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From Talking Movies to Looney Tunes – Celebrating 100 Years of Warner Brothers
April 4, 2023, marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Warner Brothers Pictures. Here at the American Heritage Center, we have the papers of some of the creative personalities behind the films for which Warner Brothers is revered. The … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, cartoons, Film History, Hollywood history, motion picture history, music, popular culture, television history, Uncategorized
Tagged Animated Cartoons, Bugs Bunny, Carl Stalling, Creative Collaboration, Jack Scholl, Looney Tunes, M. K. Jerome, Merrie Melodies, Michael Maltese, Music Composition, Porky Pig, Scriptwriting Process, Tweety, Warner Brothers Pictures
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The Wizard of Oz – The Story Behind the Film
The 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, beloved by children and adults alike, holds a special place in cinematographic history. The award-winning movie is based on an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Baum’s … Continue reading
The Many Faces of Peter Lorre
This Halloween, we highlight the career of actor Peter Lorre (1904-1964), who is represented in two of our collections. Lorre, who was born László Löwenstein in Hungary, began acting for the stage in Vienna in the early 1920s. He gained … Continue reading
Time Warp: The Back to the Future Film Trilogy
Time travel behind the wheel of a nuclear-powered DeLorean is the premise of the 1985 hit movie Back to the Future. The film follows the comedic adventures of Marty McFly, a high school student who is accidentally transported back thirty … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Hollywood history, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, Pop Culture, popular culture, science fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Bob Gale, Christopher Lloyd, Doc Emmett Brown, Marty McFly, Michael J. Fox, movie, movie history, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg
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Groundbreaking Character Actor Richard Loo
To celebrate May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the AHC would like to feature the life and career of Chinese American actor Richard Loo. Loo was born in Maui, Hawaii, in 1903. As a young man he … Continue reading
Posted in American Perspectives on Asia, Asian American history, Biography and profiles, Current events, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, Pacific Islander history, Post World War II, Uncategorized, Under-documented communities
Tagged Asian Representation, Character Actors, Chinese American actors, Chinese Americans, Here Come the Brides, Hollywood Actor, Hollywood Diversity, Japanese Villains in Film, Richard Loo, The Good Earth, The Purple Heart
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William Beaudine, Bela Lugosi, and Horror Films Out West
For Halloween 2018 and 2019, we brought you blog posts on The Killer Shrews and The Giant Gila Monster, two low-budget horror movies financed by Texas radio pioneer Gordon McLendon. This year, we shine a spotlight on the career of … Continue reading
Posted in Film History, Holidays, Hollywood history, Horror, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, Pop Culture, popular culture, Uncategorized, Western Films
Tagged Bela Lugosi, Billy the Kid Versus Dracula, Forrest J. Ackerman, Halloween, Wendy Marshall, William Beaudine
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Blacklisted! – The Albert Maltz Papers
Brooklyn-born Albert Maltz grew up in affluence. His Russian immigrant Jewish parents had made good in their new American home. Maltz’s education credentials were those of an elite. He studied philosophy at Columbia University, graduating in 1928. He then attended the … Continue reading
Posted in Authors and literature, Biography and profiles, Blacklisting, Cold War, Communism, Hollywood history, Hollywood Ten, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history
Tagged Albert Maltz, Blacklisted Writers, Communist Party USA, Group Theatre, Hollywood Ten, House Un-American Activities Committee, Playwright, Screenplay Writing, Screenwriter
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Robert Bloch: From Pulp to Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho is based on a novel by Robert Bloch. It is the story of Norman Bates, a lonely motel caretaker who is seething with psychotic rage due to his mother’s domination. Robert Bloch was an author of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Authors and literature, found in the archive, motion picture history, Pop Culture, popular culture, science fiction, Screenwriting, Uncategorized, writers and poets
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, book to film adaptations, Classic Films, Ed Gein, Film Adaptations, Horror Literature, Norman Bates, popular culture, Psycho, Psychological Thriller, Pulp Fiction, Robert Bloch
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