Rossellini’s “Woman” (“Desiderio”) plus Gassman in “Shamed” (“Preludio d'amore”.) An Italian double bill that circulated widely, if slowly, during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Showing “The Princess and the Pirate and “The Town Went Wild.” Further down 8th Avenue, you can see the marquee of the Arena Theatre (Arena Cinema Verdi on weekends.)
Distributor Joseph Levine is reputed to have been enraged when his staff booked the US premiere in this theatre with litlle hoopla. He would re-open it a couple of months later in Manhattan with greater fanfare.
Valance.
Valance.
Bob Steele in the 1943 “Thundering Trails” was one of the films on the marquee.
“Cry Havoc”
Gary Cooper in “The Virginian.”
Original title: “Cielo sulla palude.” Can be viewed, complete, on YouTube in Italian with no subtitles.
In 1946, to be exact.
Made in 1940. Also known as “Passione.” Directed by Carmine Gallone. Starring Alida Valli and Amedeo Nazzari.
Rossellini’s “Woman” (“Desiderio”) plus Gassman in “Shamed” (“Preludio d'amore”.) An Italian double bill that circulated widely, if slowly, during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Showing “The Princess and the Pirate and “The Town Went Wild.” Further down 8th Avenue, you can see the marquee of the Arena Theatre (Arena Cinema Verdi on weekends.)
Films from 1946 and 1944.
Films from 1949 and 1938.
Olmi and Rossellini pairing.
Distributor Joseph Levine is reputed to have been enraged when his staff booked the US premiere in this theatre with litlle hoopla. He would re-open it a couple of months later in Manhattan with greater fanfare.
In the NY Daily News. Original film title “Praterbuben” or “Boys of the Prater.” Seems impossible to find copies of this film nowadays.
“Le Corbeau,” Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1943 & “Un Revenant,” Christian-Jaque, 1946.
“Due lettere anonime” can be viewed, complete, on YouTube in Italian with no English subtitles.
This 1940 film can be seen complete on YouTube, with English subtitles.
October 5, 1949.
Alternate name for this theatre. It was called the FESTIVAL for a time in the 1960’s.
Also known as “Woman in the Dunes.”
See the N.Y. Daily News review, also posted on this theatre’s page.
April 26, 1947 ad.
“Due lettere anonime” can be viewed, complete, on YouTube in Italian with no English subtitles.
“Due lettere anonime” can be viewed, complete, on YouTube in Italian with no English subtitles.