1950 ca, ROMA, ITALY : The celebrated gates of Cinecittà at time of releasing of american movie QUO VADIS by Mervyn LeRoy. Founded in 1937 by Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, the studios were bombed by the Western Allies during World War II. In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini