1. Elvira Notari is credited as the first woman who made over 60 feature films and about 100 shorts and documentaries, quite often writing the subjects and screenplays, inspired by Naples.
16 Facts About Elvira Notari
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Elvira Notari directed the films, while he worked as a cameraman.
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Elvira Notari was born to Diego Coda and Agnese Vignes.
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Elvira Notari worked as a "milliner" which she continued to do even after she became a film maker.
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Elvira Notari's company stood out with their hand-colored film titles called Cinecitta, which were used to preview events and attractions.
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Elvira Notari's husband worked the camera while Elvira directed and wrote the films.
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Elvira Notari is credited as the first woman film director.
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Elvira Notari would remind her actors about sad moments in her life.
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Elvira Notari is credited with contributing to the acting school as well as being a scriptwriter.
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Elvira Notari relied on women's literature when it came to the development of her ideas.
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Elvira Notari had a tendency of portraying the "dark woman", the femme fatale, a woman who deviated from the norm.
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Elvira Notari shifted to the sceneggiata, a hybrid theatrical form drawing on popular dramatic songs and the variety stage, by the early 1920s, and shot on the streets of Naples using non-professional actors.
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The amateur actors gave realistic vibes to her films, while each of Elvira Notari's scenes utilized the street as a natural stage filled with lights, crowds, and their voices alike, rather than shot in a Cinecitta.
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Elvira Notari defined her passionate dramas as part of a series defined by her as grandi lavori popolari.
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Elvira Notari's work presented a lot of windows representing several aspect, as well as the city being of extreme importance, especially due to her style of location shooting.
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Elvira Notari moved to Cava de 'Tirreni, near Salerno, where she retired and eventually passed on 17 December 1946.