Cinema Ariston 2
Via del Corso e Piazza Colonna,
Rome
00187
Via del Corso e Piazza Colonna,
Rome
00187
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Functions: Retail
Styles: Art Nouveau
Previous Names: Cinema Teatro Galleria
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Long called the Cinema Teatro Galleria it was located in the Galleria Colonna on Via del Corso at the Piazza Colonna. Renamed Galleria Alberto Sordi in 2003 after the Roman actor who had begun his career in its theatre, the Teatro Galleria, which was also to become a popular first run cinema. The Galleria or shopping arcade in which the theatre was located was built in 1922 and designed in an Art Nouveau style by architect Dario Carbone. It was still open in 1970. In recent years a Feltrinelli bookstore has replaced the former cinema-theatre.
The Ariston 2 was named this to distinguish it from the Cinema Ariston located on Via Cicerone.
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Gerald DeLuca
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The acclaimed neorealist film “Vivere in pace” (To Live in Peace) by Luigi Zampa opened here on March 17, 1947 as well as at the Adriano and Rivoli.
On August 27, 1970 I saw the popular hit “Metello” with Massimo Ranieri in this cinema when it was called the Galleria.
On May 18, 1940, according to a listing in Il Messaggero, the French film “Verso la vita” (Jean Renoir’s “Les Bas-Fonds” or “The Lower Depths,” with Jean Gabin) was playing here. Renoir’s pacifist film “Grand Illusion” was banned from Italian commercial showings, though it had appeared at the Venice Film Festival the year it came out. Also on the program were the customary LUCE documentaries and newsreels.
Rossellini’s “Desiderio” (a.k.a. “Woman”) opened here and at the Rivoli on August 9, 1946.