Wikipedia: “Villafranca is a 1934 Italian historical drama film directed by Giovacchino Forzano and starring Corrado Racca, Annibale Betrone and Enzo Biliotti. It was based on a play by Benito Mussolini, then Italian dictator, about the 1859 agreement between Napoleon III and Count Cavour which led to the Second Italian War of Independence.”
A couple of 1939 film titles on the marquee help date this photo.
Wikipedia: “Villafranca is a 1934 Italian historical drama film directed by Giovacchino Forzano and starring Corrado Racca, Annibale Betrone and Enzo Biliotti. It was based on a play by Benito Mussolini, then Italian dictator, about the 1859 agreement between Napoleon III and Count Cavour which led to the Second Italian War of Independence.”
Can be found complete on YouTube. Look for “Vita di Sant'Antonio di Padova.”
“The Pleasure Garden” can be watched on YouTube.
“The Captain from Koepenick” was the 1931 version by Richard Oswald.
Could this film have been the 1936 “Singende Jugend” (An Orphan boy of Vienna)?
In 1960, actually.
In 1960, actually
Rossellini’s “Paisan” performed well all across the US, including in mainstream movie theatres.
Above is a tax photo, year unclear.
The posted material is from The New York Times of those dates.
Can be viewed complete on YouTUbe in Russian with no English subtitles.
Can be viewed on YouTube, complete without English subtitles.
October 17, 1947. “Ore 9, lezione di chimica.”
“Boot Polish” (1954) can be watched on YouTube.
Plaza Hotel entrance on the right.
This cinema opened as the Little Met(subsequently Little CineMet) on April 22, 1948 with the French film “Not Guilty) (Non Coupable).
Quonset hut style.
The film was made in 1936.
An Italian-made film on the establishment of Israel.
Globe Theatre on right playing “Flight into Nowhere.”
Many more theatres and retailers had similar ads that day.
Opened in France in 1946.
Two 1947 film titles on the marquee: “Fiesta” and “Boomerang.”
“Molti sogni per le strade” & “Proibito rubare”.