Release Anniversary: Mille lire al mese — January 1, 1939

Mille lire al mese, directed by Max Neufeld, gave Italian a phrase that outlived it — the modest, secure salary of a clerk with a permanent job. Alida Valli, eighteen, starred alongside Osvaldo Valenti; the Enciclopedia del Cinema calls it the symbol and manifesto of a country that wanted a quiet life of small comforts rather than heroism.

A note on this date. solo il mese di uscita è documentato (gennaio 1939); il giorno esatto non è confermato da nessuna fonte trovata, e qui è fissato convenzionalmente al 1° del mese We publish it with the warning rather than leave the page out, and if you know the exact day — a programme, a censorship record, a newspaper listing — write to Sofia and we will confirm or correct it.

Dates verified on English Wikipedia, A Thousand Lire a Month (release listed as January 1939, day not given).