Marino Girolami Explained

Marino Girolami
Birth Name:	Marino Girolami
Birth Date:	1 February 1914
Birth Place:	Rome, Italy
Death Place:	Rome, Italy
Children:	Ennio Girolami Enzo G. Castellari
Occupation:	Film director

Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor.

Biography

Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy.^[1] Formally a professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady. He pursued his career as film director with several musical comedies and melodramas.

Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 films in three decades. Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, the crime film (Violent Rome) and horror with Zombie Holocaust. Girolami also made hardcore pornography such as Sesso profondo. He died on 20 February 1994 in Rome.

Personal life

Girolami was the older brother of director Romolo Girolami, who worked with Marino as an assistant director on some of his films such as Il Mio amico Jekyll and later directed under the name Romolo Guerrieri. Marino Girolami is also the father of actor Ennio Girolami and director Enzo G. Castellari.

Select filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

Title	Year	Credited as				Notes
		width=6%	Director!	width=6%	Screenwriter!			width=6%	Producer!	width=6%	Other
Beatrice Cenci						Actor	^[2]
						Actor	^[3]
Villa da vendere						Actor, as brigadiere di polizia	^[4]
Giarabub						Actor	^[5]
Violette nei capelli						Actor	^[6]
	1943					Screen story writer	^[7]
Miss Italia						Film editor	^[8]
Fugitive Lady							^[9]
Love and Blood	1951						^[10] ^[11]
Era lui... sì! sì!							^[12]
We Two Alone							^[13]
Era lei che lo voleva							^[14]
Lasciateci in pace							^[15]
Riscatto						Screen story writer	^[16]
Canto per te							^[17]
							^[18]
Ore 10 lezione di canto						Screen story writer	^[19]
						Screen story writer	^[20]
Cantando sotto le stelle							^[21]
Buongiorno primo amore								^[22]
						Screen story writer	^[23]
C'è un sentiero nel cielo						Screen story writer	^[24]
Serenate per 16 bionde						Screen story writer	^[25]
7 canzoni per 7 sorelle						Screen story writer	^[26]
Vivendo, cantando... che male ti fo?						Screen story writer	^[27]
Quando gli angeli piangono						Screen story writer	^[28]
							^[29]
Un canto nel deserto							^[30]
Quanto sei bella Roma							^[31]
Quel tesoro di papà							^[32]
Caccia al marito						Screen story writer	^[33]
Ferragosto in bikini						Screen story writer	^[34]
My Friend, Dr. Jekyll	1960					Screen story writer
Bellezze sulla spiaggia							^[35]
						Screen story writer	^[36]
							^[37]
						Screen story writer	^[38]
Scandali al mare							^[39]
Walter e i suoi cugini						Screen story writer	^[40]
							^[41]
							^[42]
							^[43]
Twist, lolite e vitelloni						Screen story writer	^[44]
						Screen story writer	^[45]
							^[46]
Siamo tutti pomicioni							^[47]
						Screen story writer	^[48]
Bullet in the Flesh	1964						^[49]
Queste pazze, pazze donne							^[50]
							^[51]
Veneri al sole						Screen story writer	^[52]
Veneri in collegio						Screen story writer	^[53]
						Screen story writer	^[54]
Spiaggia libera						Screen story writer	^[55]
Due Rrringos nel Texas						Screen story writer	^[56]
Granada, addio								^[57]
						Screen story writer	^[58]
Renegade Riders	1967					Screen story writer	^[59]
One by One	1968						^[60]
Between God, the Devil and a Winchester	1968						^[61]
Franco, Ciccio e le vedove allegre						Screen story writer	^[62]
I due magnifici fresconi						Screen story writer, film editor	^[63]
Raptus						Screen story writer	^[64]
						Screen story writer	^[65]
African Story						Screen story writer	^[66]
							^[67]
Decameron proibitissimo							^[68]
Maria Rosa la guardona						Screen story writer	^[69]
4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre							^[70]
Rudeness	1975
Lover Boy						Screen story writer	^[71]
						Screen story writer	^[72]
Violent Rome	1975
Amici più di prima							^[73]
Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza	1976
Special Cop in Action	1976
Kakkientruppen	1977					Screen story writer
Nudeodeon						Screen story writer	^[74]
Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice?							^[75]
Hunted City	1979					Screen story writer
Sesso profondo							^[76]
Zombie Holocaust	1980						^[77] ^[78]
							^[79]
							^[80]
Pierino contro tutti							^[81]
Giggi il bullo							^[82]
Pierino colpisce ancora							^[83]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Curti, Roberto. Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. 978-0786469765. 2013.
• Book: Curti , Roberto . Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969 . McFarland . 978-1476619897 . 2015.
• Book: Curti, Roberto . Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema . Midnight Marquee Press . 2016 . 978-1-936168-60-6 .
• Book: Ercolani, Eugenio. Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s. McFarland. 2019. 978-1476667386.
• Book: Grant, Kevin. Any Gun Can Play. 2011. Fab Press. 9781903254615.
• Book: Kinnard . Roy . Crnkovich . Tony . Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 . McFarland . 978-1476662916 . 2017.
• Book: Minuz, Andrea. Political Fellini: Journey to the End of Italy. Berghahn Books. 2015. 978-1782388203.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marino Girolami. Filmportal.de. 9 May 2019.
2. Web site: Beatrice Cenci (1941). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
3. Web site: L'ultimo combattimento (1941). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
4. Web site: Villa da vendere (1941). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
5. Web site: Giarabub (1942). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
6. Web site: Violette nei capelli (1942). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
7. Web site: Campo de' Fiori (1943). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
8. Web site: Miss Italia (1950). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
9. Web site: La strada buia (1950). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
10. Web site: Amore e sangue (1951). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
11. Web site: Schatten über Neapel. Filmportal.de. 9 May 2019. de.
12. Web site: Era lui... sì! sì! (1951). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
13. Web site: Noi due soli (1952). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
14. Web site: Era lei che lo voleva! (1953). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
15. Web site: Lasciateci in pace (1953). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
