Argentina Brunetti papers
Catalogued by Smith, Leah
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
333 S La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Published January 2023
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
folder 1
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432255
folder 2
ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432252
folder 3
AGNES OF GOD
1985--1985
Record ID: 71432256
folder 4
AIR AMERICA
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432257
folder 5
ANGELO, MY LOVE
1983--1983
Record ID: 71432258
folder 6
ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432259
folder 7
ARTHUR 2 ON THE ROCKS
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432260
folder 8
ARTICLE 99
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432261
folder 9
AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432262
folder 10
BERT RIGBY, YOU'RE A FOOL
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432263
folder 11
BIRD
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432264
folder 12
BLINK
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432265
folder 13
BOB ROBERTS
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432266
folder 14
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432267
folder 15
CHAPLIN
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432268
folder 16
CIAO, PROFESSORE!
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432269
folder 17
CITY SLICKERS
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432270
folder 18
CLARA'S HEART
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432271
folder 19
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432272
folder 20
CLIFFHANGER
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432273
folder 21
CORRINA, CORRINA
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432274
folder 22
A CRY IN THE DARK
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432275
folder 23
DAD
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432276
folder 24
DANCES WITH WOLVES
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432277
folder 25
DECADENCE
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432278
folder 26
DICK TRACY
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432279
folder 27
DOC HOLLYWOOD
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432280
folder 28
FAR AND AWAY
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432281
folder 29
FIELD OF DREAMS
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432282
folder 30
FINAL ANALYSIS
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432283
folder 31
THE FIRST POWER
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432284
folder 32
A FISH CALLED WANDA
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432285
folder 33
FORREST GUMP
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432286
folder 34
GETTYSBURG
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432287
folder 35
GHOST
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432288
folder 36
GLORY
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432289
folder 37
THE GODFATHER, PART III
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432290
folder 38
GORILLAS IN THE MIST
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432291
folder 39
GREEDY
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432292
folder 40
GREEN CARD
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432293
folder 41
GRUMPY OLD MEN
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432294
folder 42
HAMLET
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432295
folder 43
HERO AND THE TERROR
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432296
folder 44
HOME ALONE 2
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432297
folder 45
A HOME OF OUR OWN
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432298
folder 46
HUDSON HAWK
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432299
folder 47
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432300
folder 48
IN THE LINE OF FIRE
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432301
folder 49
INDOCHINE
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432302
folder 50
JENNIFER EIGHT
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432303
folder 51
JUNIOR
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432304
folder 52
JURASSIC PARK
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432305
folder 53
L.A. STORY
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432306
folder 54
LATE FOR DINNER
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432307
folder 55
LETHAL WEAPON 2
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432308
folder 56
THE LION KING
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432309
folder 57
THE LITTLE RASCALS
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432310
folder 58
MAD DOG AND GLORY
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432311
folder 59
MALCOLM X
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432312
folder 60
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432313
folder 61
MEDICINE MAN
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432314
folder 62
MILES FROM HOME
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432315
folder 63
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432316
folder 64
MIXED NUTS
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432317
folder 65
MOON OVER PARADOR
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432318
folder 66
MOONSTRUCK
1987--1987
Record ID: 71432319
folder 67
MRS. DOUBTFIRE
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432320
folder 68
MY COUSIN VINNY
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432321
folder 69
MY LIFE
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432322
folder 70
NATURAL BORN KILLERS
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432323
folder 71
THE NEXT KARATE KID
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432324
folder 72
‘NIGHT, MOTHER
1986--1986
Record ID: 71432325
folder 73
ONCE AROUND
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432326
folder 74
ONE GOOD COP
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432327
folder 75
PATRIOT GAMES
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432328
folder 76
PELLE THE CONQUEROR
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432329
folder 77
THE PLAYER
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432330
folder 78
PRESUMED INNOCENT
