Deep Archive Finds Movies That Echo the Spirit of La scala: Cult Guide

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Frauenraub in Marokko perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Elinor Clifford comes to Northern Africa in search of romance. Her lover, Bobbie Dampsey, and her friend, Daisy Young, arrange with Bobbie's friend, Paul Ferris, who is to pose as Abd-el-Rawak, a notorious brigand, to stage a fake abduction. Elinor is kidnapped, but their plans go astray when the real brigand turns up. After many hazardous adventures, Paul succeeds in rescuing her and winning her love.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

An old teacher got married with a young girl, the school caretaker's daughter, to save her from the dishonour caused by a guy. However he wants her to stay with her beloved guy....

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Think It Over Jack perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Loose Pirandello adaptation: A young lady hides from her fiance that she is caring for a baby half brother left behind by her late mother.The fiance, like her an aspiring musical performer, has indicated he doesn't want a child yet.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

Mara Flores, a capricious and unscrupulous man-eater, is addicted to high society life. During an evening out with friends at a club, Mara meets engineer Carlo Valderi, who falls madly in love with her.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La canzone dell'amore perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

In this farce about a new European republic, a peasant yokel is nominated at a convention and thwarts a Royalist plot after he is elected.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of L'innamorata perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A silent adventure based on the classic novel by Stendhal "The Red and the Black".

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

Angelo Musco leaves his small town in Sicily to go to Rome for an operation. Once there, he decides he likes that continental air and proceeds to acquire a veneer of same...and also acquires a dancer, sporting-and-claiming an even-larger dose of Continental Veneer. They return together to Sicily with Musco under the impression she comes from the continent. Leda's clothes, manners, habits and flirting ways start a small revelation-style revolution, which is not to Musco's liking. He ships Leda back to Rome, but not before learning that he has been taken in by a Scilian native, as Leda was born in a near-by town.