Giuseppe De Santis Papers circa 1947-1964

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Giuseppe De Santis Papers circa 1947-1964

The Giuseppe De Santis Papers contain a variety of materials pertaining to films both released and never produced. Screenplays, manuscripts, research, and photographs make up the majority of the materials. Handwritten notes by De Santis and well worn screenplays from films by the director and writer enhance the materials unique quality and importance. Screenplays, manuscripts, film stills, and various papers of Giuseppe De Santis (1917-1997), Italian film writer and director. 18 titles are represented, some films were released and some were never made. Italian students from Wake Forest University translated some notes and abstracts of the screenplays and other materials.

4.75 Linear feet 3 banker's boxes, 1 legal sized half-letter box

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De Santis, Giuseppe, 1917-1997

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Giuseppe De Santis was born in Fondi, Italy on February 11, 1917. Son of Oreste De Santis and Teresa Goduti, De Santis attended a Roman Catholic boarding-school. The family evntually moved to Rome where De Santis' father sought better employment as a civil engineer. De Santis entered the Liceo Giulio Cesare after finishing boarding school, and in 1937 he enrolled at the Facolta di Lettere (College of Liberal Arts) of the University of Rome. In 1935 De Santis attended the Centro Sperimentale di C...