Mario Bava (July 31 1914 - April 27 1980) was an Italian director and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the golden age of Italian horror films. Wikipedia
Mario Bava (left) on the set of Rabid Dogs with actor Aldo Caponi (right) and continuity girl (name unknown) .Photo courtesy of Tim Lucas. www.imagesjournal.com/issue05/infocus/bavabio.htm
The Italian director Mario Bava was born in 1914. His father, Eugenio Bava, was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film industry. Bava was trained as a painter, and when he eventually followed his father into film photography his artistic www.imdb.com/name/nm0000878/
Mario Bava directed (or co-directed) twenty-four features during an eighteen year period, 1960 to 1978. His www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/bava.html
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Baron Blood (1972) review. Director: Mario Bava. Starring: Elke Sommer, Joseph Cotten, Massimo Girotti, Rada Rassimov, Antonio Cantafora www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?...
Black Sunday (1960) review. Director: Mario Bava. Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici, Enrico Olivieri, Antonio Pierfederici, Tino Bianchi, Clara Bindi www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?...