379: Karel Čapek

Archival Spaces 379:  Photography by Karel Čapek Uploaded 8 August 2025 The name Karel Čapek (1890-1938) is familiar to American science fiction readers and certainly specialists in Slavic literature, but probably not many others. In the Czech Republic, however, Čapek is revered as one of the greatest authors of the first half of the 20thContinue reading “379: Karel Čapek”

323:  Hugo Haas

Archival Spaces 323 Hugo Haas Exhibition Uploaded 9 June 2023 A new small but informative exhibition on the Czech-American actor-director, Hugo Haas, opened on 25 May in the waiting room of the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles. While several recent Consul Generals have been active in promoting Czech Film Culture –Continue reading “323:  Hugo Haas”

243: Hugo Haas’ The White Sickness

Archival Spaces 243 Hugo Haas’ The White Sickness (1937) restored; a Plague Allegory Uploaded 22 May 2020 Thanks to my archivist colleague and friend, Adrian Wood, I learned that the Národní filmový archive in Prague has restored Bílá nemoc (1937) from the original nitrate negative (the sound came from a nitrate print) and made it available online on theirContinue reading “243: Hugo Haas’ The White Sickness”