Television (1931 film)

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Television
Directed by Charles de Rochefort
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Fernando Risi
Edited by Otello Colangeli
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
September 1931
CountryUnited States
Language Italian

Television (Italian: Televisione) is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Charles de Rochefort and starring Anna Maria Dossena, Silvio Orsini and Amina Pirani Maggi. [1]

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Adapted from the play by Howard Irving Young, it was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris. Paramount Pictures was pursuing a strategy of producing multiple-language versions there, and this film was made in several different languages. The film's sets were designed by Paolo Reni.

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  1. Waldman p.162

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