The Silent Partner (1939 film)
1939 film by Roberto Roberti
- Jenaro Prieto (novel)
- Guido Rispoli
- Roberto Roberti
- Carlo Romano
- Clara Calamai
- Evi Maltagliati
Production
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Scalera Film
Release date
- December 1939 (1939-12)
Running time
The Silent Partner (Italian: Il socio invisibile) is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Carlo Romano, Clara Calamai and Evi Maltagliati.[1] It is based on the 1928 novel The Partner by Jenaro Prieto, which was turned into a British film The Mysterious Mr. Davis the same year.
It was made by the Rome-based Scalera Films. The sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel and Alfredo Manzi.
Synopsis
A financially struggling man creates a fake business partner. His creation is an enormous success despite the fact that nobody has ever met him.
Cast
- Carlo Romano as Prado
- Clara Calamai as La moglie di Prado
- Evi Maltagliati as La diva
- Sergio Tofano as L'affaristo in borsa
- Erminio Spalla as Il colonello
- Virgilio Riento as Il maggiore
- Mariella Lotti as Un' educanda
- Jone Romano as La direttrice dell' educandato
- Giulio Alfieri
- Regina Bianchi
- Gemma Bolognesi
- Guido Celano
- Vasco Creti
- Licia D'Alba
- Mario Gallina
- Nicola Maldacea
- Clelia Matania
- Egisto Olivieri
- Felice Romano
- Guglielmo Sinaz
References
- ^ Goble p.958
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- The Silent Partner at IMDb
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Roberto Roberti filmography
- Tower of Terror (1913)
- The Mystery of St. Martin's Bridge (1913)
- Indian Vampire (1913)
- Theodora (1914)
- The Bandit of Port Avon (1914)
- The Danube Boatman (1914)
- The Princess of Bedford (1914)
- Darkness (1916)
- The Sinful Woman (1916)
- The Cavalcade of Dreams (1917)
- Eugenia Grandet (1918)
- Maciste the Policeman (1918)
- Countess Sarah (1919)
- The Race to the Throne (1919)
- The Cheerful Soul (1919)
- The Conqueror of the World (1919)
- The Fear of Love (1920)
- The Serpent (1920)
- The Shadow (1920)
- Princess Giorgio (1920)
- The Fall of the Curtain (1920)
- Maddalena Ferat (1920)
- The Sphinx (1920)
- Marion (1920)
- The Last Dream (1921)
- The Youth of the Devil (1921)
- The Girl from Amalfi (1921)
- The Nude Woman (1922)
- Consuelita (1925)
- When Naples Sings (1926)
- Assunta Spina (1930)
- The Silent Partner (1939)
- The Man on the Street (1941)
- The Mad Marechiaro (1952)
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