Article: "De Sica's Greatest Achievement!" Martin Scorsese: Vittorio De Sica's UMBERTO D.

Article: Film institute pays tribute to `The Bicycle Thief': ...
The Washington Times;  April 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... achieved by Vittorio de Sica in two movies he ... Shoeshine" and "The Bicycle Thief." Asked to evaluate ... Curiously enough, de Sica flirted with the ... Grant in "The Bicycle Thief" when David O ... finance whatever de Sica wanted to shoot ...

Article: TWO DE SICA CLASSICS AT THE COOLIDGE CORNER
The Boston Globe;  September 21, 1990 ;     535 words ... ... s double bill, repeated tomorrow -- Vittorio De Sica's "The Bicycle Thief" (1951) and "Umberto D." (1952) -- is golden ... humanity. And "Umberto D.," a heartfelt portrait of De Sica's retiree father, respects the impoverished old ...

Article: Loren recalls how De Sica influenced her film ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 28, 2001 ;     372 words ... ... Italian director Vittorio De Sica as she and a cast of Italian ... achievement awards named in De Sica's honor. Loren recalled the first time she met De Sica, director of 1948's "The Bicycle Thief," at Rome's Cinecitta ...

Article: De Sica's `Garden' retains its freshness, ...
The Washington Times;  January 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Shoeshine" and "The Bicycle Thief," the classics that made De Sica a director of international ... stylistic versatility. De Sica was never doggedly ... Shoeshine" and "The Bicycle Thief" teem with operatic ... allegorical flourishes. De Sica was receptive to ...

Article: Vittorio De Sica
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ... ... Italy, Sciuscia marked De Sica's entry into international ... special Oscar in 1947. The Bicycle Thief For the balance of the neo-realist period De Sica fought an uphill battle ... Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) anchors searching social ...

Article: De Sica's `Umberto D.' ages well.(Scene)
The Boston Herald;  April 19, 2002 ;     557 words ... ... four) Watching maestroVittorio De Sica dance fearlessly and effortlessly ... Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp. De Sica co-wrote the screenplay with his ... Zavattini ("Shoeshine," "The Bicycle Thief," "The Garden of the Finzi ...

Article: Rediscovering De Sica the actor.(ARTS & ...
The Washington Times (Washington, DC);  November 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... actor-director Vittorio De Sica (1902-74) began performing ... international critical arena. De Sica and his most influential ... Thieves (retitled The Bicycle Thief by its American importer ... distinguished the first two De Sica-Zavattini classics remained ...