Toto and friends

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alley in old city part of Naples, stone pavement, motorbike, old murals on the wall, Toto Alley, Vico Toto, portraits of Antonio de Curtis, an actor from the 1950s and 1960s,

In the Quartieri Spagnoli (Spanish Quarter) of Naples there is an alley, Vico Totò, with many portraits that pay tribute to Totò, the stage name of an Italian actor Antonio “Totò” De Curtis (1898-1967). There are several paintings of him in some of his acting roles; He appeared in 97 films in a career that spanned three decades. There are also some other actors represented here.

below: Only the top part remains – including his black bowler hat.

black and white mural, portrait of actor Toto in sunglasses at end of his nose, wearing black bowler, lower part of mural has been worn away

below: A couple stands in front of Davide Zeka’s painting ofTotò in the role of a priest.

a couple stands in front of a street art painting of an actor dressed as a Roman Catholic priest in a black and hat and white clerical collar

below: “Stu core analfabeta” This illiterate heart….

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below: Michele Wuk’s ‘Totò con la papalina’ where the words say “L’educazione non passa mai di moda” (Totò with the skullcap: “Education never goes out of style”),

mural in Naples, man's portrait, of Toto the actor, beside a clothes line with laundry, also text in Italian that says L’educazione non passa mai di moda
mural tributes to Italian actor Antonio de Curtis, or Toto, in an alley in the old part of Naples,

below: Human Hero aka Luca Carnevale, Nino Taranto, another actor, as the Flash, “Flash of Genius” says the text

portrait of a man with a mustache, he's wearing red top of the Flash outfit, on orange background

below: Toto as Superman on Porta Carrese Monte Calvapio (also Human Hero)

portrait of balding man in superman top and red cape, street sign for Porta Crrese Monte Calvapio, and a one way sign,

below: Lino Ozon’s ‘Lola’ which shows Totò dressed in drag to play Lolita in the 1962 film ‘Totofraffa’.  In this movie he appears in many disguises.

two street art pieces, a black and white painting of a man in drag, a black line drawing of man in a black bowler hat but the face is lost, and stickers have been put there instead

below: Drawings of Toto along with Nini (Nino Taranto) and Peppi (Peppino de Felippo)  by Giuseppe Avolio Peppart.

caricature drawings, paper paste up on an alley wall, of three older Italian actors, with stage names, Toto, Nini, and Peppi

below: Three more portraits, smaller this time, again of Toto and fellow actors. ‘Peppi” again, and then Giacomo Furia at the bottom.  

three small portraits inserted into three of six wood panes in a grey door

below: Mr. Pencil’s ‘A matt’!!, depicting Totò as King with a bowler instead of a crown.

in a doorway, a painting of a man in a blue and gold robe

below: Totò even went to the Moon .. back in 1958! Brasiliano’s “Totò sulla Luna”

profile portrait of man with clear space helmet on

Naples alley, motorcycle, street art, laundry hanging from balconies, red umbrella,

below: Fishes Invasion sneaks in.

mural on alley wall, clown, also a paste up of fishes invasion in green

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