Marino Girolami

Biography

Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor. Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady. He pursued his career as film director with several musical comedies and melodramas. Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 fil…

Directed

1. Doctor Butcher M.D. (1980) — Director
2. Desirable Teacher (1981) — Director
3. Desirable Teacher 2 (1982) — Director
4. Violent Rome (1975) — Director
5. Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice? (1979) — Director
6. A Special Cop in Action (1976) — Director
7. Lover Boy (1975) — Director
8. Valentina... The Virgin Wife (1975) — Director
9. College Girl on Vacation (1980) — Director
10. 4 Crazy Draftees at the Army (1974) — Director
11. Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest (1970) — Director
12. Giggi il bullo (1982) — Director
13. Two R-R-Ringos from Texas (1967) — Director
14. Kakkientruppen (1977) — Director
15. Le motorizzate (1963) — Director
16. Reverend's Colt (1970) — Director
17. The Fury of Achilles (1962) — Director
18. Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows (1968) — Director
19. Rome, the Other Face of Violence (1976) — Director
20. Between God, The Devil and a Winchester (1968) — Director
21. Caccia al marito (1960) — Director
22. Veneri in collegio (1965) — Director
23. Sexy Sinners (1972) — Director
24. Raptus (1969) — Director
25. Flying Sex (1980) — Director
26. Nude Odeon (1978) — Director
27. La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963) — Director
28. Friends More Than Before (1976) — Director
29. The Two Magnificent Fresconi (1968) — Director
30. Venus in the Sun (1964) — Director
31. Fugitive Lady (1950) — Director
32. Ferragosto in Bikini (1960) — Director
33. Le tardone (1964) — Director
34. These Mad, Mad Women (1964) — Director
35. African Story (1971) — Director
36. Era lei che lo voleva! (1953) — Director
37. My Pal, Dr. Jekyll (1960) — Director
38. 7 Golden Monks (1966) — Director
39. What the Chambermaid Saw (1973) — Director
40. Bullet in the Flesh (1964) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Beatrice Cenci (1941)
2. Villa da vendere (1941)