(1932) English title: What scoundrels men are!
Gli uomini, che mascalzoni …
Description
Description
Chauffer Bruno courts Mariuccia, pretending that his boss’ grand car is his own. Their misunderstandings are finally resolved, with a little help from Mariuccia’s taxi driver father. This ‘city girl’ film celebrates Mariuccia, an elegant salesgirl and epitome of the young modern woman. Also, from Bruno’s bicycle to his motorcar, it celebrates the city – early 1930s Milan – its swirling traffic, tramcars and busy streets. Note the innovative location shooting and sound recording as well as the stunning camerawork. — BFI
An Italian “white-telephones” comedy film. Telefoni Bianchi films, also called deco films, were made by the Italian film industry in the 1930s and the 1940s in imitation of American comedies of the time in a sharp contrast to the other important style of the era, calligrafismo, which was highly artistic. The cinema of Telefoni Bianchi was born from the success of the Italian film comedies of the early 1930s; it was a lighter version, cleansed of any intellectualism or veiled social criticism. – Wikipedia.
