----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Italian film industry's skill with dubbing is a legacy of fascism. As I understand it, during the fascist years all films had to be shown in Italian, regardless of the original language. There were several issues underlying this policy. The result is clear in the facility of the Italian industry in translating and dubbing of overseas product. For a while, before the modernization of Italian studios, even Italian films were dubbed, especially exteriors. In the absence of adequately sound-proofed sound stages it was just easier to do what they had been doing throughout the 'thirties and 'forties. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> SCREENsite -- A Film/TV-studies site on the World Wide Web URL:http://www.sa.ua.edu/TCF/welcome.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------