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| 1921 | ||||
| 24/5 - | The Italian Minister of Fine Arts gives French director Luiz Moratz permission to shoot scenes for his film La Terre du diable amongst the ruins of Vesuvius. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Italy 1921: Other Films of Note | ||||
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La nave (Gabriellino D’Annunzio & Mario Roncoroni) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1922 | ||||
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Cirano di Bergerac (Augusto Genina) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1923 | ||||
| 24/10 - | The Fascist regime introduces new censorship laws which allow it to intervene both before and after shooting of a film. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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| 1926 | ||||
| 9/3 - |
Gli Ultimo giorni di Pompeii (The Last Days of Pompeii) premieres in Rome. It is completed by Carmine Gallone after the project was abandoned by Amleto Palermi. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The fascist government takes control of Instituto Luce and decrees that all cinemas must screen Luce newsreels.[MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1927 | ||||
| 28/9 - |
The League of Nations adopts a proposal from Italy to form an International Educational Cinematographic Institute (IECI) to be funded by the Italian government. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 30/9 - |
Franco Film buy out the Victorine Studios. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Senza padre (Emilio Ghione) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
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In Rome, statutes for the first International Educational Cinematographic Institute (IECI) are drawn up. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Council of the League of Nations ratify the statutes of the IECI. Italy will finance the statutes to the tune of 600,00 lire per year. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 5/11 - |
At the opening of the IECI by King Victor Emmanuel, its director Luciano de Feo declares “We hope… to secure… an effective system of co-operation with the great cinema industry in researches designed to bring about a constant improvement in the type of film produced.” [MORE] [ADD] |
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Journalist Alessandro Blasetti forms Augustus, a production cooperative, in Rome and begins filming his first film, Sole. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1929 | ||||
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Alessandro Blassetti’s avant-garde documentary, Sole, premieres in Rome. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– A new law bans any film from being shown in a foreign language. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Italy 1929: Other Films of Note | ||||
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Giuditta e Oloferne (Baldassare Negroni) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1930 | ||||
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Cines Studios are equipped for sound. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Gennaro Righelli’s La Canzone dell’amore becomes the first Italian sound film to be released in Italy. Although Alessandro Blassetti’s Resurrectio was actually the first sound film to be produced it was not released until 1931. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Italy 1930: Other Films of Note | ||||
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Nerone (Alessandro Blasetti) [MORE] [ADD] |