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Angelo Rizzoli
Angelo Rizzoli, OML (Italian pronunciation:  [ˈandʒelo
Cavaliere
ritˈtsɔːli]; 31 October 1889 – 24 September 1970) was
an Italian publisher and film producer. Angelo Rizzoli
OMRI, OCI, OML

Contents
Early life
Career
Personal life
Selected filmography
References
External links

Early life
Born 31 October 1889
Rizzoli was born in Milan on 31 October 1889.[1]
Milan, Italy
Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, he
rose to prosperity. He apprenticed in the printer trade Died 24 September 1970
and later became an entrepreneur in his twenties.[2] (aged 80)
Milan, Italy
Career Nationality Italian
Education Martinitt
In 1927, Rizzoli founded company A. Rizzoli & Co.
Occupation Businessman
(later RCS MediaGroup). In 1927 Rizzoli acquired
Novella magazine, a bi-weekly primarily for women Years active 1911–1970
that reached a circulation of 130,000 copies,[1] from Known for Founder of RCS
Mondadori an independent publisher who specialized
MediaGroup and Cineriz
in books and magazines.[3] After his initial purchase,
he added several new publications including Children Andrea
Annabella, Bertoldo, Candido, Omnibus, and Oggi e Alberto
L'Europeo.[2] In 1949 he began publishing books Anna Grazia
including both classics and popular novels. He Giuseppina
purchased Cartiera di Lama di Reno in 1954, the Giuditta
foundation for what would become an Italian
publishing empire.[4] His operations were moved in
1960 to a complex on Via Civitavecchia in Milan.

He was amongst the first producers of daily

newspapers within the relatively newly established
nation[5][6] of Italy.[3]

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Active in film, he produced Federico Fellini's La Dolce

Angelo Rizzoli
Vita (1960) and 8½ (1963), as well as French films
such as Une Parisienne (1957). In 1964 Rizzoli opened Allegiance Kingdom of Italy
the original Rizzoli International Bookstore[7] in New Service/branch  Royal Italian
York City at 712 Fifth Avenue, designed by architect Army
Ferdinand Gottlieb. The bookstore was featured in Years of 1915–1917
various Hollywood films, most notably, Woody Allen's service
Manhattan and Falling in Love with Robert De Niro
Rank Corporal
and Meryl Streep. He also produced the controversial
documentary film Africa Addio. Battles/wars World War I

A museum about Rizzoli's life and career is located at Villa Arbusto within the guest house of
that place,[8] at Lacco Ameno. Within this are held 500 photographic-records or evidence of
his activities taken on-set during production. The museum also holds the Pithekoussai[9]
Archaeological Museum.[4]

Personal life
Rizzoli married Anna Marzorati with whom he had two children, Andrea and Giuseppina.
Rizzoli died aged 81 years of age.

Selected filmography
Red Roses (1940)
We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952)
The Two Orphans (1954)
Madame Butterfly (1954)
Madame du Barry (1954)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
All the Gold in the World (1961)
8½ (1963)

References
1. Deirdre Pirro (29 September 2011). "Angelo Rizzoli. From magazines to movies" (http://w
ww.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=7171). The Florentine (149).
Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. "Le grandi famiglie: i Rizzoli" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150206164115/http://www.tru
ncellito.com/2000/angelo-rizzoli). Mariateresa Truncellito. 2000. Archived from the original
(http://www.truncellito.com/2000/angelo-rizzoli) on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 10 January
2014.
3. European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions (https://books.google.co
m/books?id=68nbtqst-CsC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=Novella+of+Mondadori+Rizzoli&s
ource=bl&ots=xFtsrU2kvB&sig=4SyoFF_5uxP11MNpZhe5ofW3eVw&hl=en&ei=QaNjTvrB
FsPA8QO1l_yfCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CD4Q6AEw
BQ#v=onepage&q=Novella%20of%20Mondadori%20Rizzoli&f=false). Google Books.
Retrieved 10 January 2014.
4. "Museo Angelo Rizzoli – Museums – Ischia – Napoli" (https://web.archive.org/web/201309
21064919/http://www.incampania.com/en/beniculturali.cfm?s=5&Menu_ID=211&Sub_ID=

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216&Info_ID=4174). InCampania. Archived from the original (http://www.incampania.com/

en/beniculturali.cfm?s=5&Menu_ID=211&Sub_ID=216&Info_ID=4174) on 21 September
2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
5. "Google Drive Viewer" (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:_bQZ26kIQzAJ:ww
w.ferpi.it/admin/resources/2765+italy+a+young+nation&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGE
EShGhOX_27RFn7ePRUBUM4IEtOkFjMyX7SbzNv6tRqq5KhPZNRELYFEWhTBMiiS2zX
K9IMS3TUwmLQQ594bgrm41f7TJKGqCH0wd1Sj3YnDrdakFXBZhHZfH0gJ0-FFUeYmsC
vVq&sig=AHIEtbRYCTs0yOEx6w-R-YjztGIyZp4adw). Google. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
6. "Viva l'Italia! The Risorgimento on Screen" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140106235250/
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2011julsep/risorgimento.html). Harvard Film Archive.
September 2011. Archived from the original (http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2011julsep/ris
orgimento.html) on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
7. "Rizzoli Bookstore" (https://web.archive.org/web/20100829021116/http://www.rizzoliusa.co
m/bookstore.html). Rizzoli USA. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original (http://ww
w.rizzoliusa.com/bookstore.html) on 29 August 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
8. [1] (http://sit.provincia.napoli.it/museodiffuso/mdb2Viewmuse.asp?key=0166) Archived (htt
ps://web.archive.org/web/20120318203720/http://sit.provincia.napoli.it/museodiffuso/mdb2
Viewmuse.asp?key=0166) 18 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
9. Giorgio Buchner. "Pithekoussai: Oldest Greek Colony in the West" (http://www.penn.muse
um/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/8-4/Pithekoussai.pdf) (PDF). Penn museum.
Retrieved 9 February 2014.

External links
Angelo Rizzoli (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0729939/) on IMDb
Le Grandi Famiglie: I Rizzoli (https://web.archive.org/web/20150206164115/http://www.tru
ncellito.com/2000/angelo-rizzoli) by Mariateresa Truncellito (in Italian)

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