The Mussolini fascist government had not liked this movie and withdrew it, even though it was anti-Soviet. The fascists took it as possibly anti-fascist as well.
Remembering Tim Curry, 1946-2026, with a photo of a regular on her way to a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the New Yorker Theater. (Jan Wein - Midnight At The New Yorker Theater, NYC, 1980.)
I don’t know the dates this film played. I remember the pile of 35mm film cans. This was even longer than Bertolucci’s 5 hour, 17 minute uncut “1900” which also played here earlier.
I’m glad I saw this here at the time. Google: “This is a highly-rated but often forgotten psychological thriller directed by Robert Enrico. It features a score by the legendary composer Ennio Morricone.”
I believe that by October of that year the signage for Italy Cinema would be installed on the outside of the Atwood Avenue side of the building and newspaper ads would reflect the new name.
The original film(s) ran four hours. This re-issue version ran three hours as a single film. It played art houses across the US and garnered excellent reviews.
Reprised in February 1994.
Also called the Victoria Theatre, 1913.
The Mussolini fascist government had not liked this movie and withdrew it, even though it was anti-Soviet. The fascists took it as possibly anti-fascist as well.
A forgotten neighborhood theatre that was once beloved by the people of the Charles Street area.
This had a Christmas release in 2002, and I saw it here at the Apple Valley Cinemas on December 26 of that year.
Remembering Tim Curry, 1946-2026, with a photo of a regular on her way to a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the New Yorker Theater. (Jan Wein - Midnight At The New Yorker Theater, NYC, 1980.)
Marco Tullio Giordana directed this Italian masterpiece.
I don’t know the dates this film played. I remember the pile of 35mm film cans. This was even longer than Bertolucci’s 5 hour, 17 minute uncut “1900” which also played here earlier.
During World War II.
If not the first, it was one of the first films I ever saw at the Cable Car. A few months after it opened.
I’m glad I saw this here at the time. Google: “This is a highly-rated but often forgotten psychological thriller directed by Robert Enrico. It features a score by the legendary composer Ennio Morricone.”
The Leroy Theatre, across the street on the left, would not open until May 1923, four years after this photo.
Nice!
The Cable Car would close on May 28, 2018 with the film “RBG” on DCP.
A 1929 film release.
Norma Shearer film. “The Divorcée”? Maybe.
Originally called Andersen’s Theatre. Photo posted.
The film supplier would be Casolaro-Giglio of lower Manhattan.
I believe that by October of that year the signage for Italy Cinema would be installed on the outside of the Atwood Avenue side of the building and newspaper ads would reflect the new name.
As the Four Seasons Cinema.
The films on this program were from 1941 and 1944.
“Abbasso la richezza!” Gennaro Righelli, 1947.
Two stars appeared in person.
The original film(s) ran four hours. This re-issue version ran three hours as a single film. It played art houses across the US and garnered excellent reviews.
“Little Boy Lost” was a 1953 film.