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A two-year agreement is reached with the Motion Picture Export Association of America (MPEA) allowing eight US companies Columbia, MGM, Paramount, Republic, RKO, Twentieth Century-Fox, United Artists and Universal to import 60 films a year, all dubbed into Italian. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 13/7 - |
A consortium of producers found the Italian Film Export company in an attempt to sell Italian films in America. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1/9 - |
At the Venice Film Festival, the Golden Lion prize is awarded to a Japanese film Akira Kurosawas Rashomon for the first time. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1/9 - | The Venice Film Festival takes place. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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| 7/9 - |
American actress Lana Turner marries her fourth husband, former screen Tarzan Lex Barker, in Turin. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 4/12 - |
Roberto Rossellinis Europa 51, his second collaboration with Ingrid Bergman is released. Alexander Knox and Giulietta Masina also star. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 22/9 - |
Federico Fellinis La Strada is released after premiering at the Venice Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 30/12 - |
Luchino Visconti's Senso is released after receiving a lukewarm reception at the Venice Film Festival in September. An historical romance far removed from Viscontis neo-realist roots, the film stars Alida Valli and Farley Granger as lovers in 19th Century Venice. [MORE] [ADD] |
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A new deal with the Motion Picture Export Association of America (MPEA) reduces the number of dubbed films imported from the US to 190 from the majors and 55 from independent producers. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Gina Lollobrigida, the Mona Lisa of the Twentieth Century, poses for 27 painters in the lounge of a hotel in Milan. [MORE] [ADD} |
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