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Category Archives: Actors
Ease on Down the Road: How The Wiz Reimagined a Classic
When I got to the AHC in the spring of 2023, the material that excited me most was our Wizard of Oz related holdings. As a fan of L. Frank Baum’s fantastical novel, Oz and its many adaptations are an … Continue reading
Behind the Curtain: A Look at The Wizard of Oz’s Difficult Production 85 Years Later
As a lifelong Oz fan, 1939’s The Wizard of Oz has been a throughline of positive memories for me. My parents called me “munchky” growing up, a nickname that would be apt when I made my stage debut as a … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Entertainment history, Film History, Hollywood history, Uncategorized
Tagged 1939 films, Academy Awards, American Heritage Center, Buddy Ebsen, Film production challenges, George Cukor, Gone With the Wind, Judy Garland, King Vidor, L. Frank Baum, LGBTQ+ culture, Margaret Hamilton, MGM, Movie Musicals, Ray Bolger, Technicolor, The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming
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Gale Cleven and George Niethammer: The Wyoming Connection in “Masters of the Air”
If you are interested in the history of the Second World War, or interested in aviation, you may have been watching Masters of the Air, a new television series on Apple TV+. A companion to Band of Brothers and The … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Adaptations, American history, aviation, Biography and profiles, military history, Uncategorized, University of Wyoming history, World War II, Wyoming history
Tagged 100th Bomb Group, Bloody Hundredth, Bomber Pilots, Eighth Air Force, Gale Cleven, George Niethammer, Masters of the Air, Prisoners of War, Stalag Luft III, WWII, WWII Heroes
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Meet Grande Dame Guignol at the American Heritage Center
This Halloween, we consider the sub-genre of horror films referred to as “Grande Dame Guignol,” also known as “Hagsploitation,” “Psycho-biddy,” or “Hag Horror,” and three films in that sub-genre that are represented in three of our collections. Films of this … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Film History, Holidays, Hollywood history, Horror, Motion picture actors and actresses, Uncategorized
Tagged Bette Davis, Caroline Young, Film Memorabilia, Forrest J. Ackerman, Frank DeVol, Hag Horror, Hagsploitation, Henry Farrell, Joan Crawford, Psycho-biddy, Robert Aldrich, Robert Bloch
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Holy Spectacle, Batman! Campy Fun with the 1960s Batman Television Series
As September 19 would have been Adam West’s 94th birthday, let’s look back on one of his best-known roles, Batman. The campy, smash hit of the 60s was loathed by some and loved by many more. But the people who … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Comic book history, Entertainment history, Pop Culture, popular culture, Superheroes, television history, Uncategorized
Tagged Adam West, Batman, Batusi, Bill Finger, Bob Kane, DC Comics, Entertainment History, Entertainment industry, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Lyle Waggoner, William Dozier
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Star Trek: Creating the Cultural Phenomenon
The 1960’s television show Star Trek spawned a long lived and beloved cultural phenomenon. Here at the American Heritage Center, we are fortunate to have photographs, scripts, and music scores from some of the original seventy-nine Star Trek episodes that … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Pop Culture, popular culture, science fiction, television history, Uncategorized
Tagged Fan Community, Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Gerald Fried, Nichelle Nichols, Robert Bloch, Sam Peeples, science fiction, Scriptwriters, Scriptwriting Process, Sol Kaplan, Star Trek, television history, Trekkie
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Bill Walker: Advocate for Black Actors
William Franklin “Bill” Walker was born in Pendleton, Indiana, in 1896. The grandson of slaves who had escaped to the North on the Underground Railroad, he was the first Black graduate of Pendleton High School. A well-rounded student, he lettered … Continue reading