United States during 1941 and 1942, affecting thousands of Italians, but this was eventually relaxed. Death Banks held dual Italian and American citizenship. He died, reportedly in the arms of Fields, while traveling on the Orient Express train just outside Arona, Italy, of a heart attack, aged 52. Aula Didattica Monty Banks In his home town of Cesena a Foundation was created in honor of Banks, entitled the Aula Didattica Monty Banks. It is "an initiative promoted by the municipality, the course is open to all and provides the opportunity to create videos". Selected filmography Actor A Scrap of Paper (1918) The Sheriff (1918) Camping Out (1919) Love (1919) Too Much Johnson (1919) Hot Sands (1924) Racing Luck (1924) Atta Boy (1926) Horse Shoes (1927) Flying Luck (1927) Play Safe (1927) Chasing Choo Choos (1927) two-reel version of Play Safe (1927) showing only the train chase Adam's Apple (1928) A Perfect Gentleman (1928) Weekend Wives (1928) Atlantic (1929) You Made Me Love You (1933) Heads We Go (1933) The Girl in Possession (1934) Falling in Love (1935) So You Won't Talk (1935) Blood and Sand (1941) A Bell for Adano (1945) Director Hot Sands (1924) Cocktails (1928) Why Sailors Leave Home (1930) The Black Hand Gang (1930) The Compulsory Husband (1930) Almost a Honeymoon (1930) What a Night! (1931) Old Soldiers Never Die (1931) The Wife's Family (1931) Poor Old Bill (1931) Not So Quiet on the Western Front (1932) Love and Luck (1932) Kiss Me Sergeant (1932) Money for Nothing (1932) For the Love of Mike (1932) Tonight's the Night (1932) Leave It to Me (1933) You Made Me Love You (1933) Heads We Go (1933) Father and Son (1934) The Church Mouse (1934) Man of the Moment (1935) Falling in Love (1935) (also acted) Hello, Sweetheart (1935) 18 Minutes (1935) No Limit (1935) Keep Your Seats, Please (1936) Queen of Hearts (1936) We're Going to Be Rich (1938) Keep Smiling (1938) Shipyard Sally (1939) Great Guns (1941) References Sources External links Notes for an essay on the film career of Monty Banks Monty Banks at Virtual History 1897 births 1950 deaths American male film actors American male comedy actors American male silent film actors Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors Italian film directors Italian emigrants to the United States People from Cesena Silent film comedians 20th-century Italian male actors 20th-century American male actors