Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Biography
Arrangement of the Collection
Indexing terms
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: The collection consists of transcripts of press conferences conducted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association featuring
various actors, and some directors, promoting recently released feature films and television series. There is no material
on Brunetti's acting career.
Collector:
Brunetti, Argentina
Dates: 1983-1994
Dates: 1990-1994
Collection number: 370
Collection Size:
2 linear ft. of papers
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Available by appointment only.
Publication Rights
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all
necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing
materials obtained from the library.
Preferred Citation
Argentina Brunetti papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Argentina Brunetti, 1996
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Argentina Brunetti papers span the years 1983-1994 (bulk 1990-1994) and encompass 2 linear feet. The collection only contains
material from her career as a journalist and consists of production, television, and subject series. The production series
is comprised of files containing copyrighted press conference transcripts by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association featuring
various actors (and sometimes directors) promoting recently released feature films. The television series consists of similar
files containing copyrighted press conference transcripts by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association featuring actors from
contemporary episodic television programs and movies made for television. The transcripts of the question-and-answer sessions
were made by the HFPA and distributed to its members. The subject series is arranged alphabetically by personal name and consists
of similar transcripts of press conferences not related to a specific film or television production.
Biography
Argentina Brunetti (1907-2005) was born Argentina Ferrau in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She began her professional career at
the age of three with a walk-on role in the Italian production of the opera “Cavalleria Rusticana.” She had an active career
as a supporting player in Europe and South America before emigrating to the United States in 1937, where she was put under
contract by MGM to dub the voices of such stars as Norma Shearer and Jeanette MacDonald for the Italian prints of their films.
In 1946 she became a narrator for the “Voice of America,” interviewing American movie stars for broadcast in Italy. She made
her U.S. feature film debut with a small part in GILDA (1946) and later that same year was given her first speaking role in
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946). In the mid-1950s she began working in television. She became a member of the Hollywood Foreign
Press Association in 1965 and wrote a weekly column for Italian-language journals in Canada and Italy. She appeared in over
140 feature films and television shows over the course of her career.
Arrangement of the Collection
1. Production files; 2. Television files; 3. Subject files.
Indexing terms
Journalists