In the early 1950s, his grandmother Luisa Quintavalle, by then back in the Quintavalle family, married Niccolò dei marchesi Theodoli, Roman nobles of ancient lineage, in her second marriage, by whom she would have a daughter Diana. One of Theodoli’s main activities is as a film producer.
“Luisa Quintavalle’s fortunes dissolved during her second marriage. Luisa and Niccolò Theodoli maintained a very high standard of living, and their investments proved disastrous both in real estate and in the cinema, while producing films by famous directors such as Mario Soldati and Gianni Franciolini, with whom Gianni managed to win the David di Donatello for Racconti romani.” (…).
Certainly, thanks to her husband, the grandmother knew the great names of the great Italian cinema after the Second World War. The image is an off-screen shot from the film O.K. Nerone, produced by Niccolò Theodoli and released in 1951, where the grandmother, left, is portrayed with the leading lady, Silvana Pampanini, one of the most famous actresses at the time.
