Lluís Alberni

Lluís Alberni
Biografia
Naixement	4 octubre 1886 ; Barcelona
Mort	23 desembre 1962 (76 anys); Hollywood (Califòrnia)
Causa de mort	infart de miocardi
Sepultura	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Formació	Universitat de Miami
Activitat
Ocupació	actor, actor de cinema, actor de teatre
Activitat	1915 -

Lluís Alberni,^[1]^[2] conegut com a Luis Alberni (Barcelona, 4 d'octubre de 1886 – Hollywood, 23 de desembre de 1962) va ser un actor català, nacionalitzat estatunidenc.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Biografia

Alberni estava actuant a Bordeus quan l'humorista nord-americà Wilson Mizner i el dramaturg Paul Armstrong el van convidar a anar als Estats Units, oferint-li la seva ajuda.^[6] L'abril de 1912, a Nova York com a passatger a bord del S/S Nieuw Amsterdam.

A Nova York, Alberni va actuar tant a l'escenari com a la pantalla. La seva primera actuació cinematogràfica va ser al drama de 1915, ''Children of the Ghetto. A l'escenari, va aparèixer en més d'una dotzena d'obres de Broadway. A l'era del cinema sonor, va tenir papers notables com a Jacopo a The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), com a Mr. Louis Louis a Easy Living (1937) i com a alcalde a A Bell for Adano (1945). També va tenir petits papers a When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) de John Ford i els Els Deu Manaments (1956) de Cecil B. DeMille.

