The Società Italiana Cines (''Italian Cines Company'') is a film company specializing in production and distribution of films. The company was founded on 1 April 1906. A major force in the European film industry before the First World War, the company took part in the

Paris Film Congress The Paris Film Congress was a major meeting of European film producers and distributors in the French capital Paris from 2–4 February 1909. It intended to create an association to protect the interests of the participants through the formation of ...

in 1909, a failed attempt to create a cartel similar to the MPPC in the United States. In 1926 the company was taken over by Stefano Pittaluga who oversaw production until his death in 1932.

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served as head of production for a year following Pittaluga's death. In 1930, at the time of the rebirth of Italian cinema, the old label had produced The Song of Love, the first sound film in Italy. The new

Cines Studios The Cines Studios were film production 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 so ...

were constructed in Rome and functioned as the country's most important film studios until they were destroyed in a fire in 1935. Under the leadership of Carlo Roncoroni it was involved in the state-backed project to build Cinecitta which opened in 1937. Following Roncoroni's death, the company was nationalised under the ENIC umbrella. It was relaunched in 1941 as part of the

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government's scheme to boost film production. It survived the fall of Mussolini and continued into the postwar era. Image edited

In 1956, he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer. However, in 1958, the Cines ceased operations and was liquidated by the Finance Ministry. In 2006, on the occasion of the centenary of the very first foundation, through the work of the editorial group Persians Publisher - New Media Entertainment has been given life to a new cine, with an essentially private, who recovered the brand and the artistic legacy of the previous management.

Selected filmography

* '' Beatrice Cenci'' (1909) * ''

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Broken Idol ''Broken Idol'' (Italian:''Idolo infranto'') is a 1913 Italian silent film directed by Emilio Ghione and starring Francesca Bertini, Angelo Gallina and Alberto Collo.Moliterno p.150 Cast * Francesca Bertini * Angelo Gallina * Alberto Collo A ...

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'' (1913) * ''

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'' (1914) * '' Hamlet'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1927) * '' Kif Tebbi'' (1928) * '' The Song of Love'' (1930) * '' Nerone'' (1930) * ''

When Naples Sings ''When Naples Sings'' (Italian:''Napoli che canta'') is a 1926 Italian film directed by Roberto Roberti.Bertellini p.65 Cast * Rodolfo De Angelis * Adolfo Della Monica * Tecla Scarano References Bibliography * Giorgio Bertellini Giorg ...

'' (1930) * '' Courtyard'' (1931) * ''

Before the Jury ''Before the Jury'' (Italian title:''Corte d'Assise'') is a 1931 Italian crime film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Marcella Albani, Lia Franca and Carlo Ninchi. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film is a precursor to the lat ...

'' (1931) * '' Figaro e la Sua Gran Giornata'' (1931) * '' Resurrection'' (1931) * ''

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The Devil's Lantern ''The Devil's Lantern'' (Italian: ''La lanterna del diavolo'') is a 1931 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Nella Maria Bonora, Donatella Neri, and Carlo Gualandri.Mancini p.54 It was made at the Cines Studios in Rom ...

'' (1931) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * '' The Private Secretary'' (1931) * '' The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Your Money or Your Life'' (1932) * '' Paradise'' (1932) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1932) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * '' Pergolesi'' (1932) * '' The Opera Singer'' (1932) * '' What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932) * '' The Table of the Poor'' 1932) * '' Palio'' (1932) * '' The Blue Fleet'' (1932) * '' The Haller Case'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1933) * '' Model Wanted'' (1933) * '' Together in the Dark'' (1933) * '' Giallo'' (1933) * '' The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * '' Seconda B'' (1934) * '' Loyalty of Love'' (1934) * '' Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) * '' After Casanova's Fashion'' (1942) * ''

The Jester's Supper ''La cena delle beffe'' (''The Jesters' Supper'') is an opera in four acts composed by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Sem Benelli adapted from his 1909 The Jester's Supper (play), play of the same name. The opera premiered on 20 Decem ...

'' (1942) * '' Sleeping Beauty'' (1942) * '' Before the Postman'' (1942) * '' Music on the Run'' (1943) * '' Sad Loves'' (1943) * '' Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) * '' Charley's Aunt'' (1943) * '' Harlem'' (1943) * '' The Innkeeper'' (1944) * '' The Priest's Hat'' (1944) * '' What a Distinguished Family'' (1945) * '' Night Taxi'' (1950) * '' Devotion'' (1950) * '' Four Ways Out'' (1951) * '' His Last Twelve Hours'' (1951) * '' Honeymoon Deferred'' (1951) * '' In Olden Days'' (1952) * ''

Leathernose ''Leathernose'' (French: ''Nez de cuir'', Italian: ''Naso di cuoio'') is a 1952 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe and Mariella Lotti.Hayward p.68 It is an adaptation of ...

'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) * '' A Hundred Years of Love'' (1954) * '' Symphony of Love'' (1954) * '' The Two Friends'' (1955) * '' Wives and Obscurities'' (1956)

Bibliography

*Riccardo Redi, ''La Cines. Storia di una casa di produzione italiana'', Persiani Editore, Bologna 2009. * Marina Nicoli. ''The Rise and Fall of the Italian Film Industry''. Taylor & Francis, 2016.

External links

Official Cines website (english version)Video the Cines History (italian)

References

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