CEA Studios

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]

Cinematografía Española Americana S.A.
CEA Studios
Native name
Estudios CEA
TypePrivate
IndustryFilm
Founded17 March 1932 (1932-03-17)
Defunct4 April 1977 (1977-04-04)
HeadquartersCiudad Lineal,
Madrid
,
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
  1. 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.
  2. "The disappeared film studios that gave the CEA bridge its name". ABC (in Spanish). 27 February 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "When Canillas was Moscow in «Doctor Zhivago»". ABC (in Spanish). 11 January 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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