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432331
folder 79
PUNCHLINE
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432333
folder 80
QUIZ SHOW
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432334
folder 81
THE RAPTURE
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432335
folder 82
READY TO WEAR (PRET-A-PORTER)
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432332
folder 83
RENAISSANCE MAN
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432336
folder 84
REVOLUTION
1985--1985
Record ID: 71432337
folder 85
RICHARD III
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432338
folder 86
THE RIVER WILD
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432339
folder 87
THE RUSSIA HOUSE
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432340
folder 88
THE SANTA CLAUSE
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432341
folder 89
SCENT OF A WOMAN
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432342
folder 90
SCHINDLER'S LIST
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432343
folder 91
SHINING THROUGH
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432344
folder 92
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432345
folder 93
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432346
folder 94
SWITCH
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432347
folder 95
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432348
folder 96
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432349
folder 97
TOM AND VIV
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432350
folder 98
TOY SOLDIERS
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432351
folder 99
TUNE IN TOMORROW
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432352
folder 100
29TH STREET
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432353
folder 101
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432354
folder 102
WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432356
folder 103
WHITE PALACE
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432355
folder 104
AFTERBURN [television]
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432357
folder 105
BEVERLY HILLS 90210 [television]
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432359
folder 106
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL [television]
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432360
folder 107
THE BOURNE IDENTITY [television]
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432361
folder 108
CAROL & COMPANY [television]
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432362
folder 109
CHRISTMAS EVE [television]
1986--1986
Record ID: 71432363
folder 110
COLUMBO: IT'S ALL IN THE GAME [television]
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432364
folder 111
EMPTY NEST [television]
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432367
folder 112
EQUAL JUSTICE [television]
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432368
folder 113
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE [television]
1985--1985
Record ID: 71432369
folder 114
INHERIT THE WIND [television]
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432370
folder 115
L.A. LAW [television]
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432371
folder 116
L.A. LAW [television]
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432372
folder 117
L.A. LAW [television]
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432373
folder 118
LOIS AND CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN [television]
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432374
folder 119
LOUIS L'AMOUR'S CONAGHER [television]
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432365
folder 120
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS [television]
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432375
folder 121
MIDNIGHT CALLER [television]
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432376
folder 122
THE MURDER OF MARY PHAGAN [television]
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432377
folder 123
MURPHY BROWN [television]
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432378
folder 124
NORTHERN EXPOSURE [television]
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432379
folder 125
PRISONER OF HONOR [television]
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432366
folder 126
ROSEANNE [television]
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432380
folder 127
SCARECROW & MRS. KING [television]
1984--1984
Record ID: 71432381
folder 128
SISTERS [television]
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432382
folder 129
STATE OF EMERGENCY [television]
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432383
folder 130
WHITE WATER MILE [television]
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432384
folder 131
WHO'S THE BOSS? [television]
1985--1985
Record ID: 71432385
folder 132
WHO'S THE BOSS? [television]
1986--1986
Record ID: 71432386
folder 133
WITHOUT WARNING: THE JAMES BRADY STORY [television]
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432387
folder 134
THE WOMAN HE LOVED [television]
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432388
folder 135
THE WONDER YEARS [television]
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432389
folder 136
Caccialanza, Lorenzo
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432390
folder 137
Evigan, Greg
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432392
folder 138
Grant, Hugh
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432393
folder 139
Helmond, Katherine
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432394
folder 140
Hughes, Finola
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432395
folder 141
Jones, James Earl
1991--1991
Record ID: 71432396
folder 142
Lansbury, Angela
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432398
folder 143
Long, Shelley
1993--1993
Record ID: 71432397
folder 144
Priestley, Jason
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432399
folder 145
Reed, Shana
1990--1990
Record ID: 71432400
folder 146
Reynolds, Burt
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432401
folder 147
Rhys-Davies, John
1988--1988
Record ID: 71432402
folder 148
Ritter, John
1983--1983
Record ID: 71432403
folder 149
Rooney, Mickey
1989--1989
Record ID: 71432404
folder 150
Shatner, William
1994--1994
Record ID: 71432405
folder 151
Smith, Will
1992--1992
Record ID: 71432406
folder 152
Stevens, Andrew
1987--1987
Record ID: 71432407
