Marini Restored Photos

Donato Marini comes to AMERICA!

I guess Dan (left) WITH CIGARETTE & his brother also with a smoke, (No. This is not photoshopped), must've need a good smoke to relax them before the long trip to America. Dan entered the states as shown above when he was 15. He's about 8-10 here so he must've been really relaxed! Or wired...without cigarettes on board.

Click on each picture to view/print full size. Badly spolied by water marks, dust & tears, I have restored this vintage Marini photo in b&w & sepia. Recently found was the additional photo taken that day. The children are without hats but Mrs. Marini is now wearing "fur."

The backdrop is just that, a fake background very common for portraits during this period. However imagine the photo taken in San Dona to. It might've looked more like this one "pictured," above in the old country. I've also taken the ship's document, blending it with the San Donato photo:
The next two offer a custom blend of the photo with the ship's manifest including the ship itself:

Clara (in white) & Dan meet for the very first time! Is this real? Well, maybe not but it's what they would've looked like when they first met.

This 1959 "hand made time card," was found in a cabinet in the garage this year (2013).

Clara Cooking Pasta

The same pot! Insert, 8mm still from a 1960's home movie. Larger image is a screen shot from 2009 camcorder video. It's the same pot. It's truly the (golden) fountain of youth.
Color Corrected Pasta? WATCH:

Color Corrected Pasta

2010: With new High Def camera's here is Clara making pasta in HD. Or is that HP? Hot Pasta:Clara Marini Pasta

2009 Videos:
Both are featured below & linked here. These were recorded August 23, 2009. Part two shows Clara in 1959 making home made pasta, & we see her 50 years later still making Sunday dinner:Clara Marini Cooking Pasta 8/23/09
Clara Marini Pasta Part Two


This 8mm was film by Ed Mahoney Looks like
Homemade Gnocchi's are on the menu:

Clara Marini's Fresh Gnocchi's!
8MM & TODAY! Picture in Picture, or is that Pasta in Pasta?!:Aunt Clara's Pasta

Here's the alternate version:Clara's Pot of PastaWhat's new is old. 2011 HD video converted to 8mm!

Clara Marini 8mm Pasta

Enjoy a meatball 'sangwedge:"
LIVE! At Aunt Clara's

Aunt Clara's

Clara will tell you it is HER sauce which was Aunt Millie's (now discontinued). The woman behind Aunt Millie's knew Clara. She tasted Clara's, loved it, then made it slightly different calling it her own!

Clara Marini The REAL Aunt Millie

Recorded June 11th 2011:

Clara Marini Making Pasta at 93

Recorded Holidays 2011. Clara's Stories:

Clara once rented the 2nd floor apt of a Hawthorne (NY) home when she & Dan married.

The landlady's daughter in law asked what Clara was cooking....

Aunt Clara Aunt Millie

Typical Sunday Dinner:

Clara's Pasta

Clara's Pasta Part Two

Clara's Sunday Leftovers 1080p (p for Pasta)

Take a bite out these videos. Clara talks about how Aunt Millie's became a popular spaghetti sauce & then dig in to Sunday dinner.Clara & Aunt Millie HD
Italian Sunday Dinner HD
Italian Sunday Dinner MANGIA! HD

Dan Burns His...Italian Sunday Dinner 1080p (Pasta Vision) 
Aunt Millies 1080p (Pasta Vision)
Clara Meets Dan 1080p (Paisan Vision) Clara's Punch 1080p (Punch Vision)

Slideshows

Clara & Dan's many years BEFORE this photo was taken September 2011. 
Even the shades are in the same place!


The pictures & documents to your right represent the photos of the Cedrone, Camilli, Marini, Tocci, Patane, & Arpie families, including images from the Italian "homeland,
"San San Donato Val Di Comino"
All of these including family stories are featured on my original blog. Every photo, video & document has been personally restored by myself to honor our families & to leave behind a "clear picture," of who we were:

http://tocci.blogspot.com/

Marini 8mm Parts 1 & 2

These were the first two highlight videos produced for the Marini's. The full twelve part video History appears at the bottom of this blog page:
Marini 8mm Home Movie Part 1
Marini8mmHomeMoviePart 2

Dan & Clara's 25th & 50th Part 1 - 3

25th & 40th Anniversary!

The family portrait at the 50th Anniversary.
Recently found! Clara & Dan's 25th. The film switches from color to B&W as it was lightened due
very dark footage,. The same clip is linked with (slight) color intact:
Clara & Dan's 25th Anniversary (switches to B&W)Clara & Dan Marini's 25th Ann. 8mm Home Movie (color)
ALWAYS the perfectionist, this is a 3rd attempt to get the best quality under 60 seconds:Clara&Dan25th

Clara & Dan's 25th

Below are highlights from Clara & Dan's 50th Anniversary party. The fifth video is from Christopher Tocci's (their Godson's) baptism. Dan is his usual playful self. The last video is from Michael Tocci's Communion: Clara & Dan 50th
Clara&Dans50Part2

Clara& Dan Marini 50th Part 3

Larry & Frank Patane videotape each other at the same time during
Clara & Dan's 50th Anniversary.Larry&FrankClara & Dan's 50th FULL LENGTH Anniversary video can be viewed &/or download below.

The first video was recorded by myself, the other by Frank Patane.
If you have email addresses &/or phone #'s of someone featured in these videos (especially on the Marini side, many of whom I do not know) please forward or show these to them.
Frank's video jumps a bit at x's. I've adjusted the tracking but cannot stop it from doing so. On the upswing he & Marie asked guests to say a few words & there are some gems. Especially Chris Gentile's mother who at that time was 90 & doesn't understand what's going on so she puts the mic to her ear saying hello like she's talking on the phone!

Considering most of the video's online are of 8mm it's wonderful to hear everyone's voices.

http://www.archive.org/details/ClaraDans50thLarry

http://www.archive.org/details/ClaraDans50thFrankPatane

http://www.archive.org/details/ClaraDansFrankPataneInterviews

Here are their 1940 wedding photos (plus a few more) in HD & another HD slide show featuring a clip from the above videos:

HD 1940 Wedding Clara & Dan Marini

Clara & Dan Newlywed & 50th Anniversary
Dan Marini

Family Video 1995