The Table of the Poor

1932 film

The Table of the Poor

Directed by| Alessandro Blasetti
Written by| Raffaele Viviani (play)
Emilio Cecchi
Alessandro De Stefani
Mario Soldati
Alessandro Blasetti
Starring| Raffaele Viviani
Leda Gloria
Salvatore Costa
Marcello Spada
Cinematography| Giulio De Luca
Carlo Montuori
Edited by| Ignazio Ferronetti
Music by| Roberto Caggiano
Raffaele Viviani

Production
company

Società Italiana Cines

Distributed by| Cinès-Pittaluga

Release date

* 1932 (1932)

Running time

| 71 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

The Table of the Poor (Italian: La tavola dei poveri) is a 1932 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Raffaele Viviani, Leda Gloria and Salvatore Costa. It was based on a play by Viviani set in Naples.[1] It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome.[2] The film's sets were designed by Gastone Medin. It portrays the adventures of an impoverished Marquis who continues to lead a grand lifestyle.

## Main cast

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* Raffaele Viviani as Marquis Isidoro Fusaro
* Leda Gloria as Giorgina Fusaro
* Salvatore Costa as Biase
* Marcello Spada as Nello Valmadonna
* Mario Ferrari as Attorney Volterra
* Vincenzo Flocco as Mezzapalla
* Armida Cozzolino as Lida Valmadonna
* Lina Bacci as The secretary
* Cesare Zoppetti as The teacher
* Vasco Creti as The waiter
* Idolo Tancredi as Il creditore delle camicie stirate
* Gennaro Pisano as Il commissario

## References

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1. ^ Moliterno p.41
2. ^ Mancini p.214

## Bibliography

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* Landy, Marcia. The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943. SUNY Press, 1998.
* Mancini, Elaine. Struggles of the Italian Film Industry during Fascism. UMI Research Press, 1985.
* Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

## External links

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* The Table of the Poor at IMDb

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Films directed by Alessandro Blasetti

* Sun (1929)
* Nerone (1930)
* Resurrection (1931)
* Mother Earth (1931)
* Palio (1932)
* The Table of the Poor (1932)
* The Haller Case (1933)
* 1860 (1934)
* The Old Guard (1934)
* Aldebaran (1935)
* The Countess of Parma (1937)
* Ettore Fieramosca (1938)
* Backstage (1939)
* An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939)
* The Iron Crown (1941)
* The Jester's Supper (1942)
* Four Steps in the Clouds (1942)
* No Turning Back (1945)
* Un giorno nella vita (1946)
* Fabiola (1949)
* Father's Dilemma (1950)
* In Olden Days (1952)
* Too Bad She's Bad (1954)
* A Slice of Life (1954)
* Lucky to Be a Woman (1956)
* Love and Chatter (1957)
* I Love, You Love (1961)
* Three Fables of Love (1962)
* Liolà (1963)
* Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
* Simón Bolívar (1969)

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