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Italian Cines Company
The Italian Cines Company (also known as Società Italiana Cines or simply Cines) was an Italian film company founded on April 1, 1906, specializing in producing and distributing films. They were a major film company in the European film industry before World War I took place. The company saw multiple relaunches after the deaths of former presidents until it ceased operations in 1958 and was liquidated by the Finance Ministry.
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Visuals: On a black background, there is the she-wolf who raised Romulus and Remus with the two babies nursing from her. Below the wolf and Romulus and Remus is a rectangle with "CINES" inside.
Technique: A still printed image.
Audio: None.
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Visuals: Within an outline of a circle is a large flower. Outside of it are two leaves leaning over the circle with one leaf filling a fairly small gap between it and the outline white. They also surround the bottom text "CINES" in a slightly arched format.
Variant: Later films use an in-credit version of the logo. Where a slightly altered star and leaves appearing in front of the bottom part of a frame, with the frame itself having the word "CINES" in it, filling up most of the frames' inside. Sometimes, the "CINES" text is absent from the logo.
Technique: A still printed image.
Audio: None.
Availability Notes: Appeared on their films from this period as well as several American films they distributed in the Netherlands such as Oh, You Ragtime! and When the Earth Trembled, plastering the Lubin Manufacturing Company's logo on the latter film. The aforementioned Dutch prints as well as Eyefilm's may retain this logo or not.
| Media Title | Date(s) of Release | Additional Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| L'industria della carta nell'isola del Liri IMDb | December 20, 1909 | First appearance |
| Oh, You Ragtime! IMDb | April 18, 1912 | It plasters the Lubin Manufacturing Company's logo on the latter film. |
| Il marengo di Tontolini IMDb | June 7, 1912 | |
| Lea si diverte IMDb | July 5, 1912 | |
| When the Earth Trembled IMDb | November 2, 1913 | It plasters the Lubin Manufacturing Company's logo on the latter film. |
| Rapallo | 1914 | Blue tinted variant |
| Papà IMDb | April 1915 | |
| Malombra IMDb | January 1917 | In-credit variant |
| Satan's Rhapsody (Rapsodia satanica) IMDb | July 1917 | In-credit variant |
| Carnevalesca IMDb | July 1918 | Last appearance; in-credit variant |
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Visuals: On a black background, there is a frame consisting of flowers with the text "MARCA DEPOSITATA" above it. On the top part of a frame is the she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus as before. In the center of the frame is the word "CINES" with "ROMA" below it. On the bottom of the screen is a mask with boxes on either side with "ARS" on the left part and "LABOR" on the right.
Technique: A still printed image.
Audio: None.
| Media Title | Date(s) of Release | Additional Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| The Magic Pills (Pillole portentose) IMDb | April 18, 1910 | First appearance |
| Tontolini and Hypnotism IMDb | December 1, 1910 | |
| Greediness Spoiled Foolshead's Christmas (Come fu che l’ingordigia rovinò il Natale a Cretinetti) IMDb | December 16, 1910 | |
| Tontolini ipnotizzato IMDb | December 1910 | |
| Agrippina IMDb | January 7, 1911 | |
| Le violiniste della carità IMDb | March 8, 1911 | |
| Richard the Lion-Hearted IMDb | December 1911 | Last appearance |
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