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Mario Mattoli
Toledo, 30 November, 26-Rome February 1980
Mario Mattòli, direct descendant of Augustine Mattoli, MD homeopath and 19th century Italian patriot, adhering to the Roman Republic. The family was originally from Bevagna, but Mario was born in Tolentino because her father Aristide Mattòli, surgeon, had been transferred to the local hospital. After graduating in law in 1924 began working for the shoddy Suvini Zerboni, and after three years and together with Luciano branch Shows Za-bum, based on intuition to open the shows of prose, are actors magazine launched Vittorio de Sica, Alberto Sordi, Erminio Macario, Aldo Fabrizi, Enrico Viarisio.
In 1928 he married Mity Mignone, actress of prose famous at the time that along with the two brothers Toto and Carla, aka Milly, participated to the best variety shows of the time.
The Za-bum also produced the film, thanks to an indisposition of Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Mattoli directed maximum time in 1934. From this first film, in thirty-two years, he signed 84 feature films, writing sometimes even screenplays, drama, mythology, science fiction. With the comedies called still the best working with Erminio Macario and toto. On television between the ' 64 and ' 64, works with Za-bum and Za-bum # 2, not getting, though, major awards. Films with Toto Miseria and nobility, A Neapolitan Turk, Gentlemen you are born, are considered classics of Italian cinema. His daughter Marina Mattoli, following in his footsteps, playing the role of Assistant Director in various Italian films of the 1970s and 1980s, died in 2010. Each year from 2008 to Bevagna is organized the cultural event "Mattòli si nasce" during which he is remembered the Director with conferences and screenings of her most famous movies. Since 2009 was simultaneously launched the"Mattoli Award for Italian comedy".
In 2010 in Tolentino, the Director's hometown, the Association was born "Officine Mattòli". To it is attached the eponymous film Training Institute.
Filmography
1934/ Maximum time
1935/ I love you only
1936/ The man who smiles
1936/ Seven Days to the Other World
1936/ Bard's bridesmaid
1936/ Music in the square
1937/ The Last Days of Pompey
1937/ These guys
1937/ Columbus Happiness
1938/ Grandma Happiness
1938/ A lady did it
1938/ Destiny
1938/ The White Lady
1939/ At your orders, Madame
1939/ We were 7 widows
1939/ Defendant, stand up!
1939/ A thousand kilometers per minute!
1939/ You see it as you are ... Do you see how you are?
1940/ Abandonment
1940/ I'm the pirate!
1940/ Don't tell me!
1941/ Light in the darkness
1941/ Hours 9: chemistry class
1942/ I want to live like this
1942/ Invisible Chains
1942/ The three pilots
1942/ The woman is mobile
1942/ Tight lips
1942/ Tonight nothing new
1943/ The Devil's Valley
1943/ The Vispa Teresa
1943/ I really want to sing
1943/ The last wagon
1944/ Circo equestre Za-bum
1945/ Life begins anew
1946/ Departure 7 a.m.
1947/ The two orphans
1948/ Totò al giro d ' Italy
1948/ Fifa and arena
1948/ l fiacre n. 13
1948/ Assunta Spina
1949/ Missy
1949/ The firemen of Viggiù
1949/ Adam and Eve
1950/ Totò Tarzan
1950/ The Elusive 12
1950/ The Cheerful Widower
1950/ The cadets of Gascony
1950/ Toto Sheikh
1950/ Revenge... Sardinian
1951/ Toto the third man
1951/ The padrone del vapore
1951/ Our
1951/ My heart sings
1951/ Damn taxes!!!
1951/ 5 paupers in an automobile
1952/ Neapolitan Turk
1953/ We're all tenants
1953/ The funniest show on Earth
1953/ Two nights with Cleopatra
1953/ Toto seeks peace
1954/ The Doctor of the Mad
1954/ Poverty and nobility
1954/ The last mistress
1955/ The teens
1955/ The best days
1956 / Peppino, the models and chella there
1957/ Toto, Peppino and the fanatics
1958/ As te movi, te electrocute!
1958/ Bums
1959/ Overbearing more than before
1959/ Let's not lose our heads
1959/ Look at them but don't touch them
1959/ Gentlemen you are born
1960/ A Mandarin for Theo
1960/ Appointment in Ischia
1960/ Toto, Fabrizi and today's youth
1960/ His Excellency stopped to eat
1961/ Maciste vs. Hercules in the Valley of the Guathes
1961/ Appointment on the Riviera
1962/ 5 marines per 100 girls
1962/ Goal girls
1963/ Corpse for the Lady
1963/ For a few dollars less
Actor
1967/ The Boys of Yellow Flag