ITA240Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Max Linder, Arturo Ambrosio, Mario Caserini
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Comics, serials, historical epics and strongman: a different but also quite profitable production format was based on the serialization of characters and narratives, as in comedies, detective and crime films, and the strongman adventures. The first italian comic film was il finto storpio del castello [the fake cripple of the castle, 1896] by italo. Boireau, and then to italy with turin"s itala film company as the character cretinetti, In 1909, the first cretinetti films appeared to national and international acclaim, and the series lasted through 1991, when deed returned to france. Charlie chaplin, fatty arbuckle and buster keaton: the underdeveloped avenue of the sophisticated comedy, exemplified in the late 1910s and early. 1920s by the film of lucio d"ambra, yielded few lasting results. Pompeii: the 1908 version was directed by arturo ambrosio and luigi maggi, the 1913 version by mario caserini and eleuterio rodolfi, and produced by ambrosio: based on the 1834 novel by edward bulwer-lytton.
