Carlo Minello
Italian postcard. ASER (A. Scarmiglia Ed., Roma). Card probably for the film I 3 aquilotti (Mario Mattoli, 1942).
Carlo Minello (1918–1947) was an Italian film actor, who had a short career during the Second World War. After studying architecture in Florence he debuted as stage actor at the theatre company of the GUF. After various plays he entered the company of the Teatro Eliseo in Rome, It was there that film director Ferdinando Maria Poggioli discovered him and gave him his first film part in Addio, giovinezza! (Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, 1940), followed by more supporting parts, and never discontinuing his stage career, Minello had his first lead opposite German star Camilla Horn in Paura d'amare (Gaetano Amata, 1942), scripted by Umberto Barbaro. A second major part Minello had opposite Leonardo Cortese and a young Alberto Sordi in the aviation drama I 3 aquilotti (Mario Mattoli, 1942), about three young pilots in training, who risk being sent to war. In La zia di Carlo (Alfredo Guarini, 1943), adaptation of the classic play Charley's Aunt, Minello played Charlie/Carlo, opposite Erminio Macario as the "aunt". In 1944 Minello married singer and actress Maria Pia Arcangeli.
Minello's last film was again an aviation drama: Aeroporto (Piero Costa, 1944). It was the only overtly fascist film produced in Italy during the Republic of Salò. That may well explain why Minello didn't have any film career after the war, even if his co-actor Elio Steiner did have one. Carlo Minello, died young, in 1947 (age 29); one year after the birth of his son, the later actor, scriptwriter and songwriter Cristiano Minellono, famous for his songs for Adriano Celentano, Ricchi e Poveri (e.g. M'innamoro di te), Al Bano and Romina Power (Felicità), and Toto Cutugno (L'italiano).
Source: IMDB, Italian Wikipedia.
Carlo Minello
Italian postcard. ASER (A. Scarmiglia Ed., Roma). Card probably for the film I 3 aquilotti (Mario Mattoli, 1942).
Carlo Minello (1918–1947) was an Italian film actor, who had a short career during the Second World War. After studying architecture in Florence he debuted as stage actor at the theatre company of the GUF. After various plays he entered the company of the Teatro Eliseo in Rome, It was there that film director Ferdinando Maria Poggioli discovered him and gave him his first film part in Addio, giovinezza! (Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, 1940), followed by more supporting parts, and never discontinuing his stage career, Minello had his first lead opposite German star Camilla Horn in Paura d'amare (Gaetano Amata, 1942), scripted by Umberto Barbaro. A second major part Minello had opposite Leonardo Cortese and a young Alberto Sordi in the aviation drama I 3 aquilotti (Mario Mattoli, 1942), about three young pilots in training, who risk being sent to war. In La zia di Carlo (Alfredo Guarini, 1943), adaptation of the classic play Charley's Aunt, Minello played Charlie/Carlo, opposite Erminio Macario as the "aunt". In 1944 Minello married singer and actress Maria Pia Arcangeli.
Minello's last film was again an aviation drama: Aeroporto (Piero Costa, 1944). It was the only overtly fascist film produced in Italy during the Republic of Salò. That may well explain why Minello didn't have any film career after the war, even if his co-actor Elio Steiner did have one. Carlo Minello, died young, in 1947 (age 29); one year after the birth of his son, the later actor, scriptwriter and songwriter Cristiano Minellono, famous for his songs for Adriano Celentano, Ricchi e Poveri (e.g. M'innamoro di te), Al Bano and Romina Power (Felicità), and Toto Cutugno (L'italiano).
Source: IMDB, Italian Wikipedia.