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Ausonia in Mes p'tits

French postcard. Les Cinématographes Méric. Ausonia (Mario Guaita) in the French silent film Mes p'tits (Paul Barlatier / Charles Keppens, 1923). The film evolves in the circus milieu.

 

Athletic muscleman Mario Guaita aka Ausonia (1881-1956) was an Italian actor, director, producer and scriptwriter in the silent era. He had his international breakthrough with Spartaco (Enrico Vidali 1913) and became a major actor in the Italian forzuto genre. In the early 1920s he moved to Marseille, made a few films there and ran a cinema.

 

 

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Uploaded on May 21, 2014
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