Emilio Ghione
Acting
Known For
Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s love story, the film was innovative in its special effects and an early major box-office hit. A beautiful tinted restoration print was prepared using photochemical processes by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale in the mid-1990s and the premiere screening of the restoration print was held in the amphitheatre in Pompeii, followed by a screening at the major restoration festival ‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ in Bologna in 1998.
The Last Days of Pompeii
A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierrot and Leda Gys as Louisette. The young and naive Pierrot is led astray by the evil wine merchant Pochinet (Emilio Ghione). He hopes to distract Pierrot with drinking and gambling while he tries to seduce Louisette.
Pierrot the Prodigal
A silent adaptation of the later parts of Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Talisman": During King Richard’s illness, his sworn enemy the Duke of Monserrat steals the English flag from the crusader camp. To avenge the insult, Richard decrees that Monserrat must engage in mortal combat with Sir Kenneth, the king’s favorite knight.
Richard the Lion-Hearted
"Idolo infranto is a fantastic way to appreciate Francesca Bertini in the mood for cruelty. From a tender shepherdess who inspires sublimely artistic acts, she becomes a vampire who drains souls and bank accounts with equal efficiency." - Andrea Meneghelli
Shattered Idol
Directed by Emilio Ghione. Lost film.
Nelly the Fast Girl
The Black Circle is a Italian film from the Celio Film company.
The Black Circle
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Il poverello di Assisi
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Za-la-mort
Italian short drama from Baldassarre Negroni.
La terra promessa
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Dollari e fracks
The love between the apache Za la Mort, here in his fourth film, and Hesperia, the woman who has killed his girlfriend...
Dark Souls
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Amore e ipnotismo
Directed by Emilio Ghione, the second film in the Za-la-Mort series. This film is considered lost.
Za-la-Mort
Italian silent film directed by Emilio Ghione and starring Ida Carloni Talli, Lina Cavalieri and Diomira Jacobini. This film may have been rereleased in 1919 as The House of Granada by Paramount
The Rose of Granada
Directed by Emilio Ghione.
La banda delle cifre
Spoiled little Cretinetti almost destroys Christmas....
Come fu che l'ingordigia rovinò il Natale a Cretinetti
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Agnese Visconti
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L'albero che parla
Rejected by the man she loves, a woman takes a lethal dose of morphine.
Fatal Opium
Sposa nella morte! is a 1915 Italian silent drama film directed by Emilio Ghione and starring Lina Cavalieri. Only 15 minutes remain today.