Cinema Nuovo Olimpia

via in Lucina 16g,
Rome 00186

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Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on August 23, 2019 at 5:23 am

On May 18, 1940, as listed in Il Messaggero, the Olympia (as then spelled) was showing the French-made film “I prigionieri del sogno” (Duvivier’s 1939 “La Fin du Jour”) with Victor Francen and Michel Simon. French films were widely shown in Italy at this time, dubbed in Italian. Also on the bill was a second feature, the 1935 German-made “I due Re” (Der alte und der junge Konig) with Emil Jannings. German films, also dubbed in Italian, were widely shown. LUCE newsreels and shorts completed the program.

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on July 19, 2019 at 10:23 am

Saw the French film “Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars” here on March 12, 2005. It was actually subtitled in Italian, not dubbed.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on August 4, 2008 at 1:44 pm

A couple of photos and some text in Italian here:
http://www.cinebazar.it/riv1a000238.htm
A glass window in the auditorium ceiling:
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