Romolo Bacchini
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Romolo Bacchini, also credited as Bachini (Rome, September 13, 1873 - Rome, March 27, 1938) was a filmmaker, musician
, painter
and italian dialect poet
, who spent his career during the silent movies era
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, where the fledgling movie company Vesuvio Films gave him the artistic direction of its productions. In the capital of Campania
he directed many of his movies, among them the historical short film Corradino di Svevia (L'ultimo degli Hohenstaufen), one of the first Italian movies to be set in the Middle Ages.
Back in Rome
, he went on acting as a director, making dozens of films. Some movies have been lost while others were recovered and restored, such as La leggenda dell'edelweiss, of which coils and the original screenplay have been found by researchers of the MICS (International museum of film and entertainment), in 1988.
In 1936 – as art director
for CAIR (Cartoni Animati Italiani Roma) – he directed The Adventures of Pinocchio, which is believed to be the first cartoon movie dedicated to the novel by Carlo Collodi
.
He wrote plenty of accompanying music for films and was the first musician in the history of cinema to have composed – in 1905 – specifically created music to accompany a movie (“La Malìa dell'oro”, by Filoteo Alberini).
At that time, having not yet been adopted the synchronized sound to images, music from the orchestra were performed directly in the movie hall.
of the "Gruppo dei Romanisti" as well as other intellectuals and artists who, during the charming times of Caffé Greco
, animated the cultural salons of Rome. He wrote many poetical compositions, revealing himself as particularly inclined into poems, verses
and sonnets in Roman dialect. In 1929 he wrote "Er Natale de Roma",
a poem in blank verse and quatrains, all in Roman dialect, dealing with the birth of Rome and illustrated by the painter-ceramicist Romeo Berardi.
Musician
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, painter
Painting
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and italian dialect poet
Poet
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, who spent his career during the silent movies era
Silent Movies
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The cinema
He was one of the pioneers of Italian silent cinema. Director of over fifty films, he played the role of actor in some movies. In 1909 he moved to NaplesNaples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, where the fledgling movie company Vesuvio Films gave him the artistic direction of its productions. In the capital of Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
he directed many of his movies, among them the historical short film Corradino di Svevia (L'ultimo degli Hohenstaufen), one of the first Italian movies to be set in the Middle Ages.
Back in Rome
Rome
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, he went on acting as a director, making dozens of films. Some movies have been lost while others were recovered and restored, such as La leggenda dell'edelweiss, of which coils and the original screenplay have been found by researchers of the MICS (International museum of film and entertainment), in 1988.
In 1936 – as art director
Art director
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for CAIR (Cartoni Animati Italiani Roma) – he directed The Adventures of Pinocchio, which is believed to be the first cartoon movie dedicated to the novel by Carlo Collodi
Carlo Collodi
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Directed movies
- Rolla e Michelangelo (1909)
- Per l'onore (Scene passionali) (1909)
- Odissea di una comparsa (1909)
- Nozze indiavolate (1909)
- Il ritorno del bersagliere (1909)
- Cuor di Pierrot (1909)
- Amore ed arte (1909)
- Vittima della Patria (1909)
- Odio infranto (1909)
- La vendetta dell'evaso (1909)
- Corradino di Svevia (L'ultimo degli Hohenstaufen) (1909)
- L'orologio accusatore (1909)
- Follia d'amore (1909)
- La figlia del saltimbanco (1910)
- Fermo posta (1910)
- La portatrice di pane (1911)
- Norma (Episodio della Gallia sotto il dominio di Roma Imperiale) (1911)
- Il dottore nell'ufficio (1911)
- Mondana, bandito e cavaliere (1911)
- La rivoluzione del settembre 1793 (1911)
- Adottato dal Re! (1912)
- Sotto la maschera (1913)
- Il tesoro di Kermadek (1913)
- L'artiglio spezzato (1913)
- Tragico ritorno (1914)
- Nel regno di Tersicore (1914)
- Dramma al teatro (1914)
- Insana vendetta (1914)
- Fior di passione (1914)
- Lo spettro vendicatore (1914)
- Espiazione (1914)
- Brescia, leonessa d'Italia (1915)
- Altri tempi... altri eroi (1916)
- Susanna e i vecchioni (1916)
- L'ostaggio (1916)
- La voragine (1917)
- Crevalcore (1917)
- L'artiglio del nibbio (1917)
- Il misterioso dramma del fiume (1918)
- La tigre vendicatrice (1918)
- La dama misteriosa (1918)
- Il segreto della badia (1918)
- Il trionfo di una martire (1918)
- Le gesta di John Blick (1918)
- La carezza del vampiro (1918)
- Il braccialetto misterioso (1919)
- Nel silenzio dell'anima (1919)
- L'ombra fatale (1919)
- Via Crucis (1919)
- Venere propizia (1919)
- Joseph (1920)
- Il mistero dell'uomo che sogna (1920)
- La leggenda dell'edelweiss (1922)
Starred movies
- La collana del milione (1920)
- Catene di ferro e ghirlande di rose (1916)
- Susanna e i vecchioni (1916)
- Altri tempi... altri eroi (1916)
- Espiazione (1914)
- Lo spettro vendicatore (1914)
- Fior di passione (1914)
Music
He graduated in composition and direction at the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella in Naples, and was a composer (he wrote several operas), director and conductor of the orchestra.He wrote plenty of accompanying music for films and was the first musician in the history of cinema to have composed – in 1905 – specifically created music to accompany a movie (“La Malìa dell'oro”, by Filoteo Alberini).
At that time, having not yet been adopted the synchronized sound to images, music from the orchestra were performed directly in the movie hall.
Directed operas
- WandaWanda-Derivation:It is derived from Wandalus or Wandalarius , the name of several Amali Gothic rulers. The first Polish historian Kadlubek wrote the Princess Wanda story. He describes her as live amongst the Wandali and claims that a river in the land of the Vandals is named Wandalus after Wanda...
(Fermo, Teatro dell'Aquila, 27 agosto 1896, libretto by Enrico Golisciani) - Elki lo zingaro (mimical drama) (Roma, Teatro Quirino, 12 luglio 1899, libretto by Augusto Turchi)
- L'abito fa il monaco (pantomime) (Parigi, Teatre Europeen, 22 maggio 1902, coreography by Rossi)
- Estropiados (pantomime) (Marsiglia, 7 novembre 1902, coreography by Gautier, Rossi e Trave)
- Aprile d'amore (Roma, Teatro Argentina, 25 marzo 1905, libretto by Augusto Turchi)
- Incantesimo (romance for soprano) (lyrics by Conte di Lara, pseudonym of Domenico Milelli, music by Romolo Bacchini)
Poetry
Contemporary and friend of poet and writer Augusto Jandolo, with him he was partof the "Gruppo dei Romanisti" as well as other intellectuals and artists who, during the charming times of Caffé Greco
Antico Caffè Greco
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, animated the cultural salons of Rome. He wrote many poetical compositions, revealing himself as particularly inclined into poems, verses
and sonnets in Roman dialect. In 1929 he wrote "Er Natale de Roma",
a poem in blank verse and quatrains, all in Roman dialect, dealing with the birth of Rome and illustrated by the painter-ceramicist Romeo Berardi.