Roberto Roberti

{{Short description|Italian actor, screenwriter and film director}} {{About||the 17th century Italian Roman Catholic bishop|Roberto Roberti (bishop)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Roberto Roberti | image = Roberto Roberti 1918.png | caption = Roberti in 1918 | birth_name = Vincenzo Leone | birth_date = {{Birth date |df=y|1879|7|24}} | birth_place = [[Torella dei Lombardi]], Campania, [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age |df=y|1959|1|10|1879|7|24}} | death_place = Torella dei Lombardi, Campania, Italy | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|writer|director}} | spouse = [[Bice Waleran]] | children = [[Sergio Leone]] | years_active = 1911–1950 (film) }} '''Vincenzo Leone'''<ref name= abel /> (24 July 1879 – 10 January 1959),<ref name=abel /> known professionally as '''Roberto Roberti''', was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He made over sixty films, mostly during the [[silent era]]. He was married to the actress [[Bice Waleran]]. Their son [[Sergio Leone]] became a celebrated director.<ref>{{cite book| first=Mira|last= Liehm| title=Passion and Defiance: Italian Film from 1942 to the Present| url=https://archive.org/details/passiondefiancef0000lieh| url-access=registration| publisher=[[University of California Press]] | year= 1986| page= [https://archive.org/details/passiondefiancef0000lieh/page/348 348] | location= [[Oakland, California]]| isbn=978-0520057449}}</ref>

During the 1910s Roberti made a number of films for the [[Turin]]-based [[Aquila Films]], often featuring his wife in a leading role. He then moved to [[Caesar Film]] where he directed eighteen films starring the [[diva]] [[Francesca Bertini]].<ref name=abel>{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hFxwX-dM008C&q=Roberto+Roberti+director&pg=PA552| last=Abel| first=Richard| title=Encyclopedia of Early Cinema|publisher= [[Taylor & Francis]] | location=[[Abingdon-on-Thames]], Oxfordshire, UK| year= 2005 | page=552| isbn=9780415234405}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[Tower of Terror (1913 film)|Tower of Terror]]'' (1913) * ''[[Indian Vampire]]'' (1913) * ''[[The Mystery of St. Martin's Bridge]]'' (1913) * ''[[The Princess of Bedford]]'' (1914) * ''[[The Bandit of Port Avon]]'' (1914) * ''[[The Danube Boatman]]'' (1914) * ''[[Theodora (1914 film)|Theodora]]'' (1914) * ''[[Darkness (1916 film)|Darkness]]'' (1916) * ''[[The Sinful Woman]]'' (1916) * ''[[The Cavalcade of Dreams]]'' (1917) * ''[[Eugenia Grandet (1918 film)|Eugenia Grandet]]'' (1918) * ''[[The Conqueror of the World]]'' (1919) * ''[[Countess Sarah]]'' (1919) * ''[[The Cheerful Soul]]'' (1919) * ''[[The Race to the Throne]]'' (1919) * ''[[Marion (1920 film)|Marion]]'' (1920) * ''[[Maddalena Ferat]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Sphinx (1920 film)|The Sphinx]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Serpent (1920 film)|The Serpent]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Shadow (1920 film)|The Shadow]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Fall of the Curtain]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Fear of Love]]'' (1920) * ''[[Princess Giorgio]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Last Dream (1921 film)|The Last Dream]]'' (1921) * ''[[The Youth of the Devil]]'' (1921) * ''[[The Girl from Amalfi]]'' (1921) * ''[[The Nude Woman (1922 film)|The Nude Woman]]'' (1922) * ''[[Consuelita]]'' (1925) * ''[[When Naples Sings (1926 film)|When Naples Sings]]'' (1926) * ''[[Assunta Spina (1930 film)|Assunta Spina]]'' (1930) * ''[[The Silent Partner (1939 film)|The Silent Partner]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Man on the Street]]'' (1941) * ''[[The Mad Marechiaro]]'' (1952) {{div col end}}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0730743}}

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