Ida Carloni Talli and Giovanni Schettini in Vertigine (1919)
Spanish collector's card by Chocolat Imperial, no. 6 in a series of 6. Photo: Grandes Exclusivas Verdaguer / FAI. Ida Carloni Talli and Giovanni Schettini in El Vertigo, Spanish title for the Italian silent drama Vertigine (Baldassarre Negroni, 1919).
Plot: A party takes place at the Royal Palace in Birlandia, when the Prince Regent substitutes the Royal couple Marisa and Carlos de Seydoon who are dethroned. Carlos is killed by counter-revolutionaries, while Marisa chased from the court leads a life as countess Marisa de Seydoon (Hesperia). She goes to Rome by train, by chance in the same compartment as count Enzo (Tullio Carminati) who is unaware of her beauties, so she uses all her assets to seduce him. They get acquainted at the dinner wagon and because of trouble with the train, they share the same hotel. They make several excursions together during which their love blossoms and meet on old study friend of Enzo, Fausto Ursini (Giovanni Schettini). Ursini visits Enzo because he needs money as creditors want to take away the estate so dear to his mother (Ida Carloni Talli). Touched, Enzo helps him and buys the estate. Marisa passes wonderful days at the estate, while both she and Fausto's mother don't know it is by now Enzo's property. While Enzo is away, and the summer blossoms drug Fausto and Marisa, the two young people fall in love, even if Marisa keeps her distance. When Enzo returns, Marisa is afraid he may find out and accuses Fausto of ingratitude towards Enzo. Fausto's mother suspects something is going on, but also Enzo notices Marisa is not herself. She finally admits Fausto has declared her his love. Enzo, blind of rage, reacts to Fausto, who admits his guilt and offers his life. Enzo instead forces Fausto to reveal his mother the truth. Fausto cannot cope with so much disgrace to his mother, so he commits suicide. Enzo, realizing that his woman who now forever would doubt him, disappears forever. Marisa, who before felt the weight of her crown, now left by Enzo, retires to a lonely villa, to mourn over her tragic fate and the loss of both men who marked her rise and fall. [Plot from the back of the cards]
At the time, Giuseppe Lega, in the magazine Apollon, thought it a rather old-fashioned drama, and below the level of the talent of the young scriptwriter Luciano Doria. Hesperia made the most of it, Carminati could have been better, while best was Carloni Talli.
Ida Carloni Talli (1860-1940) was an important Italian stage actress, who also acted in 92 Italian silent films.
Ida Carloni Talli and Giovanni Schettini in Vertigine (1919)
Spanish collector's card by Chocolat Imperial, no. 6 in a series of 6. Photo: Grandes Exclusivas Verdaguer / FAI. Ida Carloni Talli and Giovanni Schettini in El Vertigo, Spanish title for the Italian silent drama Vertigine (Baldassarre Negroni, 1919).
Plot: A party takes place at the Royal Palace in Birlandia, when the Prince Regent substitutes the Royal couple Marisa and Carlos de Seydoon who are dethroned. Carlos is killed by counter-revolutionaries, while Marisa chased from the court leads a life as countess Marisa de Seydoon (Hesperia). She goes to Rome by train, by chance in the same compartment as count Enzo (Tullio Carminati) who is unaware of her beauties, so she uses all her assets to seduce him. They get acquainted at the dinner wagon and because of trouble with the train, they share the same hotel. They make several excursions together during which their love blossoms and meet on old study friend of Enzo, Fausto Ursini (Giovanni Schettini). Ursini visits Enzo because he needs money as creditors want to take away the estate so dear to his mother (Ida Carloni Talli). Touched, Enzo helps him and buys the estate. Marisa passes wonderful days at the estate, while both she and Fausto's mother don't know it is by now Enzo's property. While Enzo is away, and the summer blossoms drug Fausto and Marisa, the two young people fall in love, even if Marisa keeps her distance. When Enzo returns, Marisa is afraid he may find out and accuses Fausto of ingratitude towards Enzo. Fausto's mother suspects something is going on, but also Enzo notices Marisa is not herself. She finally admits Fausto has declared her his love. Enzo, blind of rage, reacts to Fausto, who admits his guilt and offers his life. Enzo instead forces Fausto to reveal his mother the truth. Fausto cannot cope with so much disgrace to his mother, so he commits suicide. Enzo, realizing that his woman who now forever would doubt him, disappears forever. Marisa, who before felt the weight of her crown, now left by Enzo, retires to a lonely villa, to mourn over her tragic fate and the loss of both men who marked her rise and fall. [Plot from the back of the cards]
At the time, Giuseppe Lega, in the magazine Apollon, thought it a rather old-fashioned drama, and below the level of the talent of the young scriptwriter Luciano Doria. Hesperia made the most of it, Carminati could have been better, while best was Carloni Talli.
Ida Carloni Talli (1860-1940) was an important Italian stage actress, who also acted in 92 Italian silent films.