Cesare Danova
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992), born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956. Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal servant in the 1963 film, Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. While the original script called for a major role for Danova, who was to form a trio of Cleopatra's lovers alongside Harrison's Caesar and Burton's Marc Antony. Though a number of scenes featuring Taylor and Danova were shot, the script was revised and the role truncated as the Burton-Taylor affair made tabloid headlines. What remained was little more than a cameo. The following year he starred as Count Elmo Mancini in Viva Las Vegas as Elvis Presley's rival for both Ann Margaret's Rusty Martin and for the Las Vegas Grand Prix (predictably losing both to Elvis's Lucky Jackson). In 1967, Danova had another break with the TV series, Garrison's Gorillas, in which he played the role of Actor. Clearly inspired by the hit film, The Dirty Dozen and the hit TV series Mission: Impossible, the series had an ensemble cast but, unfortunately, only ran for 26 episodes. Two of his best roles were as the neighborhood mafia Don, Giovanni Cappa, in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and as the corrupt town mayor, Carmine DePasto, in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). He also acted in three episodes of The Rifleman, and regularly appeared as a guest star on numerous television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Maude, Falcon Crest, and the revival of Mission: Impossible (1988–90). He died of a heart attack at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles while attending a meeting of the Foreign Language Film committee. His mausoleum is in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Danova was married twice and had two sons, Marco & Fabrizio, by his first wife, Pamela. He was an expert horseman, avid polo player, and an excellent archer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cesare Danova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 01, 1926
Deathday: March 19, 1992
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Mean Streets
1973-10-14
Mean Streets
Overview: A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-14
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Viva Las Vegas
1964-02-08
Viva Las Vegas
Overview: Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-08
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Dappled Mare
1953-10-23
Dappled Mare
Overview: Ruggero Pascoli, the father of poet Giovanni Pascoli, is killed by a corrupt officer. His body is brought back home by a mare that will, several years later, reveal the one responsible for the murder.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-10-23
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Animal House
1978-07-28
Animal House
Overview: At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-28
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Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966-06-08
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Overview: Tom Meade mistakenly dials the gorgeous European film star Didi at her Oregon hotel. Didi, who has escaped Hollywood to avoid being typecast as a bombshell, takes up Meade's offer to hide away at his backwoods cabin. Meade, with the help of his housekeeper, goes to absurd lengths to help the actress evade discovery by both the public and his suspicious wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-08
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Decisions! Decisions!
1971-09-11
Decisions! Decisions!
Overview: A salesman and a sexologist have misadventures with plot development determined by the votes of the studio audience.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-11
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Chamber of Horrors
1966-10-19
Chamber of Horrors
Overview: A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-19
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I tre corsari
1952-10-16
I tre corsari
Overview: The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the count and sends his three sons in the Antilles. The ship is attacked by pirates and the three brothers are liberated. They decide to join the pirates to have revenge on Van Gould, who has also moved to the Antilles on the command of the viceroy.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-10-16
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Valley of the Dragons
1961-10-31
Valley of the Dragons
Overview: In 1881 Algeria, an American soldier and a French aristocrat are about to have a duel over a woman when a comet hurtling past the Earth draws them into its gravitational pull. The men find themselves transported to the moon, where they discover a prehistoric civilization inhabited by reptiles and humans.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-31
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Scorchy
1976-10-08
Scorchy
Overview: Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-08
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El correo del rey
1951-02-19
El correo del rey
Overview: King Charles V sent his confidant, Don Fernando,from France to the Spanish Court carrying an important documentation. However, the frigate where he travels is sunk by the British and all the sailors perish. Don Fernando manages to save his life reaching the island of Menorca where he is helped by a humble fisherman
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-02-19
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Tarzan, the Ape Man
1959-10-01
Tarzan, the Ape Man
Overview: An English colonel's daughter meets the lord of the jungle who makes her his mate.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-01
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Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969-12-23
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Overview: While on honeymoon with her husband in Spain, a woman wakes up one morning to find he has disappeared. After reporting it to the police, a man shows up claiming to be her husband. But he's not the man she married and no one will believe her.
