level: Early Italian Cinema
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Early Italian Cinema
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the first films of? | Daily activities |
| Most popular films of Early Italian Cinema | Historical Epics & Costume Dramas |
| Main reasons for decline of early Italian cinema | Hollywood and preferred US filmmaking |
| Beginning of cinema: City and Year | Paris, 1895 |
| First film in Italy | King Umberto and Margherita of Savoy Strolling in the Park, 1896 |
| Audience of Early Italian cinema | Unsophisticated Italians, half of whom were illiterate |
| How Italians first watched films | Cafes, theatres, fairs - then later Film theatres (1905-1906) |
| Opener of one of first film theatres, and where | Filoteo Alberini in Florence |
| Considered one of most important films worldwide during Silent Era | Cabiria (1914) |
| History based film (Early Cinema) | Taking of Rome (1905) |