The Cines Studios were
film production
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...
studios located in the Italian capital
Rome. They were established on Via Veio in 1930 by
Stefano Pittaluga, head of the
Cines film company, at the beginning of the
sound era. It produced Italy's first sound film ''
The Song of Love'' the same year. For several years it was the leading studio complex in Italy, until September 1935 when it suffered a major fire and was largely destroyed. This became a spur for the Italian government of
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...
to invest in the construction of a new development
Cinecittà , the largest studio in Europe which opened in 1937.
The refurbished Cines studios continued to operate until 1956, but were often rented out for the use of other companies.
[Moliterno p.85]
References
Bibliography
* Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century''. Princeton University Press, 2009.
*Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.
* Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
* Shawn Levy. ''Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome''. Hachette UK, 2016.
Italian film studios
Buildings and structures in Rome
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