CEA Studios (Spanish: Estudios CEA), acronym for Cinematografía Española Americana S.A., was a Spanish film studio and production company in Ciudad Lineal, Madrid whose facilities were opened in 1934 and were running until 1966.[1]
| CEA Studios | |
Native name | Estudios CEA |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 17 March 1932 |
| Defunct | 4 April 1977 |
| Headquarters | Ciudad Lineal, , Spain |
The Studio had six sound stages, photographic laboratories for the edition of the films, set construction workshops, dressing rooms for the actors and a rest area with a swimming pool.[2]
At CEA Studios numerous Spanish films were filmed such as Our Lady of Sorrows (1934) by Jean Grémillon[3] and The Violet Seller (1958) by Luis César Amadori,[4] and also large international productions such as The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) by Sergio Leone and Doctor Zhivago (1965) by David Lean.[5]
References
edit- ^ Pavlovic, Tatjana; Alvarez, Inmaculada; Blanco-Cano, Rosana (18 November 2008). 100 Years of Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-4051-8420-5. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "The disappeared film studios that gave the CEA bridge its name". ABC (in Spanish). 27 February 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Bolín, Guillermo (28 December 1957). "Sara Montiel will sing ten "cuplés" in "La Violetera"". Blanco y Negro (in Spanish). pp. 73–76. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "When Canillas was Moscow in "Doctor Zhivago"". ABC (in Spanish). 11 January 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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