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| 11/9 - | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti publishes his manifesto called The Futuristic Cinema. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Italy 1916: Other Films of Note | ||||
| Il Fuoco (Giovanni Pastrone) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1917 | ||||
| 27/2 - | Gioacchino Mecheri, director of Tiber Film and Celio Film, buys out Itala Film. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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| 27/2 - | Giovanni Pastrone, the director of Cabiria, retires from the motion picture business. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Italy 1917: Other Films of Note | ||||
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Cenere (Febo Mari, Arturo Ambrosio Jr.) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Rapsodia Satanica (Nino Oxilia) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1918 | ||||
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La Vagabonda (Musidora & Eugenio Perego) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1919 | ||||
| 9/1 - |
Gioacchino Mecheri and Giuseppe Barattolo form the Union Cinematigrafica Italiano (UCI). Mecheri is head of Tiber, and has taken over both Celio and Itala studios, while Barratolo, the managing director of Caesar, owns Cines, Ambrosio and Film d’Arte Italiano. Both men’s organisations received substantial financial backing from banks. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 25/11 - |
Richard A. Rowland of Metro Pictures signs Francesca Bertini for a series of films to be made in Italy for the US market with a view to importing the actress to Hollywood if she proves a success. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 15/12 - |
Abel Gance works on the script for La Rose du rail, having abandoned plans to make Ecco Homo, while his travelling companion Ida Danis suffers from galloping consumption. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The Unione Cinematografica Italiana (UCI) is formed. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1920 | ||||
| 9/3 - |
Giuseppe Barattolo, head of UCI, signs an agreement with German production company Ufa, with a view to controlling the European market. [MORE] [ADD] |
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