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Capozzi, Nino

Posted: 12/05/2019, 19:52
by Johan Melle
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Nino Capozzi in the fotoromanzo "Amore bugiardo" (1952)
Tall, dark-haired and exceptionally handsome and well-dressed, Nino Capozzi is a textbook example of the Italian "bel tenebroso" whose good looks helped him became one of the most prominent leading men in fotoromanzi of the 1950s.

Nino's first fotoromanzo was "Destino di sangue", published in the famed milanese fotoromanzo magazine Bolero Film, but he then switched to starring for the Rome-based magazine Tipo, who used him in countless fotoromanzi. His success was instant and he become a beloved idol for the many impressionable female readers of fotoromanzo magazines.

In fact, it is thanks primarily to Nino's communication with his horde of female admirers that it has been possible to discover a few scarce biographical details for him, for when responding to his fans in Tipo's letter column, he revealed that he was born in Rome in 1926.

Although his success in fotoromanzi never extended to films, he did appear as an extra in numerous films since at least the end of the 1940s and until the first half of the 1960s, sometimes in speaking parts. In Tipo's letter column he revealed that he loved to dance and in films he is in fact quite frequently seen in scenes featuring dancing, for example in Moglie e buoi... (1956) where he dances with Sandra Milo.

Filmography

1948
  1. Fifa e arena .... Matador (uncredited)

    1949
  2. Catene .... Railway worker in the barracks (uncredited)
  3. L'imperatore di Capri .... Hotel guest (uncredited)
  4. Monastero di Santa Chiara .... Officer dancing in nightclub (uncredited)

    1950
  5. 47 morto che parla .... Officer at the party (uncredited)
  6. Alina .... Casino gambler (uncredited)
  7. È arrivato il cavaliere .... Young man on the beach (uncredited)
  8. Luci del varietà .... Car passenger leaving nightclub (uncredited)
  9. Margherita da Cortona .... Jealous man who interrupts the dance (uncredited)
  10. Quel fantasma di mio marito .... Gianni's colleague (uncredited)
  11. Totò cerca moglie .... Guest at the embassy party (uncredited)

    1951
  12. Bellezze a Capri .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
  13. È l'amor che mi rovina .... Man in cable car (uncredited)
  14. Era lui, sì, sì! .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
  15. Incantesimo tragico .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
  16. Otello .... Venetian senator (uncredited)

    1952
  17. L'eroe sono io .... Henchman (uncredited)
  18. Menzogna .... Party guest (uncredited)

    1953
  19. L'amore in città - segment "Paradiso per 3 ore" .... Man at the dance hall (uncredited)
  20. The Man From Cairo / Dramma nella Kasbah .... Informant (uncredited)

    1954
  21. Amori di mezzo secolo - segment "Dopoguerra 1920" .... Pierrot, dancer at the 'Tabarin de la lune' (uncredited)
  22. I tre ladri .... Store customer (uncredited)
  23. The Barefoot Contessa .... Roulette player (uncredited)
  24. Tradita .... Officer at the ball (uncredited)

    1956
  25. Amaramente .... Audience member in the recording studio (uncredited)
  26. Moglie e buoi... .... Party guest (uncredited)

    1957
  27. Belle ma povere .... Friend of Salvatore and Romolo (uncredited)
  28. El Alamein .... Man at the party (uncredited)
  29. Il ricatto di un padre .... Party guest (uncredited)
  30. La Venere di Cheronea .... Greek soldier (uncredited)
  31. Malafemmena .... Man at the celebration (uncredited)
  32. Serenate per 16 bionde .... Audience member at music show (uncredited)
  33. Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)

    1958
  34. Carosello di canzoni .... Nightclub client (uncredited)
  35. Napoli, sole mio! .... Party guest (uncredited)

    1960
  36. Le signore .... One of Filippo's friends (uncredited)

    1964
  37. Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? .... One of Totò Baby's victims (uncredited)

Re: Nino Capozzi

Posted: 12/05/2019, 19:59
by Johan Melle
A little selection of beautiful 1950s fotoromanzo covers featuring Nino:

Tipo 4 March 1951 Cover.jpg

Tipo 8 June 1952 Cover.jpg

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Polvere Di Stelle 28 February 1958 Cover.jpg

Re: Nino Capozzi

Posted: 12/05/2019, 20:14
by Johan Melle
A little selection of fotoromanzo roles from Nino's extensive career:

"Tu, mia rivale" (Tipo, 1952)
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"La peccatrice" (Tipo, 1952-53), an adaptation of the novel "Manon Lescaut" by Prévost
La Peccatrice - Nino Capozzi.jpg

"Lettere nascoste" (Tipo, 1953)
Lettere Nascoste - Nino Capozzi.jpg

"Il bacio di una morta" (Tipo, 1955)
Bacio Di Una Morta - Nino Capozzi.jpg

"L'ombra del dubbio" (Tipo, 1956)
L'Ombra Del Dubbio - Nino Capozzi.jpg

"Questo nostro difficile amore" (Tipo, 1956)
Questo Nostro - Nino Capozzi.jpg

"...ed ella non rispose!" (Tipo, 1957)
Ed Ella Non Rispose - Nino Capozzi.jpg

"Carmen" (Tipo, 1958), an adaptation of the famous opera by Bizet
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Re: Nino Capozzi

Posted: 12/05/2019, 20:19
by Johan Melle
And now the movie roles:

The earliest role I've found for Nino is in the Totò comedy L'imperatore di Capri (1949) as a hotel guest, shown dancing or in the background in numerous shots
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He can also be glimpsed dancing in another Totò comedy: Totò cerca moglie (1950) as Guest at the embassy party
Toto Cerca Moglie - Nino Capozzi1.jpg
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Re: Nino Capozzi

Posted: 12/05/2019, 20:22
by Johan Melle
Incantesimo tragico (1951) as Wedding guest
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This is yet another film where he dances - here with fellow generica Terry Dalton
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And with Totò again in I tre ladri (1954) as Store customer
Tre Ladri - Nino Capozzi.jpg

Re: Nino Capozzi

Posted: 12/05/2019, 20:26
by Johan Melle
Nino in the Hollywood production The Barefoot Contessa (1954) as Roulette player
Barefoot Contessa - Nino Capozzi.jpg

Moglie e buoi... (1956) as a party guest who dances with Sandra Milo!
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And here a surprisingly late role in Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? (1964) where he speaks a brief line as one of Totò Baby's victims
Toto Baby - Nino Capozzi1.jpg
Toto Baby - Nino Capozzi2.jpg

Re: Nino Capozzi

Posted: 15/10/2019, 23:20
by Johan Melle
Serenate per 16 bionde (1957) as Audience member at music show
Serenata Per 16 - Nino Capozzi.jpg

Re: Nino Capozzi

Posted: 16/10/2019, 1:55
by van den bremt rudy
Carosello di canzoni (1958) as nightclub client
here he is sitting on the table with umberto alivernini
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new role again for nino

Re: Nino Capozzi

Posted: 17/10/2019, 0:55
by van den bremt rudy
Tradita (1954) as officer at the ball
uncredited passage in this world war one drama movie
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new role found again for Nino

Re: Nino Capozzi

Posted: 22/11/2019, 11:21
by PeplumParadise
Margherita da Cortona (1950) as Jealous man who interrupts the dance. Identification by Johan
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