Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>November 25, 1949</p>
  • <p>The 2007 Italian film by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani “The Lark Farm” (La masseria delle allodole) dealt with the horrors inflicted by the Turks on ethnic Armenians during the infamous 1915 genocide and on one family in particular. It was shown at the Columbus (Uptown) Theatre in August 2009 as a program of the Rhode Island International Film Festival.</p>
  • <p>“Bread and Chocolate” was a 1974 Italian film which was released in the US in 1978. It was very popular in many areas. At the Cable Car Cinema it played in second run and later would be programmed here several times by the Italian Film Society of RI in the early to late 1980s.</p>
  • <p>Image of Sara Scuderi, a retired operatic soprano who was living in the Casa di Riposo established by Verdi in Milan. The 1984 film “Il bacio di Tosca” dealt with the lives of the residents. Shown here in 1985 and 1987 in 16mm.</p>
  • <p>This three-hour film masterpiece was based on stories set in Pirandello’s Sicily. Presented in 35mm by the Italian Film Society of RI. October 25, 1987.</p>
  • <p>Alberto Lattuada’s “La Spiaggia” (Riviera) was shown in 35mm on October 19, 1986 by the Italian Film Society of RI at the Cable Car Cinema. Starring Martine Carol, it had been featured in MoMA’s “Commedia all'italiana” series. It had first been released in 1954.</p>
  • <p>Bertolucci’s 1968 film “Partner” was not shown in too many places, but it did have a public screening here at the Cable Car on May 22, 1988 twenty years after being made. A program of The Italian Film Society of RI.</p>
  • <p>Showing Roger Vadim’s 1966 “The Game is Over.”</p>
  • <p>Edoardo Torricella as Paul in Roberto Rossellini’s 1969 mini-series “Acts of the Apostles,” Shown here as a five-hour film in two parts in March 1982. The English-language version from the Don Bosco Society. Presented in 16mm by the Italian Film Society of RI as a free Holy Week program.</p>
  • <p>Documentary “I Am Anna Magnani” by Belgian filmmaker Chris Vermorcken, 1980. Shown here in 35mm on May 20, 1984. A portrait of the legendary Italian actress.</p>
  • <p>This wonderful movie with Sophia Loren from 1990 played here circa 1996 and was also handled for special distribution on behalf of the Italian production company that owned it. “Saturday, Sunday and Monday.”</p>
  • <p>In 1966. “Nevada Smith.”</p>
  • <p>Antonioni’s 1957 “Il grido” shown here in 35mm on March 13 & 14, 1993. Italian Film Society of RI.</p>
  • <p>This 1990 Italian film by Lina Wertmüller was shown at the Cable Car for three weekends in 1996 in 35mm, subtitled. It’s one of Loren’s best performances ever. It was not released commercially in the US.</p>
  • <p>Source: Columbus Dispatch 1948</p>
  • <p>August 27, 1993. NYT review of Léolo in the Providence Journal.</p>
  • <p>1973 photo.</p>
  • <p>Print ad for “The Last Picture Show” with a small drawing of the Royal Theater.</p>
  • <p>This in credible French-Canadian film masterpiece played here February 19 to 27, 1994. It had opened a year earlier at the Avon.</p>
  • <p>April 8, 1951. Probably the first movie I ever saw at the Avon Cinema in Providence was this 1951 release of the 1949 “La Forza del Destino,” the opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The Leonora was Nelly Corradi (voice, Caterina Mancini) , Seen here are Mira Vargas as Preziosilla and Tito Gobbi as Don Carlos, Alvaro was performed by Gino Saltimberghi (voice, Galliano Mancini). It was directed by Carmine Gallone, assisted by Sergio Leone! It was my first opera too. I was nine years old. No doubt my parents went because it was advertised on the local Italian radio station which they listened to.</p>
  • <p>Providence exhibition of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s extremely controversial, often banned, 1975 Italian film “Salo' or the 120 Days of Sodom.” First RI showings here the weekend of December 2, 1988. 35mm.</p>
  • <p>A 1912 Italian silent, playing here in 1913. It starred Maria Jacobini and was directed by Girolamo Lo Savio. Then called the Victoria Theatre.</p>
  • <p>Here’s another peek at what’s possible for Downtown Attleboro: a rendering of the view from the Balcony overlooking the renovated Union Theatre. From “The Union Theatre Revival”, Facebook, 8-14-24. This is a rendering, not a photo of an actual completed restoration.</p>
  • <p>Shown at the Cable Car on February 7, 1988 in 35mm. X-Rated film by Marco Bellocchio, an Italian Film Society of RI program.</p>
  • <p>“The Village Blacksmith” by John Ford, 1922, played here in March 1923. It is now a lost film except for a fragment which survives and can be seen on YouTube. It’s the very exciting finale.</p>
  • <p>August 18, 1939. First Providence showing.</p>