Filmografia

Children of the Ghetto (1915) - Pincus - el Poeta
The Madonna of the Slums (1919, curt)
39 East (1920) - Conte Gionelli
Little Italy (1921) - Ricci
The Man from Beyond (1922) - capità del Barkentine
The Bright Shawl (1923) - Vincente Escobar - germà d'Andre
The Valley of Lost Souls (1923) - Jacques
Second Youth (1924) - invitat a la festa de Greenwich Village (sense acreditar)
The Cheerful Fraud (1926) - aparcacotxes (sense acreditar)
The Battle of Paris (1929) - cambrer (sense acreditar)
The Santa Fe Trail (1930) - Juan Castinado
Strange Birds (1930, curt) - el Baró
One Heavenly Night (1931) - Violinista (sense acreditar)
Svengali (1931) - Gecko
Monkey Business in Africa (1931, curt) - Julius Gonzola
Sweepstakes (1931) - cambrer de la Cantina (sense acreditar)
Movie-Town (1931, curt) - Baró Gonzola
Children of Dreams (1931) - (sense acreditar)
The Last Flight (1931) - espectador a la Corrida (sense acreditar)
I Like Your Nerve (1931) - cambrer (sense acreditar)
I Surrender Dear (1931, curt) - Marquès
The Tip-Off (1931) - Scarno (sense acreditar)
The Great Junction Hotel (1931, curt)
The Mad Genius (1931) - Sergei Bankieff
Men in Her Life (1931) - Anton
Manhattan Parade (1931) - Vassily Vassiloff
Cock of the Air (1932) - capità Tonnino
High Pressure (1932) - Colombo (sense acreditar)
The Girl in the Tonneau (1932, curt) - Luis Mazetti
Stop That Run (1932, curt)
Hombres de mi vida (1932) - Gaston
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) - Bladimir Petrosky
Rule 'Em and Weep (1932, curt) - anarquista
The Woman in Room 13 (1932) - Peppi Tonelli
First in War (1932, curt) - President
Week-End Marriage (1932) - Louis - el contrabandista (sense acreditar)
Crooner (1932) - Tamborini (sense acreditar)
Two Against the World (1932) - especador (sense acreditar)
A Parisian Romance (1932) - Pascal
The Big Stampede (1932) - Sonora Joe
Trouble in Paradise (1932) - Fan de l'Opera enfadat (sense acreditar)
Guilty or Not Guilty (1932) - Pete
The Conquerors (1932) - segon agitador (sense acreditar)
The Bride's Bereavement; o, The Snake in the Grass (1932, curt)
Rasputin and the Empress (1932) - assistent del fotograf (sense acreditar)
Hypnotized (1932) - consol hongarès
Artist's Muddles (1933, curt) - Pietro Cellini
Child of Manhattan (1933) - Bustamente
Topaze (1933) - Dr. Bomb
Men Must Fight (1933) - Soto
The California Trail (1933) - Comandant Emilio Quierra
Infernal Machine (1933) - passatger italià (sense acreditar)
Trick for Trick (1933) - Metzger
The Sphinx (1933) - Luigi Baccigalupi
When Ladies Meet (1933) - Pierre - el servent
I Love That Man (1933) - Angelo - conserge
The Man from Monterey (1933) - Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca
The Last Trail (1933) - Pedro Gonzales
Sherman Said It (1933, curt) - francès
Stage Mother (1933) - cambrer (sense acreditar)
Menu (1933, curt) - cuiner (sense acreditar)
The Chief (1933) - home al meeting (sense acreditar)
Goodbye Love (1933) - Tony
Havana Widows (1933) - segon taxista (sense acreditar)
Lady Killer (1933) - Director (sense acreditar)
Above the Clouds (1933) - propietari
California Weather (1933, curt)
By Candlelight (1933) - porter (sense acreditar)
Volant cap a Rio de Janeiro (Flying Down to Rio) (1933) - manager del casino (sense acreditar)
Cold Turkey (1933, curt)
La ciudad de cartón (1934) - Craig
When Do We Eat? (1934, curt) - Rigo - propietari
Glamour (1934) - Monsieur Paul
I Believed in You (1934) - Giacomo
The Black Cat (1934) - administrador (sense acreditar)
Strictly Dynamite (1934) - Jake (sense acreditar)
Stingaree (1934) -italià (sense acreditar)
La buenaventura (1934) - Fresco
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) - Jacopo
One Night of Love (1934) - Giovanni
When Strangers Meet (1934) - Nick Panaro
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) - Juan Gilboa
Caravane (1934) - gitano
The Gilded Lily (1935) - Nate Porcopolis
The Good Fairy (1935) - barber
The Winning Ticket (1935) - Tony Capucci
Rendezvous at Midnight (1935) - conserge
Roberta (1935) - Alexander Petrovitch Moscovitch Voyda
Asegure a su mujer (1935) - Bernardo Perry
Public Opinion (1935) - Caparini
Let's Live Tonight (1935) - Mario Weems
Goin' to Town (1935) - Sr. Vitola
In Caliente (1935) - magristat
Ticket or Leave It (1935, curt)
Love Me Forever (1935) - Luigi
Manhattan Moon (1935) - Luigi
The Gay Deception (1935) - Ernest
Metropolitan (1935) - Ugo Pizzi
Bad Boy (1935) - Tony
Music Is Music (1935) - Señor Castellano - propietari del Cafè
Colleen (1936) - Carlo
Dancing Pirate (1936) - Pamfilo
Ticket to Paradise (1936) - Dr. Munson
Anthony Adverse (1936) - Tony Guisseppi
Follow Your Heart (1936) - Tony Masetti
Hats Off (1936) - Rosero
When You're in Love (1937) - Luis Perugini
Two Wise Maids (1937) - Guili
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) - Gaston
Sing and Be Happy (1937) - Posini
Easy Living (1937) - Mr. Louis Louis
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) - Bit Part (sense acreditar)
Madame X (1937) - Scipio
The Great Garrick (1937) - Basset
Under Suspicion (1937) - Luigi
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) - Martinetti
Love on Toast (1937) - Joe Piso
Hitting a New High (1937) - Luis Marlo
I'll Give a Million (1938) - reporter
Un gran home (The Great Man Votes) (1939) - Manos
Let Freedom Ring (1939) - Tony (sense acreditar)
Naughty but Nice (1939) - Stanislaus Pysinski
The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) - Veroni
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) - Rinaldo (sense acreditar)
High School (1940) - Signor Cicero (sense acreditar)
Twincuplets (1940, curt) - fan de l'opera enfadat
Enemy Agent (1940) - A. Calteroni
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) - Nicolo Pappakontous (sense acreditar)
Scatterbrain (1940) - Prof. DeLemma
Public Deb No. 1 (1940) - Frontenac (sense acreditar)
So You Won't Talk (1940) - barber (sense acreditar)
The Lady Eve (1941) - cuiner
Lady Hamilton (That Hamilton Woman) (1941) - Rei de Nàpols
Camí de Zanzíbar (Road to Zanzibar) (1941) - propietari - nadiu
They Met in Argentina (1941) - Don Luis Jose Alfonso Frutos y Murphy (sense acreditar)
She Knew All the Answers (1941) - inventor
San Antonio Rose (1941) - Nick Ferris
They Met in Bombay (1941) - Maitre d'hotel
World Premiere (1941) - Signor Scaletti
Babes on Broadway (1941) - Nick
Obliging Young Lady (1942) - Riccardi
I Married an Angel (1942) - Jean Frederique (sense acreditar)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942) - Luigi
Northwest Rangers (1942) - Jacques (sense acreditar)
Two Weeks to Live (1943) - Van Dyke / Dr. Jekyll (sense acreditar)
My Son, the Hero (1943) - Tony
Submarine Base (1943) - Mr. Styx
The Man from Down Under (1943) - Dino Piza (sense acreditar)
Here Comes Kelly (1943) - Nick
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943) - Goreni
Nearly Eighteen (1943) - Gus
Here Comes Elmer (1943) - Dr. Zichy
Harvest Melody (1943) - Manager del Cafè
Men on Her Mind (1944) - Alberti Verdi
Voice in the Wind (1944) - cambrer
It Happened Tomorrow (1944) - propietari del Restaurant (sense acreditar)
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) - Tony (sense acreditar)
In Society (1944) - Luigi - distribuïdor de ceràmica (sense acreditar)
Machine Gun Mama (1944) - Ignacio
Rainbow Island (1944) - Jerry (sense acreditar)
The Conspirators (1944) - guàrdia (sense acreditar)
When the Lights Go On Again (1944) - Joe
The Captain from Köpenick (1945) - guàrdia
Wonder Man (1945) (sense acreditar)
A Bell for Adano (1945) - Cacopardo
Hit the Hay (1945) - professor francès (sense acreditar)
In Fast Company (1946) - Tony - Fruit Vendor
Double Rhythm (1946, curt) - Mr. Palucci
Night Song (1946) - venedor de flors (scenes deleted)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) - cambrer (sense acreditar)
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) - Sandro
What Price Glory? (1952) - Gran Oncle (sense acreditar)
Els Deu Manaments (The Ten Commandments) (1956) - Vell hebreu a la casa de Moisès (sense acreditar) (últim paper)

