Mario Costa (1910-1995)

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Alias:
J. W. Fordson
Марио Коста

Birthplace:
Rome, Lazio, Italy

Born:
May 31, 1910

Died:
October 22, 1995

Additional information:

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Adaptation:
1947  L'elisir d'amore

Director:
1946  La sua strada
1947  L'elisir d'amore
1947  The Barber of Seville
1948  Mad About Opera
1948  Pagliacci
1951  Spring song
1951  Trieste mia!
1952  Melody of Love
1953  I Always Loved You
1953  Per salvarti ho peccato
1953  Perdonami!
1954  Pietà per chi cade
1954  The Lovers of Manon Lescaut
1955  Revelation
1957  Goodbye Forever
1957  The Dollars Are Coming!
1958  Via col para... vento
1959  Attack of the Moors
1959  Cavalier in Devil's Castle
1960  The Queen of the Pirates
1961  Rage of the Buccaneers
1961  The Centurion
1962  Gladiator of Rome
1962  Kerim, Son of the Sheik
1963  Il terrore dei mantelli rossi
1964  Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1965  Latin Lovers
1970  The Beast

Screenplay:
1939  L'ospite di una notte
1946  La sua strada
1947  L'elisir d'amore
1947  The Barber of Seville
1948  Mad About Opera
1948  Pagliacci
1951  Spring song
1951  Trieste mia!
1952  Melody of Love
1953  I Always Loved You
1953  Per salvarti ho peccato
1953  Perdonami!
1954  Pietà per chi cade
1954  The Lovers of Manon Lescaut
1955  Revelation
1957  Goodbye Forever
1957  The Dollars Are Coming!
1958  Via col para... vento
1959  Attack of the Moors
1959  Cavalier in Devil's Castle
1960  The Queen of the Pirates
1961  Rage of the Buccaneers
1961  The Centurion
1962  Gladiator of Rome
1962  Kerim, Son of the Sheik
1963  Il terrore dei mantelli rossi
1964  Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1965  Latin Lovers
1970  The Beast

Second Assistant Director:
1939  L'ospite di una notte
1946  La sua strada
1947  L'elisir d'amore
1947  The Barber of Seville
1948  Mad About Opera
1948  Pagliacci
1951  Spring song
1951  Trieste mia!
1952  Melody of Love
1953  I Always Loved You
1953  Per salvarti ho peccato
1953  Perdonami!
1954  Pietà per chi cade
1954  The Lovers of Manon Lescaut
1955  Revelation
1957  Goodbye Forever
1957  The Dollars Are Coming!
1958  Via col para... vento
1959  Attack of the Moors
1959  Cavalier in Devil's Castle
1960  The Queen of the Pirates
1961  Rage of the Buccaneers
1961  The Centurion
1962  Gladiator of Rome
1962  Kerim, Son of the Sheik
1963  Il terrore dei mantelli rossi
1964  Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1965  Latin Lovers
1970  The Beast
2004  Mixed Marriage

Story:
1939  L'ospite di una notte
1946  La sua strada
1947  L'elisir d'amore
1947  The Barber of Seville
1948  Mad About Opera
1948  Pagliacci
1951  Spring song
1951  Trieste mia!
1952  Melody of Love
1953  I Always Loved You
1953  Per salvarti ho peccato
1953  Perdonami!
1954  Pietà per chi cade
1954  The Lovers of Manon Lescaut
1955  Revelation
1957  Goodbye Forever
1957  The Dollars Are Coming!
1958  Via col para... vento
1959  Attack of the Moors
1959  Cavalier in Devil's Castle
1960  The Queen of the Pirates
1961  Rage of the Buccaneers
1961  The Centurion
1962  Gladiator of Rome
1962  Kerim, Son of the Sheik
1963  Il terrore dei mantelli rossi
1964  Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1965  Latin Lovers
1970  The Beast
2004  Mixed Marriage

Writer:
1939  L'ospite di una notte
1946  La sua strada
1947  L'elisir d'amore
1947  The Barber of Seville
1948  Mad About Opera
1948  Pagliacci
1951  Spring song
1951  Trieste mia!
1952  Melody of Love
1953  I Always Loved You
1953  Per salvarti ho peccato
1953  Perdonami!
1954  Pietà per chi cade
1954  The Lovers of Manon Lescaut
1955  Revelation
1957  Goodbye Forever
1957  The Dollars Are Coming!
1958  Via col para... vento
1959  Attack of the Moors
1959  Cavalier in Devil's Castle
1960  The Queen of the Pirates
1961  Rage of the Buccaneers
1961  The Centurion
1962  Gladiator of Rome
1962  Kerim, Son of the Sheik
1963  Il terrore dei mantelli rossi
1964  Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1965  Latin Lovers
1970  The Beast
2004  Mixed Marriage

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