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1950s/Early 1960s Italian Peplum Comedies

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O.K. Nero (1951)

Movie poster of Mario Soldati's O.K. Nerone (1951), a comedy starring Italian revue and comedy stars Walter Chiari and Carlo Campanini and Italian movie stars Silvana Pampanini and Gino Cervi.

Walter Chiari and Carlo Campanini.

Above and below: Silvana Pampanini (as Poppea) and Gino Cervi (as Nero).

rickterenzi's rating:

6.8

4.9

Due notti con Cleopatra (1964)

Movie poster for Mario Mattoli's Due Notti Con Cleopatra (Two nights with Cleopatra, 1954), a comedy starring Sophia Loren and Italian comedy star Alberto Sordi.

Movie poster for Due Notti Con Cleopatra, featuring Sophia Loren and Alberto Sordi.

Sophia Loren and Alberto Sordi.

Above and in the following pictures: Sophia Loren in a series of promotional photos for Due Notti Con Cleopatra.

rickterenzi's rating:

7.1

5.7

Mio figlio Nerone (1956)

Movie poster for Steno's Mio Figlio Nerone (Italian title: My son Nero, 1956), a comedy starring Italian comedy star Alberto Sordi, Brigitte Bardot, Italian director and movie star Vittorio De Sica and Gloria Swanson.

From the left: Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi, Gloria Swanson and Brigitte Bardot.

Brigitte Bardot and Vittorio De Sica.

Vittorio De Sica and Alberto Sordi.

Brigitte Bardot, Vittorio De Sica and Gloria Swanson.

Brigitte Bardot, Gloria Swanson and Vittorio De Sica in a behind the scenes photo.

Above and in the following pictures: Brigitte Bardot in a series of behind the scenes photos.

rickterenzi's rating:

6.7

Totò e Cleopatra

Movie poster for Fernando Cerchio's Totò E Cleopatra (Totò and Cleopatra, 1963), a comedy starring Italian revue and comedy star Antonio De Curtis (aka Totò) and Magali Noel.

Magali Noel as Cleopatra.

Totò as Marc'Antonio.

Totò (right) in Totò E Cleopatra.

Above and in the following pictures: Magali Noel and Totò.

rickterenzi's rating:

4.7

I baccanali di Tiberio (1960)

Movie poster for Giorgio Simonelli's I Baccanali Di Tiberio (Tiberius bachanals, 1960) a comedy starring Italian revue and comedy star Walter Chiari, Italian comedy star Ugo Tognazzi and Abbe Lane.

Movie poster for I Baccanali Di Tiberio, featuring Italian revue and comedy actor Aroldo Tieri (left) and Italian theatre and comedy actor Tino Buazzelli (right).

Abbe Lane and Walter Chiari.

Ugo Tognazzi.

Walter Chiari and Ugo Tognazzi.

Italian comedy actress Mara Berni and Abbe Lane.

rickterenzi's rating:

5.7

Totò contro Maciste (1962)

Movie poster for Fernando Cerchio's Totò Contro Maciste (1962), a comedy starring Italian revue and comedy stars Antonio De Curtis (aka Totò) and Nino Taranto and Samson Burke (as Maciste).

On the right: Totò.

Samnson Burke, Totò and Nino Taranto.

Totò in Totò Contro Maciste.

Samson Burke, Nino Taranto and Totò.

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Tizio, Caio, Sempronio (1951)

Movie poster for Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi's Tizio, Caio, Sempronio (1951), a comedy starring Italian revue and comedy stars Nino Taranto and Franca Marzi.

The second from the left: Franca Marzi.

In the centre of the picture: Franca Marzi.

Italian comedy actors Adriana Gallandt and Virgilio Riento.

rickterenzi's rating:

4.9

Hercules in the Valley of Woe

Movie poster for Mario Mattoli's Maciste Contro Ercole Nella Valle Dei Guai (Italian title: Maciste vs. Hercules in the Valley of Woe, 1961), a comedy starring Italian revue and comey stars Raimondo Vianello, Mario Carotenuto, Sandra Mondaini, Bice Valori, Franco Franchi e Ciccio Ingrassia with Kirk Morris (as Maciste) and Frank Gordon (as Hercules).