Itallywood

English

1918, Italian-American actor Bull Montana signing his publicity photo with "Itallywood"

Alternative form

• Italywood

Etymology

Blend of Italy +‎ Hollywood, more popular in the silent film era.

Proper noun

Itallywood

1. (rare) Italian actors and directors working in Hollywood
   • 2002, Simon Louvish, Stan and Ollie, the Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy‎^[1], page 355:

     Hal Roach Goes Italywood. Hal Roach of bathing beauty and film comedy fame, and Vittorio Mussolini, Il Duce's flying son, announced tonight formation of an equal partnership for production of motion pictures.

   • 2014, Timothy J. Johnson, Barbara Ottaviani-Jones, “The Virgin Mary on Screen: Mater Dei or Just a Mother in Guido Chiesa’s Io Sono con Te (I Am with You)”, in Journal of Religion & Film‎^[2], page 14:

     From a critical, cinematic point of view, certainly Io Sono con Te can be easily placed within the current, and unfortunately rare category of “contemporary Italian art films” that stand out in contrast for style and themes from en vogue cinepanettone and Itallywood movies.

Related terms

• Bollywood, Kollywood, Mollywood, Nollywood, and similar, see Category:en:Film industries.