As always, some wonderful vintage images from our friends at European Film Star Postcards:
Quo vadis?
EFSP is back in Bologna, Italy, for Cinema Ritrovato 2021.
Finally! Till the end of the festival, our blog posts will be connected
to the festival programme. Within 'The Century of Cinema: 1901', Cinema
Ritrovato presents Ferdinand Zecca’s silent short Quo vadis?
(1901) produced by Pathé Frères. On this occasion, Ivo Blom selected a
series of postcards and additional materials on stage and screen
adaptations of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s famous novel 'Quo vadis?', as well
as some early 20th century illustrated postcards. Another early
adaptation is the silent Italian epic Quo vadis? (Enrico
Guazzoni, 1913) produced by the Cines. Worldwide, the film was the
biggest box-office hit of the year. The film had many relaunches, all
through the silent era and.....read and see much more here.
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