Dekameron Naetter (Decameron Nights): Museum Object and Cultural History
Dekameron Naetter (Decameron Nights): date made: 1953. Associated Name: Fontaine, Joan. Associated Name: Jordan, Louis.
The object in the museum catalogue
Danish promotional brochure for the 1953 film Decameron Nights . Directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan, the movie intersperses romantic stories written by Giovianni Boccaccio with moments from the 14th Century Italian author’s own life.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1953
- Associated Name: Fontaine, Joan
- Associated Name: Jordan, Louis
- maker: RKO
- Object Name: brochure
- Object Name: brochure, film
- Object Name: promotional brouchure
- Object Name: advertisement
- Measurements: overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm
- place made: Denmark
- Associated Place: United States: New York, Brooklyn
- Subject: Entertainment, Film
- Subject: Movie
- Subject: Literature
- ID Number: 2011.3085.097
- nonaccession number: 2011.3085
- catalog number: 2011.3085.097
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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