Love Story (1942 film)

Love Story (Italian: Una storia d'amore) is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Piero Lulli and Carlo Campanini.[1][2] It is based on the play Life Begins by Mary McDougal Axelson, previously adapted into a 1932 film of the same title and a 1939 film A Child Is Born. Along with A Pistol Shot it marked an attempt to showcase Noris as a dramatic actress, rather than the White Telephone comedies she had become known for. It was screened at the 1942 Venice Film Festival.

Love Story
Still with Assia Noris and Guido Notari
Directed byMario Camerini
Written byMario Camerini
Gaspare Cataldo
Giulio Morelli
Mario Pannunzio
Gino Visentini
Based onLife Begins by Mary McDougal Axelson
Produced byGiampaolo Bigazzi
StarringAssia Noris
Piero Lulli
Carlo Campanini
CinematographyArturo Gallea
Edited byMario Camerini
Music byFernando Previtali
Production
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Distributed byLux Film
Release date
  • 9 September 1942 (1942-09-09)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

It was produced by Lux Film, one of the leading film companies of Fascist Italy. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Gino Brosio. The future star Marcello Mastroianni appeared briefly as an uncredited extra.

Plot

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A young woman with a troubled past marries a worker from a mechanical engineering factory and tries to live a respectable life. However a man who knows her background attempts to blackmail her and loses her head and kills him. She is sentenced to ten years in prison, and gives birth to a child while in jail.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "The Complete Index To World Film: Love Story". CITWF.com. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  2. ^ Aprà p.82

Bibliography

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  • Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.
  • Dewey, Donald. Marcello Mastroianni: His Life and Art. Carol Publishing Group, 1993.
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