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

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... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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