Ragazzi del Juke-Box
{{short description|1959 film directed by Lucio Fulci}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ragazzi del Juke-Box
| image = Ragazzi del Juke-Box.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = Lucio Fulci
| producer = Giovanni Addessi
| writer = Lucio Fulci
Piero Vivarelli
Vittorio Vighi
| story =
| starring = Mario Carotenuto
Elke Sommer
Anthony Steffen
| music = Eros Sciorilli
| cinematography = Carlo Montuori
| editing = Gabriele Varriale
| studio = Era Cinematografica
| distributor = Lux FilmThrower, Stephen (1999). Beyond Terror, the films of Lucio Fulci. FAB Press. page 272.
| released = {{Film date|1959|08|13}}
| runtime = 102 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
| gross = 1.4 million lira
}}
Ragazzi del Juke-Box (a.k.a. Juke-Box Kids) is a 1959 Italian "musicarello" film directed (and co-written) by Lucio Fulci and starring Mario Carotenuto, Elke Sommer and Anthony Steffen.{{Cite news|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/325815|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207071705/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/325815|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-07|title=RAGAZZI DEL JUKE BOX (1959)|work=BFI|access-date=2018-10-25|language=en}} Lucio Fulci has a cameo in the film as a festival organizer.Howarth, Troy (2015). Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and his Films. Midnight Marquee Press. Page 70.
More than for the subject and the script, it deserves to be considered for the cast comprising some of the greatest characters of Italian pop music at the time of the screamers. The film sees the first film success of Adriano Celentano (who the previous year had made a first appearance in I frenetici) and includes for example the version of the band I Campioni of the song considered the first Italian rock'n roll, Ciao ti dirò del 1958 with text by Giorgio Calabrese and music by Gian Franco Reverberi [1] already interpreted by Giorgio Gaber and then by Ricky Gianco.{{Cite journal |last1=Scalenghe |first1=Franco |last2=Sampietro |first2=Piero |last3=Andreoletti |first3=Emilio Gian |date=January 1967 |title=Alcuni aspetti del controllo ormonale de glicogeno nel cuore e nel muscolo schetrico del Tritone crestato |journal=Bolletino di Zoologia |volume=34 |issue=1–4 |pages=172 |doi=10.1080/11250006709440839 |issn=0373-4137|doi-access=free }}
Plot
Sir Cesari (Mario Carotenuto) runs a record company that promotes the classical music he loves. But when he goes to prison, his attractive young daughter Giulia (Elke Sommer) takes over the company and uses it to promote rock n' roll singers instead.
Cast
- Mario Carotenuto: Commander Cesari
- Elke Sommer: Giulia Cesari
- Anthony Steffen: Paolo Macelloni
- Giacomo Furia: Gennarino
- Yvette Masson: Maria Davanzale
- Fred Buscaglione and his Asternovas: Fred and his band
- Adriano Celentano and the Modern Jazz Gang: Adriano and his band
- Betty Curtis: Betty Dorys
- Gianni Meccia: Jimmy
- Tony Dallara: Tony Bellaria
- Mario Ambrosino: il contino
- Giuliano Mancini: Jimmy
- Karin Well: Girl at club
- Umberto D'Orsi
- Enzo Garinei
- Ornella Vanoni
- Lucio Fulci: Festival organizerHowarth, Troy (2015). Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and his Films. Midnight Marquee Press. page 70.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0053207}}
{{Lucio Fulci}}
Category:1950s Italian-language films
Category:Films directed by Lucio Fulci
Category:1959 musical comedy films
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