
Marino Girolami
Biography
Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor.
Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady. He pursued his career as film director with several musical comedies and melodramas.
Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 films in three decades. Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, the crime film (Violent Rome) and horror with Zombie Holocaust. Girolami also made hardcore pornography such as Sesso profondo.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (76 movies)

College Girl on Vacation
1980

Doctor Butcher M.D.
1980

Kakkientruppen
1977
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
1958

Flying Sex
1980

4 Crazy Draftees at the Army
1974

La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo
1961

Le magnifiche 7
1961

I Sing for You
1954

Lasciateci in pace
1953

Le motorizzate
1963

Rome, the Other Face of Violence
1976

Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
1968

Violent Rome
1975

Reverend's Colt
1970

Quanto sei bella Roma
1959

Ferragosto in Bikini
1960

Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest
1970

A Special Cop in Action
1976

Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows
1968

Giggi il bullo
1982

Desirable Teacher 2
1982

Desirable Teacher
1981

Bullet in the Flesh
1964

Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice?
1979

Lover Boy
1975

Two R-R-Ringos from Texas
1967

La donna degli altri è sempre più bella
1963

Le tardone
1964

Badmen of the West
1964

These Mad, Mad Women
1964

Venus in the Sun
1964

Veneri in collegio
1965

Valentina... The Virgin Wife
1975

Friends More Than Before
1976

Scandali al mare
1961

Siamo tutti pomicioni
1963

La canzone del destino
1957

Twist, lolite e vitelloni
1962

Caccia al marito
1960

There Is a Path in the Sky
1957

Un figlio d'oggi
1961

Lo sgarbo
1975

African Story
1971

Il medico delle donne
1962

Sexy Sinners
1972

Era lei che lo voleva!
1953

The Two Magnificent Fresconi
1968

Cantando sotto le stelle
1956

Nude Odeon
1978

My Pal, Dr. Jekyll
1960

7 Golden Monks
1966

Quando gli angeli piangono
1958

La ragazza di Via Veneto
1955

Gli italiani e le donne
1962

Riscatto - Tu sei il mio giudice
1953

Il cantante misterioso
1954

Un canto nel deserto
1959

Ore 10: lezione di canto
1955

L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
1981

What the Chambermaid Saw
1973

Quel tesoro di papà
1959

The Fury of Achilles
1962

Walter e i Suoi Cugini
1961

Serenate per 16 bionde
1957

Noi due soli
1952

Spiaggia libera
1966

Raptus
1969

City of Violence
1951

Sette canzoni per sette sorelle
1957

Vivendo, cantando, che male ti fò?
1957

L'assassino si chiama Pompeo
1962

Granada, addio!
1967

Milano miliardaria
1951

Fugitive Lady
1950

Buongiorno primo amore!
1957

