In September 1970 I saw the film “Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion” by Elio Petri in this cinema. (“Indagine su un Cittadino al di siopra di ogni sospetto.”)
In 1992 a group of us teachers visiting Rome for a week attended a fine stage production here by Franco Zeffirelli of Pirandello’s “Six Characters in search of an Author”
I saw Marco Ferreri’s film “Il seme dell'uomo” here on August 31, 1970. I remember liking the cinema’s programming as well as the fine cafe' that was part of the establishment.
In September 1970 I saw the film “Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion” by Elio Petri in this cinema. (“Indagine su un Cittadino al di siopra di ogni sospetto.”)
Was this the same place as the Cinema Bernini? That also had a Via Borgognona address.
The marquee shows a 1959 movie, around the time the cinema was opened. Later it would be renamed Cinema Moulin Rouge and serve up porno fare.
A Google image shows that the cinema might now be closed.
Opened as Cinema Brasil. Later became the Moulin Rouge, a porno house.
Featuring the new Italian film “Cane e gatto,” with Bud Spencer and Tomas Milian.
In 1992 a group of us teachers visiting Rome for a week attended a fine stage production here by Franco Zeffirelli of Pirandello’s “Six Characters in search of an Author”
The place seems to have reopened as the Spazio Impero, a performance space. That new name appears on the building’s façade.
I saw Marco Ferreri’s film “Dillinger e' morto” here on September 4, 1970.
I saw Marco Ferreri’s film “Il seme dell'uomo” here on August 31, 1970. I remember liking the cinema’s programming as well as the fine cafe' that was part of the establishment.
I saw “Sacco & Vanzetti” here on July 31, 1971.
As the Corso.
Saw “Ultimo tango a Parigi” (“Last Tango in Paris”) here in February 1973 in a smoky theatre.
Piazza del popolo just up the street.
The film is “Snack Bar Budapest,” 1988, by Tinto Brass, with Giancarlo Giannini.
Photo by Dorothea Lange.
This could be “The Bugle Calls,” 1927.
The Myrtle Theatre was on the second floor of the building.
Left of center, next to Narragansett Hotel.
Roman ruins beyond the windows.
As the Cinema Corso.
The Majestic later became the Capitol.
This theatre was previously known as the Majestic.
1922 perhaps.
On August 8, 1969 when this was the single screen Cinema Rossini, I went here to see the Italian film “Un amico.”