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Archive: July 2022 (3 Posts)

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READING THE STARS: The Whitman Authorized Editions of the 1940s

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Today, movie stars are easily accessible to us:  on TV, by way of streaming services and, of course, via the internet, usually even via that star’s very own Twitter and Instagram. In fact, celebrities—of every conceivable stripe–are so omnipresent that it seems hard to imagine, or remember, a time when even our most famous film …

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Film Loans from the Library of Congress — July 2022

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC film laboratory–that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. University of Wisconsin Cinematheque: Madison, Wisconsin CASABLANCA …