Genres: Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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The Man Who Understood Women
1959-10-02
The Man Who Understood Women
Overview: A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-02
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Processo contro ignoti
1952-10-01
Processo contro ignoti
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Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-10-01
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Horowitz in Dublin
1973-12-12
Horowitz in Dublin
Overview: A New York cop, Dan Horowitz, arrives in Dublin to pay respects to the Irish parents of his young wife who had recently died. He suddenly finds himself called upon by the police to help solve a recent murder case. A character driven comedy-suspense feature entertainment, starring Harvey Lembeck, Sinead Cusack, Al Lettieri, Cesare Danova and Cyril Cusack.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-12
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Gidget Goes to Rome
1963-08-07
Gidget Goes to Rome
Overview: Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-07
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The Captain's Daughter
1947-10-08
The Captain's Daughter
Overview: A peasant leader under the enlightened despotism of Empress Catherine the Great, and a love story.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1947-10-08
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Tentacles
1977-02-25
Tentacles
Overview: Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions...
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-02-25
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Pentimento
1952-04-09
Pentimento
Overview: A cabaret singer, now a widow, is dethroned and expelled downstairs by a fiery rival.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-04-09
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Incatenata dal destino
1956-02-24
Incatenata dal destino
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-02-24
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Crossed Swords
1954-05-20
Crossed Swords
Overview: Nobleman Rainiero, Sidonia's duke son, comes back home with his friend Renzo. Soon after arrival, Renzo will get in a big trouble and he will be forced to choose between going to church for marriage or going to prison.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-05-20
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These Sacred Holidays
1956-05-30
These Sacred Holidays
Overview: Georges Pinson, who wants to spend his holidays on the riviera with his wife and his two kids,buys a car.His neighbors and the drivers who overtake him gibe at him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-05-30
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El final de una leyenda
1951-02-04
El final de una leyenda
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-02-04
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Che!
1969-06-27
Che!
Overview: Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The film covers Guevara's life from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in an ambush by government troops in the mountains of Bolivia in 1967.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-27
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The Astral Factor
1978-02-01
The Astral Factor
Overview: Demonstrating that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, a convicted strangler studies the paranormal and finds a way to render himself invisible. Once he escapes, he sets out to find and eliminate five women who remind him of the mother he murdered. A police lieutenant sets out to safeguard them and bring the invisible killer to justice.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-01
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Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Cleopatra
Overview: Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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Monaca santa
1949-07-01
Monaca santa
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1949-07-01
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Loves of Three Queens
1954-12-24
Loves of Three Queens
Overview: At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-24
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The Fate of Two Queens
1954-12-24
The Fate of Two Queens
Overview: Anthology film in which Hedy Lamarr plays 2 queens during 2 different time periods. Ulmer directed the Genoveffa di Brabante part whereas Allégret was responsible for the empress Josephine section after he left due to artistic differences with Lamarr.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-24
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Don Giovanni
1955-07-28
Don Giovanni
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-07-28
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Toys and perfumes
1953-01-01
Toys and perfumes
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Tender Is the Night
1962-01-19
Tender Is the Night
Overview: Against the counsel of his friends, psychiatrist Dick Diver marries Nicole Warren, a beautiful but unstable young woman from a moneyed family. Thoroughly enraptured, he forsakes his career in medicine for life as a playboy, until one day Dick is charmed by Rosemary Hoyt, an American traveling abroad. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to someone else sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them both.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-19
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Death Cruise
1974-10-30
Death Cruise
Overview: Several couples are notified that they have won an ocean cruise, but they actually have been lured onto a ship so that they can be murdered.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-30
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A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975-05-03
A Matter of Wife... and Death
Overview: A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-03
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Non scherzare con le donne
1955-01-01
Non scherzare con le donne
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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