Naples in Green and Blue
1935 film by Armando Fizzarotti
Naples in Green and Blue (Italian: Napoli verde-blu) is a 1935 Italian musical film directed by Armando Fizzarotti and starring Lina Gennari, Ellen Meis and Silvio Orsini. Although set in Naples, the film was shot in a studio in Rome. It was a low-budget revue, featuring a series of popular performers.
Cast
Lina Gennari
Ellen Meis
Silvio Orsini
Armando Gill
Agostino Salvietti
Carlo Buti
Nicola Maldacea
Salvatore Papaccio
Giuseppe Ricagno
La Gemmati
Anna Maria
Girolamo Gaudiosi
References
Bibliography
Liehm, Mira. Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present. University of California Press, 1984.
Marlow-Mann, Alex. The New Neapolitan Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
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