Totò: Clown Prince of Italian Comedy

Lovers of comedy won't want to miss this series of features starring the legendary Italian comic actor Antonio de Curtis Gagliardi Griffo Focas Comneno, better known as Totò (1898-1967). A uniquely physical actor with a Buster Keaton like deadpan expression and trained in the tradition of the Commedia dell'Arte, Totò was so popular in his native Italy that the titles of his films invariably included his name! This selection of three of his funniest, critically acclaimed vehicles, which rarely received distribution in the U.S. and are just as rarely screened today, includes two with Totò's regular on-screen partner, Peppino de Filippo.