Edoardo Anton

Edoardo Anton (7 January 1910 - 11 May 1986) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.

Background

Born in Rome as Edoardo Antonelli, Anton was the son of the playwright and journalist Luigi Antonelli.[1] He entered the cinema industry in mid-thirties and soon became a prolific screenwriter specialized in comedy films.[1] His work as filmmaker is marginal, mainly confined to the co-direction of a few international co-productions;[1] the only work entirely attributable to him is Il lupo della frontiera.[1]

Selected filmography

Writer

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1961 Il ratto delle sabine
1960 Signori si nasce
1960 Robin Hood and the Pirates
1959 The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina
1958 Girls for the Summer
1956 Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
1956 Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1955 The Sign of Venus
1953 Saluti e baci
1950 I falsari
1942 Headlights in the Fog
1941 The Adventuress from the Floor Above
1942 Bengasi

Director

Film
Year Title Notes
1949 The Glass Mountain
1951 Il lupo della frontiera

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. p. 28. ISBN 8884401712.

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