Cinema Sordomuti
Via Nosadella, 51,
Bologna
40123
Via Nosadella, 51,
Bologna
40123
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Previous Names: Teatro Nazionale
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Originally opened in the 1800’s as the Teatro Nazionale presenting variety shows. In 1929 it became the Cinema Sordomuti. It seems to have been associated with the Istituto Gualandi per Sordomuti e Sordomute, an institute for the deaf, founded in the 19th Century. The film programs, for which flyers exist, were family-oriented. The building still stands today, use unknown.
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The film showings in their cinema were probably meant to raise funds for their work with the deaf.
Numerous flyers for this theatre from the 1930s survive and reveal a variety of very good programming of Italian and non-Italian films. A number of them have been posted. Most of the admission prices were between one and three liras, depending on the location. Galleria (balcony) seats were more expensive than orchestra seats; that was true of most cinemas in Italy.
The place had a long previous history in the 19th Century, when it was used for variety shows as the Teatro Nazionale, before being transformed after 1929 into a movie theatre.