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On 23 Feb 1924, Exhibitors Herald reported that Fox Film Corporation president William Fox decided to produce an adaptation of the fourteenth-century Dante Alighieri poem, Inferno. According to the Jul 1924 issue of Picture and Picturegoer, the Fox film marked the first American screen version of Dante’s work, which had been adapted several times in both Italy and England. Although the 22 Mar 1924 Exhibitors Herald referred to the project as The Inferno, the film was ultimately titled Dante’s Inferno.
       A 17 Sep 1924 Var item announced that Dante’s Inferno was scheduled to debut at the Central Theatre in New York City on Monday, 29 Sep 1924. On 1 Oct 1924, Var reported that the picture earned an impressive one-day total of $3,000, while the 17 Dec 1924 Var projected “record-breaking” attendance from patrons at the Criterion Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.
       Dante's Inferno was restored by Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation with support from the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). ...

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On 23 Feb 1924, Exhibitors Herald reported that Fox Film Corporation president William Fox decided to produce an adaptation of the fourteenth-century Dante Alighieri poem, Inferno. According to the Jul 1924 issue of Picture and Picturegoer, the Fox film marked the first American screen version of Dante’s work, which had been adapted several times in both Italy and England. Although the 22 Mar 1924 Exhibitors Herald referred to the project as The Inferno, the film was ultimately titled Dante’s Inferno.
       A 17 Sep 1924 Var item announced that Dante’s Inferno was scheduled to debut at the Central Theatre in New York City on Monday, 29 Sep 1924. On 1 Oct 1924, Var reported that the picture earned an impressive one-day total of $3,000, while the 17 Dec 1924 Var projected “record-breaking” attendance from patrons at the Criterion Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.
       Dante's Inferno was restored by Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation with support from the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA).

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