Tre Dive Del Cinema D’Altri Tempi

— Voi, laggiù in fondo, muovetevi, parlate, fingete di bere il tè, non mi state come quattro salami.

Uno di quei salami ero io; salame in frak, comparsa o cachet alla Celio Film di Roma. Chi mi aveva regalato quel suinico appellativo era il conte Negroni, che già in quell’epoca (1914) era uno dei più quotati metteurs-en-scène, ovvero registi, del cinema italiano ancora muto.

Fonte: Sempre In Penombra

Ivo Illuminati (Ripatransone, Ascoli Piceno 1882, Roma 1963) ha scritto numerosi articoli dedicati allo spettacolo su quotidiani e periodici. Laureato in legge, ma appassionato di recitazione, inizia a lavorare come attore drammatico nel 1904 e forma parte di alcune delle Compagnie Drammatiche più importanti dell’epoca: Gramatica-Ruggeri, Calabresi-Severi, Galli-Guasti-Ciarli, Stabile Romana, e molte altre. Abbandona il teatro per il cinema intorno al 1914 e fu per qualche tempo collaboratore di Nino Oxilia, ma divenne presto sceneggiatore e direttore artistico. Dal 1914 al 1922, diresse più di quaranta film, quasi tutti su propria sceneggiatura. Capo del servizio tecnico dell’Istituto Luce, dal 1928 al 1933, collabora alla sceneggiatura di due film interpretati da Angelo Musco: L’aria del continente e Fiat voluntas Dei. Nel 1938, lavora come assistente alla regia nel film Giuseppe Verdi, e nel 1942 dirige, in collaborazione con Hans Hinrich, il suo unico film sonoro: Il vetturale di San Gottardo. Dal 1947 al 1950, insegna recitazione, dizione e tecnica cinematografica all’Accademia dei Filodrammatici di Milano.

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