Rossellini’s “Woman” (“Desiderio”) plus Gassman in “Shamed” (“Preludio d'amore”.) An Italian double bill that circulated widely, if slowly, during the 1950s and early 1960s.
I remember taking my Italian mother to see this. She was a fan of the story of the Sicilian bandit. I’ve read that this was Martin Scorsese’s favorite Italian movie or one of them.
Lindsay Anderson appeared in person at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence on November 28, 1977. He was a great film and theatre director who made movies like “If”, “This Ssporting Life,” “O Lucky Man”, “The Whales of August,” I was just an area film-buff who happened to attend this event and tried to assist Mr. Anderson with the projection of his early shorts in 35mm which he brought with him for his seminar at nearby RISD. We were in the booth together. Unfortunately the then-new cinema did not have the correct lens or aperture plate to show the older films properly, which was an embarassment to the event sponsors and an annoyance to Mr. Anderson. Four years later, after starting the Italian Film Society of RI, I had to obtain and utilize such plate and lens on my own (from the former Johnston Theatre owner) in order to show some older films without cutting ihe top and bottom of the image.
“Generals Without Buttons” = “La Guerre des gosses” (1936)
As a prime art house in the city.
“Diary of a Country Priest” by Bresson is one of my favorite films of all time. A profound masterpiece.
“Generals Without Buttons”
“Generals Without Buttons”
“Generals Without Buttons”.
Month of opening. “La Guerre des gossses”, 1936 film.
“La Guerre des gosses”
“La Guerre des gosses”
Rossellini’s “Woman” (“Desiderio”) plus Gassman in “Shamed” (“Preludio d'amore”.) An Italian double bill that circulated widely, if slowly, during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Banned in Italy during the Mussolini era for its anti-war satire.
Banned in Italy during the Mussolini era for its anti-war satire.
Alice Faye?
“La Guerre des gosses”, 1936, France.
The French film Generals without Buttons (La guerre des gosses) opened at the Fine Arts Theatre in Boston in 1938. (Google)
Can be found on a Gaumont DVD.
Considered lost for a few decades, this movie can be found on a Gaumont DVD in French with only French subtitles.
In 1952 this film was given a premiere run at Loew’s State in Times Square, unusual for a foreign language film.
It had first been shown in RI at the Showcase, Warwick in 1986.
Made in 1973.
I remember taking my Italian mother to see this. She was a fan of the story of the Sicilian bandit. I’ve read that this was Martin Scorsese’s favorite Italian movie or one of them.
Quinn would spend his last years living in Bristol, RI.
Lindsay Anderson appeared in person at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence on November 28, 1977. He was a great film and theatre director who made movies like “If”, “This Ssporting Life,” “O Lucky Man”, “The Whales of August,” I was just an area film-buff who happened to attend this event and tried to assist Mr. Anderson with the projection of his early shorts in 35mm which he brought with him for his seminar at nearby RISD. We were in the booth together. Unfortunately the then-new cinema did not have the correct lens or aperture plate to show the older films properly, which was an embarassment to the event sponsors and an annoyance to Mr. Anderson. Four years later, after starting the Italian Film Society of RI, I had to obtain and utilize such plate and lens on my own (from the former Johnston Theatre owner) in order to show some older films without cutting ihe top and bottom of the image.
It had opened at the Avon Cinema in Providence in 1957 during its initial release.
You might want to look for ads in foreign newspapers to show places where it was shown abroad.