The Italian 4th Division "Littorio" ( Lictor ) a regular Infantry Division which was fully motorized. It was formed as one of four divisions for the Corpo Truppe Volontarie during the Spanish Civil War by the Regio Esercito . On its return to Italy it was used to form the 133 Armoured Division Littorio .
19-416: 4th Division "Littorio" – Bgd. Gen. Annibale Bergonzoli Assault Division "Littorio" – Annibale Bergonzoli Division "Littorio" – Annibale Bergonzoli Division Littorio – Gervasio Bitossi Annibale Bergonzoli Annibale Bergonzoli (1 November 1884 – 31 July 1973), nicknamed "barba elettrica" , " Electric Whiskers ", was an Italian lieutenant general who served during World War I ,
38-598: A second lieutenant. Bergonzoli then took part in the occupation of Libya during the Italo-Turkish War in 1911, continuing to be prominent in Libya for several years, dedicated to mop-up operations against Libyan rebels opposed to Italian colonization. He also took part in the First World War , a conflict in which he received several decorations for his performance at the front. In 1935 he participated in
57-549: A similar arrangement with Harlow, who was a sex symbol to the film-going public during that time. They kept company but did not live together. Harlow fell ill from undiagnosed kidney failure while working on a film with Clark Gable , and died before the film was completed, from uremia , at age 26 in June 1937. Powell received his third Academy Award nomination in 1947 for his role as Clarence Day Sr. in Life with Father . His last film
76-540: The 1944 United States presidential election and the 1948 United States presidential election . In March 1938, Powell was diagnosed with rectal cancer. He underwent surgery and experimental radium treatment, which put the disease in full remission within two years. Given his own health and sorrow over Jean Harlow's death, Powell did not undertake any film roles for more than a year during this period. Powell died in Palm Springs, California , on March 5, 1984, at
95-554: The 4th Infantry Division Littorio . After the defeat suffered by the Italian troops at the battle of Guadalajara , he was the only Italian general posted to Spain who was not replaced by Benito Mussolini. For his performance in the capture of Santander during the northern campaign, he received an Italian decoration, the Gold Medal of Military Valour . Throughout his career, he received two other silver and one bronze medals. He
114-749: The Italian invasion of Ethiopia , which culminated in the annexation of Ethiopia to the Kingdom of Italy, distinguishing especially in the capture of the Ethiopian city of Neghelli. Between 1936 and 1939, Bergonzoli was ordered by Benito Mussolini to Spain, forming part of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie , in support of General Francisco Franco and the military rebels during the Spanish Civil War , with Bergonzoli taking charge of
133-764: The Nick and Nora Charles characters created by Dashiell Hammett . Powell was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for The Thin Man (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936), and Life with Father (1947). Powell was born in Pittsburgh in 1892, the only child of Nettie Manila ( née Brady) and Horatio Warren Powell, an accountant . In 1907, young William moved with his family to Kansas City, Missouri , where he graduated from Central High School four years later. After high school, Powell enrolled at
152-623: The Spanish Civil War and World War II . In 1940 he commanded the defences of Bardia , Libya . In February 1941, after the disastrous Battle of Beda Fomm , Bergonzoli surrendered to Australian forces. He was held as a prisoner in India and the USA before being repatriated to Italy. Bergonzoli settled in his birthplace, Cannobio, and died there in 1973. He entered the Italian Regio Esercito in 1911, beginning his military career as
171-817: The University of Kansas to study law, but after a week he relocated to New York City, where he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts . In 1912, Powell left the AADA, and began working in vaudeville and stock companies. He also appeared on Broadway . Powell began his Hollywood career in 1922, in a production of Sherlock Holmes with John Barrymore . He performed as Francis I in When Knighthood Was in Flower with Marion Davies . Powell remained under contract to Paramount throughout
190-943: The 1920s, before signing with Warner Bros. Powell portrayed a vengeful film director in the silent movie The Last Command (1928). His first starring role was Philo Vance in The Canary Murder Case (1929). He played Vance at Paramount Pictures four times. His strong stage-developed voice became a powerful asset when talking pictures were introduced. Powell appeared as Nick Charles in six Thin Man films, beginning with The Thin Man in 1934, based upon Dashiell Hammett 's novel . This movie provided Powell with his first Academy Award nomination, in 1935 Powell starred in The Great Ziegfeld , (1936), opposite his The Thin Man co-star, Myrna Loy , who played Ziegfeld's wife, Billie Burke . In 1937, Powell received his second Academy Award nomination for
209-574: The 1941 film, Love Crazy , starring Myrna Loy and William Powell , Powell's character refers to another character played by Vladimir Sokoloff in the film, as looking like "General Electric Whiskers". This may be a reference to General Bergonzoli in a pun on his nickname and General Electric . Bergonzoli is mentioned in C.S. Forester 's wartime short story "An Egg for the Major" (later published in Forester's Gold from Crete , 1971), which describes
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#1732775290913228-526: The Battle of Beda Fomm from the perspective of a British light tank commander in an unnamed unit that historically would be the 7th Hussars . William Powell William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor, known primarily for his film career. Under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the Thin Man series based on
247-596: The age of 91 from pneumonia. He is buried at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California , near his third wife, Diana Lewis, and his only child, William David Powell. New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in 1947 for Life with Father and The Senator Was Indiscreet . William Powell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1636 Vine Street. In 1992,
266-546: The comedy My Man Godfrey . In 1935, he starred with Jean Harlow in Reckless . In 1936, Harlow and Powell appeared in Libeled Lady , and they became romantically involved off-set. He gave her a handsome ring, but did not ask her to marry him, so she referred to it as her "unengagement ring". Powell had been unhappy with his previous marriage to popular actor Carole Lombard, and this apparently kept him from entering
285-594: The town was captured by Commonwealth forces on 22 January, but on 7 February 1941 Bergonzoli, along with the remnants of the 10th Army , was taken prisoner by troops of the 6th Australian Division in the Battle of Beda Fomm . He was taken first to India and then to the United States as a prisoner of war. He returned to Italy in 1946, settling in Cannobio , his place of birth, until his death on 31 July 1973. In
304-518: Was attempted. Bergonzoli was the commander of the Italian garrison in Bardia, which fell on 5 January 1941 following an assault by Commonwealth forces . While most of his men were taken prisoner, Bergonzoli managed to avoid being captured when he escaped through the desert with other soldiers, arriving in Tobruk on 7 January 1941 after crossing some 120 km of desert on foot. He left Tobruk before
323-453: Was devastated by her death in an airplane crash in 1942. He was romantically involved with Jean Harlow , his co-star in Reckless (1935), until her unexpected death from illness in 1937. On January 6, 1940, three weeks after they met, Powell married his third wife, actress Diana Lewis , who cancelled her film career to be his full-time wife. They remained married until his death in 1984. A Republican , Powell supported Thomas Dewey in
342-820: Was one of the architects of the so-called Pact of Santoña , by which the Italians accepted the agreed surrender of the Republican People's Army militants affiliated with the Basque Nationalist Party . He also participated in the Aragon Offensive against the troops of the Republican Popular Army. In 1940 he was the commander-in-chief of the XXIII Italian Army Corps when the invasion of Egypt
361-547: Was playing the character Doc in 1955's Mister Roberts . On April 15, 1915, Powell married Eileen Wilson , who was born Julia Mary Tierney. The couple had a son, William David Powell . They divorced in 1930. Powell's son became a television writer and producer before a period of ill health and depression led to his suicide in 1968. On June 26, 1931, Powell married actress Carole Lombard . They divorced in 1933, but starred in My Man Godfrey three years later. Powell
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