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'''Two Cities Films''' was a British film production company. Formed in 1937, it was originally envisaged as a production company operating in the two cities of ] and ] which gave the company its name. '''Two Cities Films''' is a British film production company. Formed in 1937, it was originally envisaged as operating both in London and in ], and this fact gave the company its name.


The driving forces behind the company were the flamboyant, Italian-born ],<ref name="Filippo Del Giudice - Biography - IMDb">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0215571/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Filippo del Giudice|website=]}}</ref> and his partner the multitalented ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952761/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Mario Zampi|website=]}}</ref> born in ], ] who often worked in the dual role of director and producer. Two Cities produced a number of ]<ref name="Reference A">Tom Ryall, Encyclopedia of British Film</ref> film classics including the most popular British film from the wartime period, '']'' (1942).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034891/|title = In Which We Serve|website = ]}}</ref> The driving forces behind the company were the flamboyant, Italian-born ],<ref name="Filippo Del Giudice - Biography - IMDb">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0215571/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Filippo del Giudice|website=]}}</ref> and his partner the multitalented ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952761/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Mario Zampi|website=IMDb}}</ref> born in ], ], who often worked in the dual role of director and producer. Two Cities produced a number of ]<ref name="Reference A">Tom Ryall, Encyclopedia of British Film</ref> film classics including the most popular British film from the wartime period, '']'' (1942).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034891/|title = In Which We Serve|website =IMDb}}</ref>


Other Two Cities films such as '']'' (1944), '']'' (1944), '']'' (1944), '']'' (1945), and '']'' (1945) contributed significantly to the high critical reputation acquired by the British cinema of the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/477004/index.html|title = BFI Screenonline: Film Studios and Industry Bodies > Two Cities Films}}</ref><ref name="Reference A" /> The Two Cities films '']'', '']'', Laurence Olivier's patriotic epic '']'' (all 1944), '']'', and '']'' (both 1945) contributed significantly to the high critical reputation acquired by the British cinema of the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/477004/index.html|title = BFI Screenonline: Film Studios and Industry Bodies > Two Cities Films}}</ref><ref name="Reference A" />


In the mid-1940s Two Cities Films became part of the ]. It was raising the finances for the production of Laurence Olivier's patriotic epic Henry V (1944) totalling 470,000 pounds, which forced Filippo Del Giudice to surrender his controlling interest in the company to the Rank Organisation.<ref name="Filippo Del Giudice - Biography - IMDb" /> In the mid-1940s Two Cities Films became part of the ]. Filippo Del Giudice had found himself forced to surrender the company's independence because of the strain on its finances produced by raising more than £470,000 for the production of ''Henry V''.<ref name="Filippo Del Giudice - Biography - IMDb" /> Under Rank the company produced key films such as '']'' (1947), '']'' (1948), and '']'' (1948).
Under Rank they produced key films such as '']'' (1947), '']'' (1948), and '']'' (1948).


Two Cities Films is now owned by ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10754849/officers|title=TWO CITIES FILMS LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK}}</ref> Two Cities Films is now owned by ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10754849/officers|title=TWO CITIES FILMS LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK}}</ref>


==New Production== ==New production==
The company went back into production in 2017 with the shooting of ''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah'', a quartet of films,''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah, part one: A Voice Crying In The Wilderness'', The company went back into production in 2017 with the shooting of ''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah'', a quartet of films: ''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah, part one: A Voice Crying In The Wilderness'', ''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah part two; Conquering Death'', ''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah part three, The Seducer'', ''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah part four'' is to be released in January 2022,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXVKNacrt7o|title = The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah, pt one a Voice Crying in the Wilderness B|website = ]| date=31 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://two-cities-films.com/files/Two-CitiesFilmsDracula.html|title = Dracula the Messiah - Two Cities Films}}</ref>
''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah part two; Conquering Death'',
''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah part three, The Seducer'',
''The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah part four'' is to be released in January 2022,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXVKNacrt7o|title = The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah, pt one a Voice Crying in the Wilderness B|website = ]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://two-cities-films.com/files/Two-CitiesFilmsDracula.html|title = Dracula the Messiah - Two Cities Films}}</ref>
''Lilith'' (2022), ''Lilith'' (2022),
''Dracula'' (2022) ''Dracula'' (2022)

Latest revision as of 14:40, 17 December 2024

British film production company

Opening logo from This Happy Breed

Two Cities Films is a British film production company. Formed in 1937, it was originally envisaged as operating both in London and in Rome, and this fact gave the company its name.

The driving forces behind the company were the flamboyant, Italian-born Filippo Del Giudice, and his partner the multitalented Mario Zampi, born in Sora, Italy, who often worked in the dual role of director and producer. Two Cities produced a number of quintessentially English film classics including the most popular British film from the wartime period, In Which We Serve (1942).

The Two Cities films This Happy Breed, The Way Ahead, Laurence Olivier's patriotic epic Henry V (all 1944), The Way to the Stars, and Blithe Spirit (both 1945) contributed significantly to the high critical reputation acquired by the British cinema of the time.

In the mid-1940s Two Cities Films became part of the Rank Organisation. Filippo Del Giudice had found himself forced to surrender the company's independence because of the strain on its finances produced by raising more than £470,000 for the production of Henry V. Under Rank the company produced key films such as Odd Man Out (1947), Hamlet (1948), and Vice Versa (1948).

Two Cities Films is now owned by Gregory Motton.

New production

The company went back into production in 2017 with the shooting of The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah, a quartet of films: The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah, part one: A Voice Crying In The Wilderness, The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah part two; Conquering Death, The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah part three, The Seducer, The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah part four is to be released in January 2022, Lilith (2022), Dracula (2022)

Select filmography

References

  1. ^ "Filippo del Giudice". IMDb.
  2. "Mario Zampi". IMDb.
  3. ^ Tom Ryall, Encyclopedia of British Film
  4. "In Which We Serve". IMDb.
  5. "BFI Screenonline: Film Studios and Industry Bodies > Two Cities Films".
  6. "TWO CITIES FILMS LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
  7. "The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah, pt one a Voice Crying in the Wilderness B". YouTube. 31 March 2021.
  8. "Dracula the Messiah - Two Cities Films".

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