IN THE DARK

2 Original 1920 British 12 inch x 8 inch Trade Advertisements from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1919 Augusto Genina Italian Comedy IN THE DARK (LA DONNA E IL CADAVERE) starring Alberto Pasquali, Ria Bruna, Vasco Creti and Gabriel Moreau.

Augusto Genina (1892 – 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director. Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the Il Mondo Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the “Film d’Arte Italiana”, that produces his first film “La moglie di sua eccellenza”. In 1929 Genina moved to France to direct Louise Brooks in sonorized film Miss Europe. He studied sound techniques and worked in France and Germany in same but alternate languages film versions which were filmed simultaneously, before his return to Italy.

The Advertisements are in very good condition.