Historical Archives
A document collection of unparalleled richness and interest for its content and breadth, the Historical Archives preserve unique items of the history of cinema: thousands of unpublished paper documents - scripts, letters, contracts, notes – that bear witness to the life and work of Italian and foreign cinema companies, directors, screenwriter, actors and technicians, both from the silent and sound eras. A heritage of over a hundred archives and collections, consisting of dossiers, documents and loose papers of different origin and nature.
Archives published online
To check all the inventories of the archives published online and a selection of digitized documents, please click on “BROWSE THE INVENTORY”.
La Società Pittaluga
Società Anonima Stefano Pittaluga, also known by the acronym SASP, was an Italian film company mainly involved in the rental and distribution of films.
Discover the story of film distributor and producer Stefano Pittaluga, along with the stars of thousands of Italian and international films from the 1920s and 1930s.
OTHER AVAILABLE ARCHIVES ON-SITE – not published online
- Museo Nazionale del Cinema Historical-Institutional Archive (1938-1992);
- Itala Film Archive;
- Adriano Aprà Archive;
- Silvia Bizio Archive;
- Giacomo Ghiazza Archive;
- Giovanni Pastrone Archive Addendum;
- Lorenzo Pegoraro Archive;
- Paola Pegoraro Petri Archive;
- Elio Petri Archive Addendum;
- Maria Adriana Prolo Archive;
- Gennaro Righelli Archive;
- Stories and Scripts Collection.
OTHER NON-AVAILABLE ARCHIVES – in progress
- Age (Agenore Incrocci) Archive;
- John Barnes Archive;
- Andrea Biscàro Archive;
- Leo Catozzo Archive;
- Beppe Cino Archive;
- Basilio Franchina Archive;
- Fernando Ghia Archive;
- Alberto Tavazzi Archive;
- Giuseppe Maria Viti Archive;
- Censorship certificates Collection
Società Anonima Ambrosio's menu
Designed by Giuseppe Riccobaldi, with a portrait of Arturo Ambrosio
Ambrosio Fonds
Società Anonima Ambrosio's menu
Signatures of several Turin silent film stars
Ambrosio Fonds
The Brigand
Il brigante
by Renato Castellani, Italy, 1961
Screenplay used by Piero Cristofani’s assistant director
Screenplay collection
Bitter Rice
Riso amaro
by Giuseppe De Santis, Italy, 1949
Cover of the fim’s screenplay
De Santis Fonds
Il fuoco
by Giovanni Pastrone, Italy, 1915
Request to review the film, 1915
Itala Film Fonds
King Kong
by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, USA, 1933
Promotional film’s headed paper
Società Anonima Stefano Pittaluga Fonds
"Cavalletto Maciste"
Itala Film’s patent drawing, 1912
Pastrone Fonds
Cabiria
by Giovanni Pastrone, Italia, 1914
Gabriele D'Annunzio’s letter to Pastrone, Paris 1st January 1914
Pastrone Fonds
Fata Morgana
by Eduardo Bencivenga, Italy, 1914
Screenplay by Arrigo Frusta
Frusta Fonds
Psycho
by Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1960
Screenplay with editing suggestions.
Screenplay collection
The Truce
La tregua
by Francesco Rosi, Italy - France -Germany -Switzerland, 1997
Film’s storyboard, drawn by the director
Rosi Fonds
Seduced and Abandoned
Sedotta e abbandonata
by Pietro Germi, Italy - France,1964
Screenplay used by script supervisor Myrta Guarnaschelli
Guarnaschelli Fonds
On site consultation
The archival documents are available for consultation on Tuesdays, by booking in advance by email (archivio@xolqaviremun.info). Access is free when taking out a membership card.
Photographic reproductions are free (without flash, stands and tripods) for personal study and research purposes only. Photocopying is not allowed.
In the Reading Room it is possible to examine the published inventories upon request, while the inventories published online are accessible by using the studying stations equipped with power outlets and free Wi-Fi connection.
Remote reproductions request
For details and information on the terms and conditions for loans and digital reproductions, please contact us at: genovese@xolqaviremun.info
Please note that the Museum is the owner of the original documents but it does not own the rights of economic use related to them, and that they are bound by personal data protection standards. In case of publication of images of archival documents, citations, exhibitions, distribution of any form, the applicant must check that there aren’t any impediments related to the current legislation on copyright and privacy, absolving the Museum from any responsibility.
For other purposes (exhibitions, use in films, videos, etc.) please contact us.
Loan of materials
The loan of original materials must follow the procedure required by the Soprintendenza archivistica e bibliografica del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta (see the website).