White Amazons

{{short description|1936 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = White Amazons

| image = White Amazons.jpg

| caption =

| director = Gennaro Righelli

| producer =

| writer = {{ubl|Gino Valori (novel)|Marcello Albani|Ferruccio Biancini|Gennaro Righelli}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Paola Barbara|Luisa Ferida|Doris Duranti |Sandro Ruffini}}

| music = Antonio D'Elia

| cinematography = {{ubl|Ferdinando Martini|Augusto Tiezzi}}

| editing =Giacomo Gentilomo

| studio = Arbor Film

| distributor = Piemonte Film

| released = {{Film date|1936}}

| runtime = 83 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

| gross =

}}

White Amazons ({{langx|it|Amazzoni bianche}}) is a 1936 Italian white telephone comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Paola Barbara, Luisa Ferida and Doris Duranti. Screwball in style, it is part of the tradition of schoolgirl comedies of the Fascist era.Reich p.170

Plot

The film is set in a winter sports resort, where an all-female race with a prize of two hundred thousand lira for the winner provokes rivalry and confusions.

Cast

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References

Bibliography

  • Reich, Jacqueline Beth. Fascism, Film, and Female Subjectivity: The Case of Italian Cinema 1936-1943. University of California, Berkeley, 1994.