VIEWING CUE: Gilda and Rome Open City

The end of World War II marked a distinct change in world film history. In 1946, when Gilda (Charles Vidor) was released, movie attendance reached its highest level in the United States, with more than 90 million weekly admissions, only to drop off sharply with the coming of television and other challenges to the studio system. In Italy in 1945, the vast movie studio complex Cinecitta was occupied by refugees, and Roberto Rossellini filmed Rome Open City on location.

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