Gentlemen Are Born (1960 film)

Gentlemen Are Born
Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Produced by	Isidoro Broggi Renato Libassi
Written by	Edoardo Anton Franco Castellano Dino Falconi Giuseppe Moccia Luigi Motta
Starring	Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Carlo Croccolo, Delia Scala, Riccardo Garrone
Music by	Gianni Ferrio
Cinematography	Alvaro Mancori
Edited by	Gisa Radicchi Levi
Distributed by	D.D.L.
Release dates	1960 (1960)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Gentlemen Are Born (Italian: Signori si nasce) is a 1960 Italian historical comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Peppino De Filippo and Delia Scala.^[1]

Plot

Rome 1900: Baron Ottone degli Ulivi, said Zaza, is a rich spendthrift who likes pretty girls. His brother Pio degli Ulivi is a miser tailor who hates Zazà because he is always in his house asking for money to pay off family debts. One day Zazà intends steal 300 lire to his brother, and makes him believe that he has a daughter to support.

Cast

Totò as Ottone Degli Ulivi, also known as Zazà
Peppino De Filippo as Pio Degli Ulivi, Ottone's brother
Delia Scala as Patrizia
Riccardo Garrone as Enzo, Patrizia's fiancé
Lidia Martora as Maria Luisa, Pio's wife
Luigi Pavese as Bernasconi
Angela Luce as Fedele, Pio's maid
Dori Dorika as Adelina Maniglia
Nico Pepe as Binotti
Liana Orfei as Titì
Carlo Croccolo as Battista, Ottone's butler

References

↑ "New York Times: Signori si nasce". NY Times. Retrieved 2 August 2008.

Bibliography

Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.

External links

Gentlemen Are Born at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Mario Mattoli

1930s	Full Speed (1934) I Love You Only (1935) The Man Who Smiles (1936) Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936) La damigella di Bard (1936) Musica in piazza (1936) Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo (1937) These Children (1937) Felicita Colombo (1937) Destiny (1938) Triumph of Love (1938) Nonna Felicità (1938) L'ha fatto una signora (1938) The Lady in White (1938) At Your Orders, Madame (1939) We Were Seven Widows (1939) Imputato, alzatevi! (1939) Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939) Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939)

1940s	Abbandono (1940) The Pirate's Dream (1940) Non me lo dire! (1940) Luce nelle tenebre (1941) Schoolgirl Diary (1941) I Live as I Please (1942) Catene invisibili (1942) The Three Pilots (1942) The Lady Is Fickle (1942) Labbra serrate (1942) Stasera niente di nuovo (1942) La valle del diavolo (1943) La vispa Teresa (1943) Anything for a Song (1943) The Last Wagon (1943) The Za-Bum Circus (1944) Life Begins Anew (1945) Partenza ore 7 (1946) The Two Orphans (1947) Toto Tours Italy (1948) Fear and Sand (1948) Cab Number 13 (1948) Assunta Spina (1948) Little Lady (1949) The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) Adam and Eve (1949)

1950s	Totò Tarzan (1950) Il vedovo allegro (1950) L'inafferrabile 12 (1950) I cadetti di Guascogna (1950) Toto the Sheik (1950) Vendetta... sarda (1951) Toto the Third Man (1951) Il padrone del vapore (1951) Arrivano i nostri (1951) Anema e core (1951) Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952) Neapolitan Turk (1953) Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) Funniest Show on Earth (1953) Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954) Toto Seeks Peace (1954) The Doctor of the Mad (1954) Poverty and Nobility (1954) L'ultimo amante (1955) Eighteen Year Olds (1955) I giorni più belli (1956) Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957) Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958) Move and I'll Shoot (1958) Tipi da spiaggia (1959) Prepotenti più di prima (1959) Non perdiamo la testa (1959) Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)

1960s	Gentlemen Are Born (1960) Un mandarino per Teo (1960) Appuntamento a Ischia (1960) Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960) Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961) Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961) Appuntamento in riviera (1962) 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962) Obiettivo ragazze (1963) Corpse for the Lady (1964) For a Few Dollars Less (1966)

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