Melody of Love (1952 film) explained

Melody of Love
Director:	Mario Costa
Story:	Roberto Amoroso
Producer:	Roberto Amoroso
Starring:	Giacomo Rondinella Maria Fiore Nadia Gray
Cinematography:	Francesco Izzarelli
Editing:	Renzo Lucidi
Music:	Gino Filippini
Studio:	Sud Film Produzione Cinematografica
Distributor:	Variety Distribution
Runtime:	96 minutes
Country:	Italy
Language:	Italian

Melody of Love or Singing City (original title Città canora) is a 1952 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Giacomo Rondinella, Maria Fiore and Nadia Gray.^[1]

It was shot at Cinecitta Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lamberto Giovagnoli.

Cast

• Nadia Gray as Nadia Sandor
• Maria Fiore as Maria Morelli
• Giacomo Rondinella as Giacomo D'Angeli
• Tina Pica as Concetta
• Paola Borboni as Anna
• Carlo Romano as Commendator Ferrario
• Mirko Ellis as Renato Scala
• Giovanni Grasso as Don Salvatore Morelli
• Giuseppe Porelli as Don Raffaele Scotto
• Leila Calabrese as Governante di Don Raffaele
• Dante and Beniamino Maggio as Pasquale and Nicola
• Amalia Pellegrini as Amalia
• Vittorio Bottone
• Salvatore Cafiero
• Arturo Gigliati
• Luigi De Simone

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
• Marlow-Mann, Alex. The New Neapolitan Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

External links

• • Melody of love at Variety Distribution

Notes and References

1. Chiti & Poppi p.218