Edoardo Anton

Edoardo Anton (7 January 1910 – 11 May 1986) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.

Edoardo Anton
Born	Edoardo Antonelli 7 January 1910 (1910-01-07) Rome, Italy
Died	11 May 1986 (1986-05-12) (aged 76) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter

Background

Born in Rome as Edoardo Antonelli, Anton was the son of the playwright and journalist Luigi Antonelli.^[1] He entered the cinema industry in mid-thirties and soon became a prolific screenwriter specialized in comedy films.^[1] His work as filmmaker is marginal, mainly confined to the co-direction of a few international co-productions;^[1] the only work entirely attributable to him is Il lupo della frontiera.^[1]

Selected filmography

Writer

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1939	The Hotel of the Absent
1941	The Adventuress from the Floor Above
1941	Princess Cinderella
1942	Fourth Page
1942	Bengasi
1942	Headlights in the Fog
1943	Farewell Love!
1951	The Counterfeiters
1952	I, Hamlet
1953	Saluti e baci
1953	The Enchanting Enemy
1954	Cardinal Lambertini
1955	Il coraggio
1955	The Sign of Venus
1956	Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
1956	Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1957	Husbands in the City
1958	Girls for the Summer
1958	Mogli pericolose
1959	The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina
1959	Le sorprese dell'amore
1959	Uncle Was a Vampire
1960	Gentlemen Are Born
1960	Robin Hood and the Pirates
1961	Romulus and the Sabines

Director

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1949	The Glass Mountain
1952	Frontier Wolf
1954	Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!