The Marquis of Ruvolito

The Marquis of Ruvolito (Italian: Il marchese di Ruvolito) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo and Leda Gloria.^[1] Based on a play of the same title by Nino Martoglio, it is set in Naples during the early 1900s. It is now considered a lost film.

The Marquis of Ruvolito
Scene featuring Elli Parvo
Directed by	Raffaello Matarazzo
Written by	Nino Martoglio (play) Ernesto Grassi Eduardo De Filippo Raffaello Matarazzo
Produced by	Amedeo Madia
Starring	Eduardo De Filippo Peppino De Filippo Leda Gloria Elli Parvo
Cinematography	Renato Del Frate
Edited by	Marcello Caccialupi
Music by	Nicola Valente
Production company	Irpinia Cinematografica
Distributed by	Generalcine
Release date	20 February 1939 (1939-02-20)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi and Italo Tomassi. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.

Cast

• Eduardo De Filippo as Il marchese di Ruvolito
• Peppino De Filippo as Il marchese Erasmo di Mezzomondello
• Rosina Anselmi as Donna Placida Cimosata
• Elli Parvo as Immacolata - la figlia di Donna Placida
• Leda Gloria as Lily Gordon
• Virgilio Riento as Don Timurata
• Turi Pandolfini as Neddu Grisi
• Dina Perbellini as La contessa Scoperlati
• Angelo Pelliccioni as Adolfo
• Carla Sveva as Teresina
• Armando Migliari as Il barone di Mezzomondello
• Mercedes Brignone as La baronessa di Mezzomondello
• Adele Mosso as Marianna
• Eduardo Passarelli as Tanu Conti
• Norma Nova as La cameriera
• Tina Pica as Signorina Mangialardo

References

1. Goble p.311

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Marquis of Ruvolito at IMDb