Naples of Olden Times explained

Naples of Olden Times
Director:	Amleto Palermi
Producer:	Carlo Barbieri
Studio:	Astra Film
Distributor:	Generalcine
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	Italy

Naples of Olden Times (Italy: Napoli d'altri tempi) is a 1938 Italian musical comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Vittorio De Sica, Emma Gramatica and Elisa Cegani.^[1] It was made at Cinecittà in Rome.

Synopsis

At the beginning of the Twentieth century, a young employee of a Naples shop dreams of becoming a famous singer.

Cast

• Vittorio De Sica as Mario Esposito
• Emma Gramatica as Maddalena Errante
• Elisa Cegani as Maria
• María Denis as Ninetta
• Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Zia Bettina
• Giuseppe Porelli as Barracchi
• Enrico Glori as Maurizio
• Gianni Altieri as De Stasio
• Vittorio Bianchi as Il marchese Leopoldo Piermarini
• Nicola Maldacea as Nicola
• Agostino Salvietti as Luigino
• Guglielmo Sinaz as L'impiegato di Casa Ricordi

References

1. Gundle p.153

Bibliography

• Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
• Liehm, Mira. Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present. University of California Press, 1984.