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Spanish postcard by Archivo Bern, no. 7249, 1960-1961. Photo: MGM. Marina Berti and Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959).

Italian actress Marina Berti (1924-2002) was a popular starlet in Italian films in the 1940s and early 1950s.

Tall, well-built, and ruggedly handsome American actor Charlton Heston (1923-2008) appeared in 100 Hollywood films over 60 years. With features chiselled in stone, he became famous for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in Biblical epics.

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Italian postcard by Bromofoto, Milano, no. 471. Photo: Atlantic Film. Marina Berti in Febbre di vivere/Eager to Live (Claudio Gora, 1953). The film, Gora's second film as director after a rich career as an actor, was based on a play by Leopoldo Trieste called 'Cronaca'.

Plot: Massimo (Massimo Serato) lives in luxury, but in reality, he is overwhelmed by debts and is caught up in the shady business of the racing hall he runs. In order to sustain his illusory life as a rich man, he is forced to turn to usurers. He spends his days with a group of other snobbish and idle young men. His partner Elena (Anna Maria Ferrero) loves him, but he has no qualms about betraying her. His friend Daniele (Marcello Mastroianni) is released from prison, where he ended up despite being innocent, and discovers that Massimo himself, in order to pocket a pittance, had bribed the lawyer defending Daniele and plotted to have his friend convicted. Elena is pregnant and a scam, discovered at his racing hall, creates new trouble for Massimo.

In order to silence Daniele, Massimo arranges a meeting with Lucia (Marina Berti), his ex-girlfriend, but the girl wants nothing more to do with his old love. To get out from under Elena's pressure, Massimo convinces a young friend to take responsibility for Elena's pregnancy and ask his parents for help. In this way, he obtains that the girl is entrusted to an unscrupulous doctor who agrees to have her aborted. When his friend discovers he has been used and rebels, a fight breaks out and he is killed by Massimo himself. To give the impression of suicide, Massimo throws the corpse out of the window, at which point Lucia, although in love with him, reports him and has him arrested. In the meantime, Elena escapes from the doctor's clutches and decides to continue with the pregnancy, while Daniele does not resign himself and confesses to Lucia that he still loves her and that he will wait for her.

Italian actress Marina Berti (1924-2002) was a popular starlet of Italian films in the 1940s and early 1950s.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Directed by William Wyler

Filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 (as MGM Camera 65)

Note: "Ben-Hur" (1959), Titanic (1997) and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (2003) hold the record of Academy Awards won, with 11 statuettes each.

Belgian collectors card by Merbotex, Brussels for Ciné British Palace, Temse, no. 66. Photo: Universal Film. Publicity still for Up Front (Alexander Hall, 1951).

Italian actress Marina Berti (1924-2002) was a popular starlet of Italian films in the 1940s and early 1950s.

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Italian photo card.

Italian actress Marina Berti (1924-2002) was a popular starlet of Italian films in the 1940s and early 1950s.

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Italian postcard by B.F.F. Edit., no. 2608. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Marina Berti in Quo Vadis (Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann, 1951).

Italian actress Marina Berti (1924-2002) was a popular starlet of Italian films in the 1940s and early 1950s.

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The character drawing is by Joseph "Joe" Smith.

Here's another of my precious Vanessas.

She's the only Vanessa v.2 I have.

This is only the second time she's in front of the camera (poor thing *lol*)

Vanessa has been amazingly rerooted by Marina.

She's wearing DG dress, Your Kind of Model jacket, NuFace boots, Blue Blood (I think) tights, and Wild at Heart necklace.

Here's another of my precious Vanessas.

She's the only Vanessa v.2 I have.

This is only the second time she's in front of the camera (poor thing *lol*)

Vanessa has been amazingly rerooted by Marina.

She's wearing DG dress, Your Kind of Model jacket, NuFace boots, Blue Blood (I think) tights, and Wild at Heart necklace.

Here's another of my precious Vanessas.

She's the only Vanessa v.2 I have.

This is only the second time she's in front of the camera (poor thing *lol*)

Vanessa has been amazingly rerooted by Marina.

She's wearing DG dress, Your Kind of Model jacket, NuFace boots, Blue Blood (I think) tights, and Wild at Heart necklace.

I already got them dolls since August, but didnt had time to upload em pics...

Giselle got a cool reroot also by Mari, I think raven suits her fantasticly well... I'm in ♥...

I am SO absolutelly inlove with Flawless, that whenever I see one for sale (at a good price), I first instinct is to GRAB her *lol* I have to remember myself I already own one, and I really don't need multiples... do I? =)

Flawless was wonderfully rerooted by Mari, and her eyelashes were terribly assassinated by me. I need to put new lashes on her.

Italian postcard by Bromofoto, Milano (Milan), no. 384. Photo: Atlantisfilm.

Italian actress Marina Berti (1924-2002) was a popular starlet of Italian films in the 1940’s and early 1950’s.

For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.

Italian postcard by Bromofoto, Milano (Milan), no. 981. Photo: ENIC.

Italian actress Marina Berti (1924-2002) was a popular starlet in Italian films in the 1940s and early 1950s.

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Belgian card by Cine Metro. Photo: Unitalia Films.

Italian actress Marina Berti (1924-2002) was a popular starlet of Italian films in the 1940’s and early 1950’s – sometimes credited as Maureen Melrose.

Her first, uncredited screen appearance was in the Anna Magnani film La Fuggitiva (1941, Piero Ballerini) and leads in many Italian films followed, including Giacomo l'idealista (1943, Alberto Lattuada), La donna della montagna (1944, Renato Castellani) and La porta del cielo (1945, Vittorio De Sica). She was born in London and her English skills enabled her to appear in such Hollywood productions as Prince of Foxes (1949, Henry King), the comedy Up Front (1951, Alexander Hall), Quo Vadis (1951, Mervyn LeRoy) and Ben-Hur (1959, William Wyler), but her popularity never took off in the U.S.A.

During her career of more than sixty years, Marina Berti appeared in nearly 100 films and tv series. Since the 1960’s she played mainly small parts and occasionally a leading role. She would remain active through the early 1990’s in films like Madame Sans-Gêne (1962, Christian-Jaque), Made in Italy (1965, Nanni Loy) and La polizia chiede aiuto (1974, Massimo Dallamano). She also acted on tv in such popular mini-series as L’Odissea (1968, Franco Rossi, Mario Bava a.o.), Moses the Lawgiver (1974, Gianfranco De Bosio), Jesus of Nazareth (1977, Franco Zeffirelli) and L’edera (1992, Fabrizio Costa). Dall'altra parte del mondo (1992, Arnaldo Catinari) reunited her for one more time with Massimo Girotti, her romantic interest in La porta del cielo (1945, Vittorio De Sica) and Preludio d'amore (1946, Giovanno Paolucci). Her last film appearance was in the war drama Amen (2002, Costa-Gavras). She was married to the Italian actor-director Claudio Gora who directed her in three films, Il Cielo è rosso (1950), Febbre di vivere (1953) and the spaghetti western L’odio è il mio Dio (1969). The actors Andrea, Carlo and Marina Giordana are their children.

Source: All Movie Guide, Wikipedia and IMDb.