953)
- Stazione Termini , (1953)
- I vitelloniI VitelloniI vitelloni is an Italian comedy drama film directed by Federico Fellini. Recognized as a pivotal work in the director's artistic evolution, the film has distinct autobiographical elements that mirror important societal changes in 1950s Italy....
, (1953) - La tua donna , (1954)
- Milanesi a Napoli , (1954)
- Carosello napoletano , (1954)
- Tempi nostri , (1954)
- Gli ultimi cinque minuti , (1955)
- Destinazione Piovarolo , (1955)
- Moglie e buoi , (1956)
- La ragazza del palio , (1957)
- Buongiorno primo amore , (1957)
- Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina , (1958)
- Un amore senza fine , (1958)
- Gli scontenti , (1959)
- I Teddy boys della canzone , (1960)
- Fuori la guardia , (1961)
- Le magnifiche sette , (1961)
- La signorina miliardo , (1961)
- Lo smemorato di Collegno , (1962)
- Pesci d'oro e bikini d'argento , (1962)
- Il giorno più cortoIl giorno più cortoIl giorno più corto is a 1962 Italian Comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie The Longest Day and stars the popular duo Ciccio Ingrassia and Franco Franchi in the leading roles...
, (1962) - Napoleone a Firenze , (1964)
- In ginocchio da te , (1964)
- Se non avessi più teSe non avessi più teSe non avessi più te is a 1965 Italian film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti.-Cast:*Gianni Morandi ... Gianni Traimonti*Laura Efrikian ... Carla Todisco*Anna Maria Polani ... Isabel de Villalba*Nino Taranto ... Ten. Antonio Todisco...
, (1965) - Non son degno di teNon son degno di teNon son degno di te is a 1965 Italian film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti.-Cast:*Gianni Morandi ... Gianni Traimonti*Laura Efrikian ... Carla Todisco*Gino Bramieri ... Ginone Traimonti*Nino Taranto ... Antonio Todisco...
, (1965) - Io uccido, tu uccidi , (1965)
- Perdono , (1966)
- Mi vedrai tornare , (1966)
- Stasera mi butto , (1967)
- Non stuzzicate la zanzara , (1967)