16. Web site: Riscatto (1953). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
17. Web site: Canto per te (1954). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
18. Web site: Il cantante misterioso (1954). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
19. Web site: Ore 10: lezione di canto (1955). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
20. Web site: La ragazza di via Veneto (1955). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
21. Web site: Cantando sotto le stelle (1956). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
22. Web site: Buongiorno primo amore! (1957). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
23. Web site: La canzone del destino (1957). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
24. Web site: C'è un sentiero nel cielo (1957). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
25. Web site: Serenate per 16 bionde (1957). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
26. Web site: 7 canzoni per 7 sorelle (1957). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
27. Web site: Vivendo, cantando... che male ti fo? (1957). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
28. Web site: Quando gli angeli piangono (1958). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
29. Web site: Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1958). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
30. Web site: Un canto nel deserto (1958). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
31. Web site: Quanto sei bella Roma (1959). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
32. Web site: Quel tesoro di papà (1959). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
33. Web site: Caccia al marito (1960). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
34. Web site: Ferragosto in bikini (1960). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
35. Web site: Bellezze sulla spiaggia (1961) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
36. Web site: Un figlio d'oggi (1961) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
37. Web site: Le magnifiche 7 (1961) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
38. Web site: La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo (1961) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
39. Web site: Scandali al mare (1961) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
40. Web site: Walter e i suoi cugini (1961) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
41. Web site: L'assassino si chiama Pompeo (1962) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
42. Web site: L'ira di Achille (1962) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
43. Web site: Il medico delle donne (1962) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
44. Web site: Twist, lolite e vitelloni (1962) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
45. Web site: La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
46. Web site: Le motorizzate (1963) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
47. Web site: Siamo tutti pomicioni (1963) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
48. Web site: I magnifici Brutos del West' (1964) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
49. Web site: Il piombo e la carne (1964) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
50. Web site: Queste pazze, pazze donne (1964) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
51. Web site: Le Tardone (1964) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
52. Web site: Veneri al sole (1964) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
53. Web site: Veneri in collegio (1965) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
54. Web site: I 7 monaci d'oro (1966) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
55. Web site: Spiaggia libera (1966) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
56. Web site: Due Rrringos nel Texas (1966) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
57. Web site: Granada, addio! (1967) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
58. Web site: Il lungo il corto il gatto (1967) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
59. Web site: 7 Winchester per un massacro (1967) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
60. Web site: Uno a uno, sin piedad [Ad uno ad uno... spietatamente] (1968) ]. Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
61. Web site: Anche nel West c'era una volta Dio (1968) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
62. Web site: Franco, Ciccio e le vedove allegre (1968) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
63. Web site: I due magnifici fresconi (1968) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
64. Web site: Raptus (1969) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
65. Web site: Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione (1970) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
66. Web site: African Story (1971) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
67. Web site: Los amantes del diablo (1971) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
68. Web site: Decameron proibitissimo (1972) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
69. Web site: Maria Rosa la guardona (1973) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
70. Web site: 4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre (1974) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
71. Web site: Grazie nonna (1975) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
72. Web site: La moglie vergine (1975) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
73. Web site: Amici più di prima (1976) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
74. Web site: Nudeodeon (1978) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
75. Web site: Dove vai se il vizietto non ce l'hai? (1979) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
76. Web site: Sesso profondo (1980) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
77. Web site: Zombi Holocaust (1980) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
78. News: . Spettacoli. 10 May 2019. it. 29. 8 July 1980.
79. Web site: La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà (1980) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
80. Web site: L'esercito più pazzo del mondo (1981) . Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
81. Web site: Pierino contro tutti (1981). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
82. Web site: Giggi il bullo (1982). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.
83. Web site: Pierino colpisce ancora. Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. 9 May 2019. it.