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- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsMarilù ToloLuigi GiulianiUmberto D'OrsiLina, a young woman now tired of the constant betrayals from her husband, decides to cheat on him with a mutual friend, Piero.
- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsRoberto ChevalierAntonio PirettiStefano TamborraSix boys 11-12 years old and Bibero (5) having found a baby , together with a girl Gianna, scheme to use it to raise money for a football kit. These plans include a group of Gypsies. When things go badly they have to find the means to return the baby to it's mother. This includes the local priest and a pair of thieves.
- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsClaudia MoriTerence HillLuigi De FilippoTwo people struggle between marriage for love instead of marriage of convenience.
- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsAmedeo NazzariYvonne SansonEnrica DyrellWidowed and having lost his two children, Guido yearns for the nun Luisa, the woman with whom he had a relationship in "Nobody's Children", the first part of this duology. Then he meets Lina, a chorus dancer who looks just like Luisa.
- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsYvonne SansonAmedeo NazzariFrançoise RosayThe tragic love story between marble-quarry owner Mario and Luisa, daughter of one of his employees.
- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsAmedeo NazzariYvonne SansonAnnibale BetroneLiving with her father and stepmother in Naples, Anna is very unhappy as her stepmother hinders her attempts to live her own life. While her parents are away, she goes out with Carlo, but finds herself locked out when she comes home. This angers Carlo and he asks Anna to go away with him to Rome, where he plans to liquidate his business assets in order to have money for marriage. He quarrels with his partner and is implicated when his partner is found murdered. Although innocent, he is convicted and given a long sentence. Anna has a child and, finding it impossible to support her child , returns to Naples. The stepmother's conditions are that before she will agree to house the child, Anna must commit herself to a reformatory for unmarried mothers.
- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsAmedeo NazzariYvonne SansonAldo NicodemiFirst in a series of Matarazzo melodramas: A happily married Naples woman, with two children ,is threatened by the reappearance of a man from her past. Her husband takes a drastic action which results in the family members being separated.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliCharles WaltersStarsLeslie CaronMaurice ChevalierLouis JourdanWeary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.