Terrific news for silent film fans! A long lost Harold Lloyd short, “Luke’s Double” (1916), has been recovered by @TheHaroldLloyd Estate and deposited at the UCLA Film & Television Archive for eventual preservation.
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- We never know when and where films will turn up, like this 104-year-old nitrate print of “The Woman in White” a.k.a. “The Unfortunate Marriage” (1917), recently acquired via someone’s garage.
- Sherlock Holmes fans rejoice! The Archive and the Baker Street Irregulars literary society are teaming up with @RobertDowneyJr to identify and preserve Holmes films from the silent era and beyond 🔍
- We're saddened to learn that Kaycee Moore has passed away. Moore brought dignity and vulnerability to her powerful performances in “Killer of Sheep,” “Bless Their Little Hearts” and “Daughters of the Dust,” landmark works of Black cinema. Obituary: bit.ly/3yfPE39
- One of the few women directors in 1950s-60s TV, Ida Lupino helmed over 50 episodes. Her artistic mark is perhaps best illustrated by her work on the macabre Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Thriller and Twilight Zone. Join us 6/24 for a screening + scholar Q&A: ucla.in/3NmVafm
- It's Oscar day! Here's legendary costume designer Edith Head, whose work helped define the look of classic Hollywood. With 8 Oscar wins and 35 nominations, she has been honored by @TheAcademy more times than any other woman. #Oscars
- “Sometimes it’s not how much light you use to get an effect, it’s how little you use and still make it work. There are a lot of rules to be broken in photography, and you’ve got to have courage.”—the legendary and prolific master of light James Wong Howe #bornonthisday
- “Why preserve films...? The answer is very simple. The cinema gives us something precious: a record of ourselves in time, documented and interpreted… [it] gives us a way of dealing with the mystery of who and what we are.” HBD Martin Scorsese, a true champion of preservation! 🎞️
- In October 1945, two months after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, J. Robert #Oppenheimer met with Pres. Truman to discuss how to achieve international control of the weapon. In this newsreel recorded after that White House visit, he addresses the American public:
00:00 - 🎂 Wishing a happy 90th birthday to screen icon Kim Novak, here in San Francisco during the filming of “Vertigo” (1958).
- Happy 50th anniversary to “Enter the Dragon,” which opened Aug. 17, 1973 in New York and Aug. 24 in Los Angeles 👊 One of the most popular martial arts films of all time, it was the first U.S. film that @brucelee headlined as star and fully captured his immense screen presence.
- Opening April 6: a tribute to pioneering actress, writer, producer and director Ida Lupino! ucla.in/2FRJKPo
- Remembering the great Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) on her birthday, here gracing the billboards of New York’s Times Square for the premiere of “Spellbound” (1945).
- .@AnneSerling, author of “As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling,” will join us on 12/16 for a book signing, screening & conversation! New 35mm preservation print of “Carol for Another Christmas” (ABC, 1964), Serling’s impassioned plea to prevent nuclear war: bit.ly/49Z6qYi
