Apr 22nd   
Nights of Cabiria**    
(Ita/Fra 1957)   
Les Films Marceau/Dino De Laurentiis. 118m. bw

A feisty prostitute is nearly drowned by her lover, find other acquaintances in her travels around Rome, then finds true love only for the first occurrence to repeat itself.  
Quintessential comedy melodrama by Fellini with lots of Italians shouting at each other and falling in and out of love, and some occasional moments of profound reflection. Later remade as the musical Sweet Charity.

Written by:Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullia Pinelli, Paolo Pasolini. 
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis.
Director: Federico Fellini.
Starring: Giuletta Masina, Franca Marzi, Amedeo Nazzari (as "Alberto Lazzari"), Francois Perier, Dorian Gray, Aldo Silvani, Franco Fabrizi,
Photography: Aldo Tonti, Otello Martelli.
Music: Nino Rota.

Preceded by:
How to Sleep**
(US 1935. MGM. 11m. bw; w, s: Robert Benchley; d: Nick Grinde.)