Editing Cinema of Italy (section)

====Hollywood on the Tiber (1950s–1960s)====
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[[File:Cuadrigas de Ben Hur (1959).jpg|thumb|300px|American film ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' by [[William Wyler]] (1959) was shot at the Cinecittà studios and on location around Rome during the "[[Hollywood on the Tiber]]" era.]]
[[Hollywood on the Tiber]] is a phrase used to describe the period in the 1950s and 1960s when the Italian capital of [[Rome]] emerged as a major location for international [[filmmaking]] attracting many foreign productions to the [[Cinecittà]] studios, the largest film studio in [[Europe]].<ref name="ciakmagazine"/> By contrast to the native Italian film industry, these movies were made in [[English language|English]] for global release. Although the primary markets for such films were American and British audiences, they enjoyed widespread popularity in other countries, including Italy.

In the late 1940s, [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] studios began to shift production abroad to Europe. Italy was, along with Britain, one of the major destinations for American film companies. Large-budget films shot at Cinecittà during the "Hollywood on the Tiber" era such as ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' (1951), ''[[Roman Holiday]]'' (1953), ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1959), and ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'' (1963) were made in English with international casts and sometimes, but not always, Italian settings or themes.

The heyday of what was dubbed '"Hollywood on the Tiber" was between 1950 and 1970, during which time many of the most famous names in world cinema made films in Italy. The phrase "Hollywood on Tiber", a reference to the [[Tiber|river that runs through Rome]], was coined in 1950 by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine during the making of ''Quo Vadis''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard |last=Wrigley|title=Cinematic Rome|publisher=Troubador Publishing|year=2008|page=52|isbn=978-1906510282}}</ref>

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File:Quo Vadis (1951) trailer 8.jpg|''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' by [[Mervyn LeRoy]] (1951)
File:Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck on Vespa in Roman Holiday trailer.jpg|[[Gregory Peck]] and [[Audrey Hepburn]] in ''[[Roman Holiday]]'' by [[William Wyler]] (1953)
File:Taylor and Burton Cleopatra.jpg|[[Richard Burton]] and [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'' by [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] (1963)
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