Once again, San Francisco celebrated the great success of Cinema Italia with the all-celluloid "Anna Magnani - A Film Series" at the iconic Castro Theatre on Saturday, September 24. The series began with a long line for the legendary first film at 1pm, with Roberto Rossellini's "Roma Città Aperta", with a excited crowd wrapping around the block down Castro Street.

The house warmly welcomed Program Director Amelia Antonucci and continued to attend the other three movies of the day. Luchino Visconti's "Bellissima", set at Cinecittà Studios followed. The main evening film was "The Rose Tattoo" from American director Daniel Mann, which Magnani starred alongside Burt Lancaster and which garnered her the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano