Variety Lights (1950)
Luci del varietà
97 min
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
- Release date
- December 6, 1950
- Country of origin
- Italy
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Cast
- Peppino De Filippo as Checco Dal Monte
- Carla Del Poggio as Liliana 'Lily' Antonelli
- Giulietta Masina as Melina Amour
- John Kitzmiller as Trumpet player Johnny
- Dante Maggio as Remo
- Checco Durante as Theater Owner
- Gina Mascetti as Valeria del Sole
- Giulio Calì as Magician Edison Will
- Silvio Bagolini as Bruno Antonini
- Giacomo Furia as Duke
- Vanja Orico as Moema - Brazilian Singer
- Renato Malavasi as Hotelkeeper
- Folco Lulli as Adelmo Conti
- Carlo Romano as Enzo La Rosa
- Franca Valeri as Mitzy - Hungarian Designer
- Alberto Bonucci as Night Club Comic
- Vittorio Caprioli as Night Club Comic
- Carlo Bianco as Pianist Russo (uncredited)
- Alberto Lattuada as Theater Attendant (uncredited)
- Michele Malaspina as Adelmo Conti (voice) (uncredited)
- Giovanna Ralli as (uncredited)
- Marco Tulli as Torello's Assistant (uncredited)
Crew
- Federico Fellini · Director
- Alberto Lattuada · Director
- Federico Fellini · Writer
- Alberto Lattuada · Writer
- Tullio Pinelli · Writer
- Alberto Lattuada · Producer
- Felice Lattuada · Composer
- Otello Martelli · Cinematographer
- Mario Bonotti · Editor