Editing Cinema of Italy (section)

====Totò (1950s–1960s)====
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[[File:Totò e i re di Roma.JPG|thumb|[[Totò]] in ''[[Toto and the King of Rome]]'' by [[Mario Monicelli]] and [[Steno (director)|Steno]] (1952)]]

At this time, on the more commercial side of production, the phenomenon of [[Totò]], a Neapolitan actor who is acclaimed as the major Italian comic, exploded. His films (often with [[Aldo Fabrizi]], [[Peppino De Filippo]] and almost always with [[Mario Castellani]]) expressed a sort of neorealistic satire, in the means of a ''guitto'' (a "hammy" actor) as well as with the art of the great dramatic actor he also was.<ref name="ilsaltodellaquaglia">{{cite web|url=https://www.ilsaltodellaquaglia.com/2021/05/05/capriccio-allitaliana-lultimo-film-interpretato-da-toto/|title="Capriccio all'italiana", l'ultimo film interpretato da Totò|date=5 May 2021 |access-date=20 December 2022|language=it}}</ref> Totò is one of the symbols of the [[cinema of Naples]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.luinonotizie.it/anniversario/2022/02/15/15-febbraio-1898-nasceva-toto-simbolo-della-comicita-napoletana/163808|title=Il 15 febbraio 1898 nasceva Totò, simbolo della comicità napoletana|access-date=8 December 2022|language=it}}</ref>

A "film-machine" who produced dozens of titles per year, his repertoire was frequently repeated. His personal story (a prince born in the poorest ''rione'' (section of the city) of [[Naples]]), his unique twisted face, his special mimic expressions and his gestures created an inimitable personage and made him one of the most beloved Italians of the 1960s.

Some of his best-known films are ''[[Fear and Sand]]'' by [[Mario Mattoli]], ''[[Toto Tours Italy]]'' by Mario Mattoli, ''[[Toto the Sheik]]'' by Mario Mattoli, ''[[Cops and Robbers (1951 film)|Cops and Robbers]]'' by [[Mario Monicelli]], ''[[Toto and the Women]]'' by Mario Monicelli, ''[[Totò Tarzan]]'' by Mario Mattoli, ''[[Toto the Third Man]]'' by Mario Mattoli, ''[[Toto and the King of Rome]]'' by Mario Monicelli and [[Steno (director)|Steno]], ''[[Toto in Color]]'' by Steno (one of the first Italian colour movies, 1952, in [[Ferrania]] colour), ''[[Big Deal on Madonna Street]]'' by Mario Monicelli, ''[[Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy]]'' by [[Camillo Mastrocinque]] and ''[[The Law Is the Law]]'' by [[Christian-Jaque]]. [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]'s ''[[The Hawks and the Sparrows]]'' and the episode "Che cosa sono le nuvole" from ''[[Caprice Italian Style]]'' (the latter released after his death), showed his dramatic skills.<ref name="ilsaltodellaquaglia"/>
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