Safa-Palatino
The Safa Palatino Studios are a complex of film and television studios in the Italian capital Rome. It is owned by Mediaset, who use it for the production of television programmes. Historically, the site was used as a film studio from the 1930s to the 1970s. Although smaller than the better-known Cinecittà, a significant number of films were made there including '' Bicycle Thieves'' (1948).Gordon p.112 In 1983 the studios were bought by Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies .... Bibliography * Gordon, Robert. ''Bicycle Thieves''. British Film Institute, 2008. * Kezich, Tullio. ''Federico Fellini: His Life and Work''. I.B.Tauris, 2007. References Bibliography * Gordon, Robert. ''Bicycle Thieves''. British Film Institute, 2008. * Kezich, Tullio. ''Feder ...
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Film Studio
A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company or motion picture company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to make films, which is handled by the production company. Most firms in the entertainment industry have never owned their own studios, but have rented space from other companies. There are also independently owned studio facilities, who have never produced a motion picture of their own because they are not entertainment companies or motion picture companies; they are companies who sell only studio space. Beginnings In 1893, Thomas Edison built the first movie studio in the United States when he constructed the Black Maria, a tarpaper-covered structure near his laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey, and asked circus, vaudeville, and dramatic actors to perform for the camera. He distributed these movies at vaudeville theaters, penny arcades, wax museums, and fairgrounds. The first ...