Archival Spaces 287: Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans Uploaded 21 January 2022 Several years ago in a piece on “Preserving Race Films” (2016, edited by Barbara Tepa Lupack) I noted that much African-American film history from the 1930s and 40s had only survived in 16mm copies, which were often treated by archivesContinue reading “287: Susan Delson on Soundies”
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285: Vienna in Hollywood Symposium
Archival Spaces 285 Vienna in Hollywood Symposium Uploaded 24 December 2021 Two weeks ago I attended and was a speaker at the Symposium, “Vienna in Hollywood. The Influence and Impact of Austrians on the Hollywood Film Industry 1920s – 2020s.” The event was hosted by the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, USC Libraries, USC’sContinue reading “285: Vienna in Hollywood Symposium”
281: Carlos Gardel Tango Bar (1935)
Archival Spaces 281 Carlos Gardel’s Tango Bar (1935) Uploaded 29 October 2021 In a few days I will leave be leaving for Berlin, where I will be giving a keynote at the German Kinemathek’s “Film Restored” film festival, which as the title says, highlights new film restorations, and also introduce a film with Tango star Carlos Gardel, ElContinue reading “281: Carlos Gardel Tango Bar (1935)”
280: Giornate del cinema muto Online
Archival Spaces 280 Giornate del Cinema Muto 2021 Online Uploaded 15 October 2021 This is the 40th anniversary of what is now the oldest silent film festival in the world. I attended my first Giornate del cinema muto in Pordenone in 1988, when I accepted the Jean Mitry Award in the name of George Pratt, theContinue reading “280: Giornate del cinema muto Online”
