Eurostarlets #25: Marina Giordana

Lovely Marina Giordana on the cover of the August 1978 issue of vintage magazine, Ciné-Revue. Giordana is best known for playing Carla Santini in Sergio Grieco's wonderfully sleazy and violent La Belva col Mitra (Beast with a Gun - 1977), where she appeared opposite Marisa Mell and Helmut Berger (with whom she lived for a while in Rome). She also appeared in Mario Imperoli's obscure Quella Strana Voglia d'Amare (1977). However, she soon abandoned her film career to 'act' in numerous Fotoromanzi for publishing house Lancio, appearing in 90 of them between 1976 and 1981.

She also graced the cover of Italian Playboy (Februari 1979) and is featured in an extensive pictorial, 'Sorella d'Arte' in Playmen (Italy - April 1976). Both her brothers, Andrea and Carlo pursued acting careers. In 1968, Andrea played Johnny Hamlet (Hamilton) in Enzo G. Castellari's Quella Sporca Storia nel West (Johnny Hamlet).

Eurostarlets #017: Antonia Santilli

After appearing as playmate in the August 1971 issue of the Italian magazine Playmen, gorgeous Antonia Santilli was at one point touted to be the new sensation in Italian movies, but her star never managed to rise, and after appearing in the occasional eurowestern and some decamerotici, she disappeared from the screen. She has one superior credit to her name, however, as she appeared as the nymphomaniac daughter of a crime boss, Rina D'Aniello, in Fernando di Leo's superior Il Boss (1973). Here are some images from the film, courtesy of Continental Film Review - the last one is a behind-the-scenes shot featuring Fernando di Leo himself. As an interesting aside, Antonia Santilli also doubled  Ornella Muti for her nude scenes in Umberto Lenzi's enjoyable 1971 giallo, Un Posto Ideale per Uccidere.