Editing Cinema of Italy (section)

==== Comic short films (1910s) ====
The most successful comedian in Italy was [[André Deed]], better known in Italy as ''Cretinetti'', star of comic short film for [[Itala Film]]. Its success paved the way for [[Marcel Fabre]] (''Robinet''), [[Ernesto Vaser]] (''Fricot'') and many others. The only actor of a certain substance, however, was [[Ferdinand Guillaume]], who became famous with the stage name of ''Polidor''.<ref>{{cite book| author=Vv.Aa. |title=I comici del muto italiano |publisher=Griffithiana |pages=24–25 |year=1985|language=it}}{{No ISBN}}</ref>

The historical interest of these films lay in their ability to reveal the aspirations and fears of a petty-bourgeois society torn between the desire for affirmation and the uncertainties of the present. It was significant that the protagonists of Italian comedians never place themselves in open contrast with society or embody the desire for social revenge (as happens for example with [[Charlie Chaplin]]), but rather tried to integrate into a strongly desired world.<ref>{{cite book|first=Gian Piero|last=Brunetta|title=Cinema muto italiano|publisher=Laterza|year=2009|page=46|isbn=978-8858113837|language=it}}</ref>