Variety Lights (1950)
Overview
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.
Cast
Peppino De Filippo
Checco Dal Monte
Carla Del Poggio
Liliana "Lilly" Antonelli
Giulietta Masina
Melina Amour
John Kitzmiller
Trumpet Player Johnny
Dante Maggio
Remo
Checco Durante
Theater Owner
Gina Mascetti
Valeria del Sole
Silvio Bagolini
Bruno Antonini
Giacomo Furia
Duke
Vanja Orico
Moema - Brazilian Singer
Renato Malavasi
Hotelkeeper
Folco Lulli
Adelmo Conti
Carlo Romano
Enzo La Rosa
Fanny Marchiò
Soubrette
Franca Valeri
Mitzy - Hungarian Designer
Alberto Bonucci
Night Club ComicRecommendations
Ginger and Fred
The Dinner
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Dear Goddamned Friends
Much Ado About Nothing
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Reality
Unfair Competition
My Own Love Song
A Dog Year
100 Sundays
Siblings
In the Name of the Italian People
White as Milk, Red as Blood
It Runs in the Family
What Time Is It?
Al lupo, al lupo
A Flat for Three
Fast Girls
Life Is Life