L'amorino
About L'amorino
A girl in an old palace, played by Enna Saredo, is given a small statue of Cupid that is supposed to bring love. When the unattractive suitor Giuseppe Gambardella turns up, she throws the statue off the balcony. It hits an officer, Amleto Novelli, in the street. He is carried into the palace, and the doctor Augusto Mastripietri treats him until he is well. The girl and the officer marry.
Cast & crew
More about L'amorino
Mario Caserini directed this Cines short. Bernardini and Martinelli, in Il cinema muto italiano (1910), time it at 229 metres, about 9 minutes, with a June 1910 premiere. Their cast list names the girl Clelila. A print survives at the EYE Film Museum in the Netherlands. The commons copy is a fragment.
Themes
Preservation
A print is held at the EYE Film Museum in the Netherlands. The copy on Wikimedia Commons is a fragment.
Notes
- The filmography spelling of the girl's name is Clelila, not a more usual Clelia.
- Gambardella is the suitor she does not want. Novelli is the officer the statue hits. Mastripietri is the doctor.
- The title is the Italian word for a little Cupid, the statue that starts the plot.
- Caserini's better-known pictures of these years were historical films and melodramas. This one is a short comedy in a palace.
Scenes
- She throws the Cupid off the balcony and it strikes the officer.
- He recovers in the palace under the doctor's care, and they marry.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (L amorino (1910) - fragment.webm)
