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Mario Ausonia in Mes p'tits (1923)

French postcard by Cinématographes Méric. Mario Ausonia in Mes p'tits/Le Calvaire d'une saltimbanque/My Little Ones (Paul Barlatier, Charles Keppens, 1923). The woman in the middle could be Jane (Jeanne) Rollette.

 

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 January 26, 2018
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