“La colina de las botas”
(Boot Hill)
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi
Starring: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Woody Strode
Country: Spain
Label: Mon Inter
Blu-ray, DVD
Also released on DVD
Aspect ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
Languages: Dolby Digital 2.0 Spanish, Italian, English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Running time: 101 minutes
Region B
ASIN: B0BN6BFPQ2
Release date: February 2, 2026
In the opening scenes of 1971’s “Hannie Caulder” we see the Clemens brothers (Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam and Strother Martin) ride into a Mexican town where they intend to rob the bank. As usual they blow the attempt and ride like the wind out of town chased by a detachment of Mexican soldiers led by Aldo Sambrell.
The location was the Spanish set at Texas Hollywood now called Fort Bravo.
The Hundred Series
This is a reprint of the Kit Carson comic book series by Rino Albertarelli, published by Edizioni Eco (Rome-Milan). The first two issues do not have a title on the cover; from issue # 3 to #7, the series is titled Collana Avventurosa by the publisher Il Rostro. From issue #7 onwards, the title changes to La collana dei cento. The issues were later reprinted identically by the publishing house Il Carro.
The comic book was published in 1943 with issue #1 being
issued that year and ending with #10 in 1944. It was published by Edizioni Eco
(Rome-Milan) under the direction of E. Bongrani. Each issue contained 12 black
and white pages with color covers.
Titles
01 - “Lo squadrone dei Cento” (The Squadron of One Hundred)
02 - “Tuerto il bandito” (Tuerto the Bandit)
03 - “Il treno del tesoro” (The Treasure Train)
04 - “L’assalto al treno” (The Train Robbery)
05 - “L’agguato” (The Ambush)
06 - “L’usurpatore” (The Usurper)
07 - “La fine di Tuerto” (The End of Tuerto)
08 - “L’amazzone bianca” (The White Amazon)
09 - “Nel covo dei banditi” (The Bandits’ Lair)
10 - “La vittoria dell’amazzone bianca” (The Victory of the
White Amazon)
Silvana Jachino (actress) would have been 110 today but died in 2004.
Carlo Delle Piane (actor) would have been 90 today
but died in 2019.
Henner Hofmann Mexican cinematographer Henner H. Hofmann
died in Cuernavaca, Morales, Mexico on January 30th. He was 75. Born in Mexico
City in July of 1950 Hofmann built a prolific career as a cinematographer with
more than 25 feature and television credits spanning the late 1970s through the
2010s. His work includes films such as “The Legend of the Mask” (1991) and
“Juego limpio” (1995), both of which earned him Mexico’s Ariel Award for Best
Cinematography, as well as international projects like “Ground Control” (1998),
“Flight of Fancy” (2000), and “Vampires: Los Muertos” (2002). Hofmann is
survived by his wife Maria, son Sebastián and daughter Natalia. Henner was the
cinematographer on the 2012 Euro-Horror-Western “Gallowwalkers” starring Wesley
Snipes.
[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Maria Teresa Costamagna was born in Piedmont, Italy on September 24, 1889. Coming from the Piedmontese dialect theater, in 1909 Costamagna now in her early twenties began in the cinema, when she was hired by Itala Film initially as an "extra", and then began to play more significant roles starting in 1911 such as in the film “Triste fascino”. The following year she was hired by another Turin company, Savoia Film, in which she began to play leading roles and acquired a lot of notoriety, having starred in films such as “Herodias” (1912), “In hoc signo vinces” and “Satanella” (1913). She appeared in over 35 films using the stage name Adriana Costamgna.
She thus became one of the main interpreters of Savoia Film, she was cast in the film “The Mystery of Jack Hilton”, in which numerous ferocious animals appeared. Costamagna refused a stunt double but on October 16, 1913, during filming, she was attacked by a leopard. From the accident, although severely disfigured and receiving deep scratches all over her body, she managed to survive. Despite the serious accident, Costamagna continued her career, which ended on the eve of the twenties.
She died in Rome on October 1, 1958, a week after turning 69.
Adriana’s only Euro-western was as Luisa in 1913’s “Nel vortice del destino”.
COSTAMAGNA, Adriana
(Maria Teresa Costamagna) [9/24/1889, Piedmont, Italy – 10/1/1958, Rome,
Lazio, Italy] – film actress.
Nel vortice del
destino – 1913 (Luisa)
