by John Mancini | Jul 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
On July 8th 1524, Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano returned to France after having roughly surveyed the entire east coast of North America from Florida to Newfoundland. A few months earlier, he had entered New York Harbor – the first European to do so....
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jul 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Actor Lon Chaney Sr, who specialized in macabre horror-film roles in the 1920s, appeared in one film titled, The Unholy Three. It was a 1925 melodrama about three circus performers who join forces to commit con jobs and burglaries. And if you’re familiar...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jul 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
With the Fourth of July upon us, it’s time to do what I always do every year: raise a glass of wine and salute Philip “Filippo” Mazzei, one of the literal Founding Fathers of our nation. Yes, he had a vowel at the end of his name. Cin cin! There used...
by John Mancini | Jul 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
After five years of trashing the concept of a “great America” – that exceptionalism embodied in July 4th and a century of patriotic Hollywood movies – as Euro-American propaganda, the Left is finally realizing that the vast majority of Americans love their country,...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jul 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Those who love Italian cinema know the name Guido from Federico Fellini’s famous 1963 film, 8½. Played by Marcello Mastroianni, Guido was the lead character, a famous film director suffering from a mental block, a condition exacerbated by sycophants, hangers-on,...
by John Mancini | Jun 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
That was activist Manny Alfano’s most often used exclamation. No truer words were ever said, as we in the Italian heritage business can attest. Anti-defamation is the last thing we feel comfortable doing. Yet, the media set our agenda decades ago. Manny passed away...
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