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Eighteen in the Sun

1962 film by Camillo Mastrocinque

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ3706933 ↗
Source-derived summary

Eighteen in the Sun (Italian: Diciottenni al sole, also known as Beach Party-Italian Style) is a 1962 Italian teen comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. The movie was shot in Naples and on island of Ischia.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Eighteen in the Sun” as 1962 film by Camillo Mastrocinque. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Eighteen, film and Camillo.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1962—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Eighteen, film and Camillo providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Eighteen in the Sun”, the useful work is to connect “1962 film by Camillo Mastrocinque” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3706933. The first chronological checks are 1962.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Eighteen in the Sun primary sources, Eighteen in the Sun archive and Eighteen research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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This entry incorporates text from “Eighteen in the Sun” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.