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Giorgio Ferroni

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Giorgio Ferroni
Born(1908-04-12)12 April 1908
Died17 August 1981(1981-08-17) (aged 73)
Rome, Italy
Other namesCalvin Jackson Padget
Occupation(s)Film director, film editor, screenwriter

Giorgio Ferroni (12 April 1908 – 17 August 1981) was an Italian film director.

Life and career

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Giorgio Ferroni was born in Perugia on 12 April 1908.[1] Ferroni began his career in film with short documentaries during World War II.[1] He directed his first dramatic film The Thrill of the Skies in 1939.[1]

At the time of filming The Night of the Devils, Ferroni was almost completely deaf and had to direct the film with the help of a hearing aid.[2] Following the release of the film, a new project titled E i mostri uscirono dalle loro tane (transl. And the Monsters Came Out of Their Lair).[2][3] Ferroni only helmed one more film with the comedy Antonio e Placido: attenti ragazzi...chi rompe paga which he is credited as Calvin Jackson Padget, a name he used for directing Westerns in the 1960s.[3] Ferroni died in 1981.[3]

Selected filmography

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Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Director Screenwriter Screen story writer Editor Other
The Three Wishes Yes [4]
Terra di fuoco Yes [5]
Il fanciullo del West Yes [6]
Macario Against Zagomar Yes Yes Yes Acting role [7]
Ritorno al nido Yes Yes Yes [8]
Senza famiglia Yes Yes Yes [9]
Posto di blocco Yes Acting role [10]
Pian delle stelle Yes Yes [11]
Tombolo, paradiso nero 1947 Yes Yes [12][13]
Marechiaro Yes [14]
Vivere a sbafo Yes Yes [15]
I quattro del Getto Tonante Yes [16]
Vertigine bianca (English: White Vertigo) 1956 Yes Yes Yes [17][18]
L'oceano ci chiama Yes Yes Yes Yes [19]
1940, fuoco nel deserto Yes [20]
Mill of the Stone Women 1960 Yes Yes [21]
The Bacchantes 1961 Yes Yes Yes [22]
The Trojan Horse 1961 Yes Yes [23]
Hercules vs. Moloch 1963 Yes Yes [24]
Thunder of Battle 1964 Yes [25][26]
Hero of Rome 1964 Yes [27]
The Lion of Thebes 1964 Yes [28]
Blood for a Silver Dollar 1965 Yes Yes [29][30][31][32]
Fort Yuma Gold 1966 Yes [33][34]
Secret Agent Super Dragon 1966 Yes Yes .[35][36]
Wanted 1967 Yes [37][31]
Il pistolero segnato da Dio 1967 Yes Yes Yes [38][1]
The Battle of El Alamein 1969 Yes [39][40]
Long Live Robin Hood 1971 Yes [28][41]
The Night of the Devils 1972 Yes [42]


References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lucas 2013, p. 758.
  2. ^ a b Curti 2017, p. 76.
  3. ^ a b c Curti 2017, p. 77.
  4. ^ "I tre desideri (1937)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Terra di fuoco (1939)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "Il fanciullo del West (1942)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "Macario contro Zagomar (1944)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  8. ^ "Ritorno al nido (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  9. ^ "Senza famiglia (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  10. ^ "Posto di blocco (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "Pian delle stelle (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  12. ^ "Tombolo, paradiso nero (1947)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  13. ^ Wagstaff 2007, p. 436.
  14. ^ "Marechiaro (1949)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  15. ^ "Vivere a sbafo (1950)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  16. ^ "I quattro del Getto Tonante (1955)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  17. ^ "Vertigine bianca (1956)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  18. ^ Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 : official film, International Olympic Committee. Lausanne, 2017, retrieved 2022-10-28
  19. ^ "L'oceano ci chiama (1957)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  20. ^ "1940, fuoco nel deserto (1958)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  21. ^ Curti 2015, p. 49.
  22. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 24.
  23. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 179.
  24. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 96.
  25. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 176.
  26. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 177.
  27. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 98.
  28. ^ a b Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 107.
  29. ^ "Un dollaro bucato (1965)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  30. ^ Grant 2011, p. 446.
  31. ^ a b Grant 2011, p. 447.
  32. ^ Grant 2011, p. 448.
  33. ^ "Per Pocchi Dollari Ancora (Fort Yuma Gold)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 35, no. 417. British Film Institute. October 1968. p. 159.
  34. ^ Firsching, Robert. "Per Pochi Dollari Ancora (1967)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  35. ^ "New York chiama Superdrago (1966)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  36. ^ "Höllenjagd auf heiße Ware". Filmportal.de. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  37. ^ "Wanted". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 37, no. 433. British Film Institute. February 1970. p. 38.
  38. ^ "Il pistolero segnato da Dio (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  39. ^ "La battaglia di El Alamein (1968)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  40. ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Battle of El Alamein on AllMovie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  41. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 109.
  42. ^ Curti 2017, p. 74.

Sources

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  • Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476619897.
  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
  • Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
  • Lucas, Tim (2013). Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark. Video Watchdog. ISBN 978-0-9633756-1-2.
  • Wagstaff, Christopher (January 2007). Italian Neorealist Cinema: An Aesthetic Approach. University of Toronto. ISBN 978-0802095206.
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