The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, November 3 (7:30 p.m.) Highlights from The Johnny Cash Show (ABC, 1969-1971) After the great success of his two live prison albums, At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin, the ABC television network approached country music icon Johnny Cash to host …
We look at some unidentified young people in this, the 11th, of our mystery photo series. We welcome your suggestions/answers as to these kids’ names in the “Comments” section below. As always, “clicking” on any of the images below will increase them in size. Also as always, as each photo is “solved,” we’ll update this …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, October 27 (7:30 p.m.) The Bad Seed (Warner Bros., 1956) Young Patty McCormack was Oscar nominated for her portrayal of Rhoda, a seemingly perfect grade schooler until she turns vicious when things don’t go her way. Mervyn LeRoy directed this adaptation …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, October 21 (7:30 p.m.) Pioneers of African American Cinema To commemorate the recent release of Pioneers of African-American Cinema, a 5-Disc Blu-ray and DVD set by KinoLorber and the Library of Congress, the newly-restored digital restoration of Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our …
Dwight D. Eisenhower–born on this date in 1890–is widely credited with being the first Presidential candidate to use television advertising; you can see many of his 1952 TV spots at the excellent web site The Living Room Candidate maintained by our colleagues at the Museum of the Moving Image. Eisenhower’s media team also produced a …
Actually, these films do have names, titles, but, at present, we just don’t know what they are. We hope that you can help us out. If you know the films these stills are from, or any of the performers in them, please write it in the “comments” section below. As we determine the titles, we’ll update …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, October 14 (7:30 p.m.) The Mad Miss Manton (RKO, 1938) Three years before Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda starred together in Preston Sturges’ screwball masterpiece The Lady Eve, they made this delightful and underappreciated entry in the comedy-mystery subgenre, called by …
The following is a guest post by David Jackson, Archivist, Bob Hope Collection, and Matt Barton, Curator, Recorded Sound. “This chronicle of suffering and destruction is not presented in defense of an enemy. It is broadcast as a warning that what happened to the people of Hiroshima, a year ago, could next happen anywhere.” So …
We continue with our collection of unlabeled, unidentified movie and TV stills and we hope you can help us. Below are shots of various ladies and, if you think you know who they are, please post in the “comments” section below. For a better, bigger look at the photos, please “click” on the image. As …
