This movie was made by raising money door to door by Italians living in LA, actually is the 1st Italian talking movie. I'd like to know where Mr. MacIntyre had the opportunity to see this movie since it's decades I'm trying to find it and no film archive in the world virtually owns a print of it. Enrico Armetta was a movie character actor who appeared in at least 150 films, starting in silents as early as 1915 to a movie released in 1946, after his death. In 1938 he played in "Everybody Sing" with Judy Garland, Allan Jones, and Fanny Brice. In 1941, he was hilarious as the father of an Italian family shopping for beds in The Big Store with the Marx Brothers and Tony Martin. He appeared in at least 24 films in 1934 alone, sometimes uncredited. Alberto Rabagliati became later the lead singer of the Lecuona Cuban Boys.
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Is it love? No, just heartburn.
F Gwynplaine MacIntyre24 April 2005
Warning: Spoilers
UPDATE: In response to an IMDb user's query: I viewed a very poor print of this movie in the late 1980s. It was in the possession of an Italian film collector whom I met at a film society in 'sgravenhage, the Netherlands. I didn't inspect the print closely but it appeared to be an acetate copy of a deteriorated nitrate print, so this particular print is probably safe from further deterioration.
UPDATE TO PREVIOUS UPDATE: A correspondent informs me that this Italian movie was actually filmed in the United States, using Italian actors and American equipment and tech crew. From what I could see and hear in the bad print I encountered of this very poor film, there were no locations that I could identify as either definitely Italian or definitely American.
'Is That You, Love?' begins with the odd menage of three bachelors who live together: an exporter, an engineer and an all-purpose egghead, none of whom will ever see fifty again. It's not clear why they co-habit, as they're all well-off financially and aren't discernibly gay. (I'm not so sure about their pompous butler.) Their quiet home life is disrupted by Giorgina, a dejected and rejected young shopgirl who attempts suicide in the street near their home. When Giorgina is brought to their home to recover, the bachelors take a paternal interest in her ... and the dialogue is careful to establish that their interest is purely paternal. They informally 'adopt' her, then proceed to shower her with gifts of escalating value. Ultimately, they buy the boutique where she worked, sacking the cruel modiste who bullied Giorgina, and putting Giorgina in charge.
SPOILERS COMING. The only good-looking man in this movie is Mario, a handsome young architect. So, guess what happens. This movie could have ended in the first reel if Giorgina had committed suicide properly. I'll rate this spaghetti one point out of 10. Mama mia!
UPDATE TO PREVIOUS UPDATE: A correspondent informs me that this Italian movie was actually filmed in the United States, using Italian actors and American equipment and tech crew. From what I could see and hear in the bad print I encountered of this very poor film, there were no locations that I could identify as either definitely Italian or definitely American.
'Is That You, Love?' begins with the odd menage of three bachelors who live together: an exporter, an engineer and an all-purpose egghead, none of whom will ever see fifty again. It's not clear why they co-habit, as they're all well-off financially and aren't discernibly gay. (I'm not so sure about their pompous butler.) Their quiet home life is disrupted by Giorgina, a dejected and rejected young shopgirl who attempts suicide in the street near their home. When Giorgina is brought to their home to recover, the bachelors take a paternal interest in her ... and the dialogue is careful to establish that their interest is purely paternal. They informally 'adopt' her, then proceed to shower her with gifts of escalating value. Ultimately, they buy the boutique where she worked, sacking the cruel modiste who bullied Giorgina, and putting Giorgina in charge.
SPOILERS COMING. The only good-looking man in this movie is Mario, a handsome young architect. So, guess what happens. This movie could have ended in the first reel if Giorgina had committed suicide properly. I'll rate this spaghetti one point out of 10. Mama mia!
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