Mary Corwyn in Napoleoncina (1918)
Spanish cromos by Chocolat Imperiale, Barcelona, Card no. 6 of 6. Photo: Do-Re-Mi Film / Dist. J. Verdaguer, Barcelona. Maria Corvin aka Mary Corwyn in Napoleoncina (Lucio D'Ambra, 1918). The Spanish title of the film was Napoleoncilla.
Mary Corwyn plays in Napoleoncina/ L'épopée de Napoléonnette (D'Ambra, 1918) a young girl smitten with Napoleon and his modern lookalike Dr. Toccasana (Achille Viotti). When she discovers her sister (Stella Blu) is in love with the doctor's nephew (Luigi Serventi), but the latter only has eyes for an affected American woman, Miss Wood (Inga Borg), she energetically chases the rival.
Mary Corwyn aka Mary Corwin aka Maria Corvin (1895-?) was a Polish actress, active in Italian silent film. Born Maria Breninski / Breninki in Warsaw, Poland, she was widowed at a young early age and arrived in Italy on a British ship. She was noted in Neapolitan literary circles. In 1916 she was hired by the Neapolitan film company Polifilms, where she acted in 7 films directed by Giulio Antamoro, and distributed by Lombardo Film. She became the 'first actress' at Polifilm, thanks to her blue eyes and photogenic qualities. In 1918 journalist Edoardo Scarfoglio brought her to writer-producer-actor Lucio d'Ambra, who hired her for his Roman film company Do-Re-Mi. She debuted there in Napoleoncina/ L'épopée de Napoléonnette (D'Ambra, 1918). After four more films with D'Ambra, Corwyn returned to Naples for one more film, the Balzac adaptation Vautrin (1919), starring Giovanni Grasso and produced by Lombardo Film. She then returned to act in Il girotondo degli undici lancieri (D'Ambra, 1919), produced by the new company D'Ambra Films. After two more films at Cines and Rosa Films, Corwyn left Italy in 1920, and nothing more is known of her, not even when and where she died.
Sources: Italian Wikipedia, IMDB, Vittorio Martinelli, Il cinema muto italiano.
Mary Corwyn in Napoleoncina (1918)
Spanish cromos by Chocolat Imperiale, Barcelona, Card no. 6 of 6. Photo: Do-Re-Mi Film / Dist. J. Verdaguer, Barcelona. Maria Corvin aka Mary Corwyn in Napoleoncina (Lucio D'Ambra, 1918). The Spanish title of the film was Napoleoncilla.
Mary Corwyn plays in Napoleoncina/ L'épopée de Napoléonnette (D'Ambra, 1918) a young girl smitten with Napoleon and his modern lookalike Dr. Toccasana (Achille Viotti). When she discovers her sister (Stella Blu) is in love with the doctor's nephew (Luigi Serventi), but the latter only has eyes for an affected American woman, Miss Wood (Inga Borg), she energetically chases the rival.
Mary Corwyn aka Mary Corwin aka Maria Corvin (1895-?) was a Polish actress, active in Italian silent film. Born Maria Breninski / Breninki in Warsaw, Poland, she was widowed at a young early age and arrived in Italy on a British ship. She was noted in Neapolitan literary circles. In 1916 she was hired by the Neapolitan film company Polifilms, where she acted in 7 films directed by Giulio Antamoro, and distributed by Lombardo Film. She became the 'first actress' at Polifilm, thanks to her blue eyes and photogenic qualities. In 1918 journalist Edoardo Scarfoglio brought her to writer-producer-actor Lucio d'Ambra, who hired her for his Roman film company Do-Re-Mi. She debuted there in Napoleoncina/ L'épopée de Napoléonnette (D'Ambra, 1918). After four more films with D'Ambra, Corwyn returned to Naples for one more film, the Balzac adaptation Vautrin (1919), starring Giovanni Grasso and produced by Lombardo Film. She then returned to act in Il girotondo degli undici lancieri (D'Ambra, 1919), produced by the new company D'Ambra Films. After two more films at Cines and Rosa Films, Corwyn left Italy in 1920, and nothing more is known of her, not even when and where she died.
Sources: Italian Wikipedia, IMDB, Vittorio Martinelli, Il cinema muto italiano.