A Farewell to Arms 1957  N/R, 152 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Vidor, John Huston
Cast: Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi, Mercedes McCambridge, Oskar Homolka, Elaine Stritch, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Interlenghi, Victor Francen, Kurt Kasznar, Jose Nieto, Georges Brehat, Johanna Hofer, Eduard Linkers
American ambulance driver for the Italian Army, Lt. Frederic Henry (Rock Hudson), meets Red Cross nurse Catherine (Jennifer Jones) during World War I, and they fall in love. Their affair results in Catherine's pregnancy, but Frederick returns to the front, and they lose contact with each other. The war ends for Frederic when he deserts the army and travels to Switzerland searching for Catherine.
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Mafioso 1962  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Alberto Lattuada
Cast: Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti, Ugo Attanasio, Cinzia Bruno, Katiusca Piretti, Armando Tine, Lilly Bistrattin, Michele Bailly, Francesco Lo Briglio, Carmelo Oliviero, Hugh Hurd
Antonio "Nino" Dadalamenti (Alberto Sordi) takes two weeks off from his job at an automobile factory. He is ready to set off with his fair-haired wife Martha (Norma Bengell) and their daughters (Cinzia Bruno and Katiusca Piretti) on a visit to his Sicilian hometown of Calamo. Just before they leave, Nino's boss, Dr. Zanchi (Armando Tine), asks him to deliver a package to Calamo mob boss Don Vincenzo (Ugo Attanasio). The family arrives in Calamo where Martha, because of her blond hair, is not greeted warmly. Nino delivers the package to Don Vincenzo who, in turn, asks Nino to do him a favor of carrying out a hit–and Nino realizes that this is a request that he will not be allowed to refuse. Now the visit really turns sour.
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 1965  N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Terry-Thomas, Robert Morley, Gert Frobe, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Flora Robson, Red Skelton
The complete title of this film is "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Or: How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes." Behind this long title is a comedy about a 1910 airplane race from London to Paris. American (Stuart Whitman) and British (James Fox) flyers vie not only to win the race but also to win the same girl (Sarah Miles). Lots of fun.
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Two Nights with Cleopatra 1953  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Sophia Loren, Alberto Sordi, Paul Muller, Ettore Manni, Nando Bruno, Alberto Talegalli, Gianni Cavalieri, Ugo D'Alessio, Rolf Tasna, Carlo Dale, Riccardo Garrone, Ughetto Bertucci
One of Queen Cleopatra's (Sophia Loren) games is to make love to a guard and then have the guard executed. But now she has a problem: she wants to be with her true lover, Marc Antony (Ettore Manni), before he heads to war, but there is also a new guard to "take care of." Her solution is to have a slave girl (also played by Loren) pretend to be the Queen. A silly, sex farce.
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Vitelloni 1953 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Young and the Passionate
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Franco Interlenghi, Franco Fabrizi, Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Leonora Ruffo, Lida Baarova, Arlette Sauvage, Jean Brochard, Paola Borboni
This is an excellent Federico Fellini film, perhaps his best, and is taken from his own childhood. Five young men in a small town on the Adriatic Sea have trouble growing up and assuming responsibility.
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The White Sheik 1952  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Alberto Sordi, Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina, Lilia Landi, Ernesto Almirante, Fanny Marchio, Gina Mascetti, Enzo Maggio, Ettore Maria Margadonna
Newlyweds Wanda (Brunella Bovo) and Ivan (Leopoldo Trieste) arrive in Rome for a visit, which involves introducing Wanda to the family and visiting the Pope. While the serious Ivan naps, the adventurous Wanda leaves to see her idol, the "White Sheik" Fernando Rivoli (Alberto Sordi), a photo comic-strip hero. Before long, she is whisked off to be in an episode while her husband makes excuses to his relatives for her absence. But The White Sheik isn't the hero of her dreams that she had thought in this light comedy that marks Fellini's first solo directorial effort.
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| 1. A Farewell to Arms (1957)
2. Mafioso (1962)
3. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
4. Two Nights with Cleopatra (1953)
5. Vitelloni (1953)
aka: The Young and the Passionate
6. The White Sheik (1952)
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