International Studies Conference on Cines - Pittaluga and the others: the section in Turin dedicated to acting, music and dancing and presentation of the Pittaluga project by the National Cinema Museum.

The second part of the International Studies Conference on "CINES Pittaluga and the others. Acting, music and dancing” will take place at the Mario Gromo Library/Mediatheque. The initiative promoters are: the “Cinestory” – Consolidate the Foundations 2015 Research Project and the Tor Vergata University of Rome Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Training and Society. The Conference is organised in collaboration with AIRSC- Italian Association for Film History Research, Intesa San Paolo Historical Archive, CRAD – Research Centre on Acting and Stardom, DAMS – University of Turin, National Cinema Museum, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia- National Film Archive Research.

Conference Programme

9.30 a.m.

Board greetings

Donatella Orecchia - Luca Mazzei, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome

Introduction

Presentation of the National Cinema Museum Pittaluga Project

Presentation of the “Image. Notes on Film History” n. 16 dossier

Before Cinecittà. The Cines - Pittaluga experience (1929-1935)

10.00 a.m. – 1st session

Chair: Giulia Carluccio

Teresa Megale, University of Florence

A glance back and one ahead: Petrolini, commedia dell’Arte and the film camera

Lucia Cardone and Stefania Rimini, University of Sassari and University of Catania

Reflected stars. Valli, De Giorgi and films that talk to the heart

Anna Masecchia, University of Naples

Good for sound! Vittorio De Sica and the advent of sound film

3.00 p.m. – 2nd session

Chair: Donatella Orecchia

Denis Lotti, University of Udine

Crash! Armando Falconi at Cines

Serena Facci, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome

Singing performance at Pittaluga

Giulia Taddeo, University of Bologna

Modern gestures. Cinema as an antidote to the crisis in Italian theatrical dancing

Andrea Scappa, “La Sapienza” University of Rome

Sergio Tòfano, a ‘modern’ actor at Cines