Referències

↑ «Trailer». Última Hora, 25-03-1936 [Consulta: 29 desembre 2023].
↑ «Cinema». La Campana de Gràcia, 05-10-1934 [Consulta: 29 desembre 2023].
↑ Nugent, Frank S. «THE SCREEN; ' When You're in Love' Opens at the Music Hall--The Capitol Presents 'The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'» (en anglès). New York Times, 19-02-1939 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].
↑ «A Behind-the-Scenes Farce.» (en anglès). New York Times, 22-04-1932 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].
↑ Nugent, Frank S. «THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Jacques Deval's Light Comedy, 'Tovarich,' Is Shown at the Music Hall--'Rosalie' at the Capitol--'Manhattan Merry-Go-Round' at Criterion» (en anglès). New York Times, 31-12-1937 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].
↑ North America Newspaper Alliance «Luis Alberni Little Known In America». Hartford Courant. North America Newspaper Alliance, 09-12-1934, p. 17 [Consulta: 3 juliol 2021].

Enllaços externs

Lluís Alberni a Internet Movie Database (anglès)
Lluís Alberni a Allmovie (anglès)
Lluís Alberni a TCM Movie Database (anglès)
Lluís Alberni a Internet Broadway Database (anglès)

[1] «Trailer». Última Hora, 25-03-1936 [Consulta: 29 desembre 2023].

[2] «Cinema». La Campana de Gràcia, 05-10-1934 [Consulta: 29 desembre 2023].

[3] Nugent, Frank S. «THE SCREEN; ' When You're in Love' Opens at the Music Hall--The Capitol Presents 'The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'» (en anglès). New York Times, 19-02-1939 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].

[4] «A Behind-the-Scenes Farce.» (en anglès). New York Times, 22-04-1932 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].

[5] Nugent, Frank S. «THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Jacques Deval's Light Comedy, 'Tovarich,' Is Shown at the Music Hall--'Rosalie' at the Capitol--'Manhattan Merry-Go-Round' at Criterion» (en anglès). New York Times, 31-12-1937 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].

[6] North America Newspaper Alliance «Luis Alberni Little Known In America». Hartford Courant. North America Newspaper Alliance, 09-12-1934, p. 17 [Consulta: 3 juliol 2021].

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