Luigi Gervasi was nominated for a Best Art Direction Academy Award for a film based on a play by what playwriter?
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Luigi Gervasi Luigi Gervasi was an Italian set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "The Taming of the Shrew".
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The Taming of the Shrew (1967 film) The Taming of the Shrew (Italian: "La Bisbetica domata" ) is a 1967 film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare about a courtship between two strong-willed people. The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as Shakespeare's Kate and Petruchio.
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The Charterhouse of Parma (film) The Charterhouse of Parma (French: "La Chartreuse de Parme" , Italian: "La Certosa di Parma" ) is a 1948 French-Italian drama film based on the novel of the same name by Stendhal. It entered the competition at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival, being awarded for best cinematography.
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Camille 2000 Camille 2000 is a 1969 film based on the 1852 novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias" by Alexandre Dumas, fils. It was adapted by Michael DeForrest and directed by Radley Metzger. It stars Danièle Gaubert and Nino Castelnuovo with Eleonora Rossi Drago and Massimo Serato.
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Marcel Gerbidon Marcel Gerbidon (1868–1933) was a Swiss playwright and screenwriter. He collaborated frequently with Paul Armont. A number of his plays have been adapted into films such as the 1958 film "School for Coquettes".
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Luigi Bonelli Luigi Bonelli (1892–1954) was an Italian playwright and screenwriter.
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Gervaise (film) Gervaise is a 1956 French film directed by René Clément based on the novel "L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola. It depicts a working-class woman in the mid-nineteenth century (played by Maria Schell) trying to cope with the descent of her husband (played by François Périer) into alcoholism. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards. Schell won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1956 Venice Film Festival for her performance.
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In the Name of the Law (1949 film) In the Name of the Law (or In nome della legge) is a 1949 Italian language mafia drama film directed by Pietro Germi. It Is based on Giuseppe Guido Lo Schiavo's novel "Piccola pretura". Federico Fellini co-wrote the script. The style of the film is close to Italian neorealism film movement.
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Lonelyhearts Lonelyhearts, also known as Miss Lonelyhearts, is a 1958 drama film directed by Vincent J. Donehue. It is based on the 1957 Broadway play by Howard Teichmann, which in turn is based on the 1933 novel "Miss Lonelyhearts" by Nathanael West.
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Orage (film) Orage is a 1938 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret. The screenplay was written by Marcel Achard and , based on the play "Le venin" by Henri Bernstein. The film stars Charles Boyer and Michèle Morgan.
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Tales of the Typewriter Tales of the Typewriter (Hungarian: Mesék az írógépröl) is a 1916 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Lili Berky, Jenő Janovics and György Kürthy. It was based on a 1905 novel by István Szomaházy.
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Without Pity Without Pity (Italian: "Senza pietà" ) is a 1948 Italian film directed by Alberto Lattuada from a script by the director himself, Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli, from an original story by Ettore Margadonna.
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All About Eve All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It was based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr, although screen credit was not given for it.
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The Secret of Polichinelle (1936 film) The Secret of Polichinelle (French:Le secret de Polichinelle) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Raimu, Françoise Rosay and André Alerme. It is based on a play of the same name by Pierre Wolff, which had previously been turned into a silent film "The Secret of Polichinelle" (1923).
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Romanoff and Juliet (film) Romanoff and Juliet is a 1961 American Technicolor romantic comedy film adaptation of the play "Romanoff and Juliet", which was itself loosely based on "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, released by Universal Pictures. Peter Ustinov wrote the screenplay, directed, and starred in the film. It co-starred John Gavin as Igor and Sandra Dee as Juliet.
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The Vagabond King (1930 film) The Vagabond King is a 1930 American musical operetta film photographed entirely in two-color Technicolor. The plot of the film was based on the 1925 operetta of the same name, which was based on the 1901 play "If I Were King" by Justin Huntly McCarthy. The play told the story of a renegade French poet named François Villon. The music of the film was based on a 1925 operetta, also based on the play "If I Were King" by McCarthy. The operetta is also titled "The Vagabond King" with music by Rudolph Friml and lyrics by Brian Hooker and W.H. Post. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
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The Royal Family of Broadway The Royal Family of Broadway is a 1930 pre-Code comedy film, directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner, and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Gertrude Purcell from the play "The Royal Family" by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman.
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Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (] ; Girgenti,today known as Agrigento, 28 June 1867 – Rome 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre."
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Tonight We Improvise Tonight We Improvise (Italian: "Questa sera si recita a soggetto" ] ) is a play by Luigi Pirandello. Like his play "Six Characters in Search of an Author", it forms part of his "trilogy of the theatre in the theatre." It premiered in 1930 in a German translation in Königsberg, and had its first Italian performance in Turin on April 14, 1930.
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Topaze (1933 American film) Topaze is a 1933 American Pre-Code film based on the French play of the same name by Marcel Pagnol. Another film version of "Topaze", this one made in the original French was also released that year, starring Louis Jouvet in the title role. Subsequently Pagnol himself directed a 1936 adaptation.
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Path of Hope Path of Hope (Italian: "Il Cammino della speranza" ) is a 1950 Italian language drama film directed by Pietro Germi that belongs to the Italian neorealism film movement. It is based on Nino Di Maria's novel "Cuori negli abissi". Federico Fellini co-wrote the script.
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Goodbye Youth (1927 film) Goodbye Youth (Italian: Addio giovinezza!) is a 1927 Italian silent drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Walter Slezak, Elena Sangro and Carmen Boni. The film was adapted from the 1911 play of the same name by Nino Oxilia and Sandro Camasio.