Robert H. Clarke Robert H. Clarke i(A129200 works by) (a.k.a. Bob Clarke)
Gender: Male
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1 5 form y separately published work icon Ninety Nine Per Cent Robert H. Clarke , ( dir. Giorgio Mangiamele ) Melbourne : Giorgio Mangiamele Productions Cole Turnley , 1963 Z1517491 1963 single work film/TV humour

Ninety-Nine Per Cent is Giorgio Mangiamele's only comedy. Gaetano Rando says of the film that it is 'to some extent based on a narrative style that recalls Pirandellian umorismo (Lampugnani 2006) but also contains significant elements of slapstick humour. It tells the story of Pino, a short and fat Italian widower, who decides to remarry when the principal of his son's school accuses him of not being able to look after his son properly. Given the scarcity of women willing to marry Italian migrants--a theme elaborated in the Italian comic film Bello onesto emigrato in Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata (Zampa, 1971) [. . .] and, later, in Love's Brother (Sardi, 2004)--Pino resorts to a matrimonial agency and is assured by the manager that he has a 99 per cent chance of making it with a beautiful tall blonde. When he calls on the lady in question, she cruelly derides him. The likeable protagonist is left only with his son to console him' (Rando, 'Liminality' pp. 213-214).

1 3 form y separately published work icon The Spag Robert H. Clarke , ( dir. Giorgio Mangiamele ) Melbourne : Giorgio Mangiamele Productions , 1962 Z1552480 1962 single work film/TV

The third of Giorgio Mangiamele's films about migrant experiences, the narrative tells of an Italian paperboy who is bullied and taunted by three bodgies because of his race/background. In a chase, the boy is hit by a drunk driver and dies on the kerbside. His papers scatter and blow away. His mother sees paper flying in the air outside her window and has a premonition of tragedy.

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