Times Gone By (1952)
"Altri tempi" (original title)

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

Director:

Alessandro Blasetti

Writers:

Alessandro Blasetti (stories), Suso Cecchi D'Amico (stories),

Stars:

Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Riva, Enzo Staiola

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aldo Fabrizi	...	Bookseller
Mario Riva	...	Bookseller's finicky customer
Enzo Staiola	...	Newspapers seller's son
Andrea Checchi	...	Camillo (segment "Meno di un giorno")
Alba Arnova	...	The Progress (segment "Ballo Excelsior") Matilde (segment "Meno di un giorno")
Arnoldo Foà	...	A peasant (segment "Questione d"interesse")
Folco Lulli	...	A peasant (segment "Questione d"interesse")
Maurizio Di Nardo	...	Guido (segment "Idillio")
Geraldina Parrinello	...	Filli (segment "L'Idillio")
Paolo Stoppa	...	Guido's father (segment "Idillio")
Rina Morelli	...	Guido's mother (segment "L"idillio")
Elio Pandolfi	...	The groom (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni")
Barbara Florian	...	The bride (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni")
Dina Perbellini	...	Bride's mother (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni")
Oscar Andriani	...	The father (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni")

Storyline

The mood is set with the opening with excerpts from the Excelsior Ball, a famous ballet at the turn of the century that heralded the advances of the upcoming century, for a book-dealer to introduce the various stories in this compilation film. The first story chosen is (English titles)"Less Than a Day," a comedy of would-be lovers meeting in a country-side rendezvous; ""A Question of Property" is a story of two men who fight over the ownership of a load of manure; "The Idyll" is the story of a well-to-do young boy who has a crush on the girl next door, and he has been told by his mother that babies are born when two people kiss. After the fact, though; a selection of popular songs serves as an intermission before the next story, "The Vise," where a woman has committed adultery with her husband's best friend, and the merciless husband knows about it; the last episode revolves around the farcical trial of a woman for murdering her mother-in-law.

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Plot Keywords:

rendezvous | girl next door | ownership | adultery | 19th century | 

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Taglines:

Satiric, Earthy, Sentimental, Ironic and Farcical! (USA poster)

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

28 September 1952 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Times Gone By

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Società Italiana Cines

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Santa Lucia"

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