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	Film Resources
		Includes film clips and histories of the films from: President William McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition of 1901; Early films of New York City; San Francisco Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire; Inside an American Factory; and 61 film clips of vaudeville acts from The American Variety Stage Collection.
		This is one of the best biographic sources for women in film, covering the early and later directors, well-known and lesser-known, and going on to cover film producers, writers, editors, animators, stunt women, foreign, and unsung women of cinema.
		Film as Literature, Literature as Film: An Introduction to and Bibliography of Film's Relationship to Literature.
	www.library.wwu.edu /ref/subjguides/filmweb.htm (4768 words)

	TVOntario Media Kit - Drama & Film
		Canadian and World Studies –American history: citizenship and heritage; American cultural hegemony: the ways in which American culture has been spread worldwide (e.g., through Hollywood films, television programming…), Grade 11
		The Arts; dramatic arts and music, Grades 9—12 (Some films may not be suitable for the classroom.)
	www.tvontario.org /mediakit/dec02_summer03/dramafilm/snam.html (4768 words)

	Rembrandt Films, Animations, Zagreb, Sofia, Trnka, Nudnik
		Alexander Buchman, who produced The Animation Century, is president of Avrora Media, which since 1992 has produced six feature films including Mute Witness, distributed in the United States by Columbia Pictures, and An American Werewolf in Paris, distributed by Buena Vista, and Little Vampires distributed by New Line.
		They discuss the most significant animated films of the past 100 years– everything from Emile Reynaud and Winsor McCay’s early works, to Fleischer, Disney and Warner Brothers in the United States, to historically important films from every continent.
		With offices in Berlin, Amsterdam and Los Angeles, Avrora currently has three live action and three animated theatrical films in production.
	www.rembrandtfilms.com /animated-century.htm (4768 words)

	American Film Institute's 100 Funniest Movies
		The American Film Institute asked more than 1,500 members of the film community to pick the 100 funniest films of all time.
		Building a DVD library--the Warner way: the Warner Home Video backlist, with more than a dozen of the American Film Institute's 100 Best American Films, is a treasure trove for collectors.
		American Film Institute list of top 100 songs from U.S. films (AP Worldstream)
	www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0882207.html (4768 words)

	Research Guide to Film Studies
		See Also:American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures
		African Americans in the Motion Picture Industry (for works discussing African-American involvement in films)
		Articles that deal with themes and subjects in films, film history, an actor's or director's career, life's work, and other topics are reproduced in their entirety here.
	web.library.emory.edu /subjects/humanities/perform/film.html (3972 words)

	King Kong News
		The American Film institute announced today that King Kong (1933) was the forty-third most important movie on its list of the top one hundred American films.
		The Pine Bluff Film Festival announces that special guest Fay Wray will appear and speak before the presentation of two of her films: King Kong and The Wedding March
		Chapters cover the production and release of KING KONG in the 1930s; KING KONG and the expeditionary-documentary tradition of the 1920s and 1930s; 1950s revivals and spinoffs; and camp and black parodies of the 1960s and 1970s.
	www.aboyd.com /kong/kongnews.html (3972 words)

	ACRL/WSS Resources for Film and Video
		Distributor of Latin American and U.S. Latino films and video in the United States.
		Distributes films and videos which offer a "progressive perspective, promote human rights and are created to advance social justice, multiracial equality and cross cultural understanding." Focus is on global workforce issues and ethnicity more than gender per se, but issues are often intertwined.
		Stonger coverage of narrative films than documentaries, but can be a very useful source for finding items no longer available from traditional vendors.
	www.lib.ucdavis.edu /prodev/dlk/wsvid.html (3029 words)

	Film Research
		Films from Africa, Asia and Latin America at the American University.
		Note: the main subject heading for film books is "motion pictures." You can also search names of directors, actors, or the titles of films as subjects.
		The series "Reference Publication in Film" is an excellent series of monographs covering 43 major directors from Aldrich to Wyler.
	www.lib.rochester.edu /index.cfm?PAGE=332 (946 words)

	British Horror Film 1971-1976
		Hammer led the way with a film - their first of the 1970s- which was emblematic not only of relaxed censorship but also of the American desertion of Britain's sinking studios.
		Below is a selected list of the films, along with the Director, Studio and links to Amazon.com and the IMDb.
		All films are listed alphabetically within their year of production and/or release.
	www.horrordirectors.com /bhf71-76.html (224 words)

	Film Reviews, UM Libraries
		American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States: 1893-1970.
		The entire contents of 14 film journals are indexed from their beginnings through December 1971.
		Use the following sources to locate film reviews and scholarly articles on films and film studies published from 1980 to the present.
	www.lib.umd.edu /MCK/GUIDES/film_reviews.html (1406 words)

	I.N.S. - Horror & Science Fiction in the Movies: a Bibliography - Part 2
		SCIENCE FICTION FILMS OF THE SEVENTIES - C.W. Anderson - McFarland & C. Inc.- Jefferson N. Carolina/London - 1985
		THE ENCICLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION - J. Clute and P. Nicholls - St. Martin's Griffin - N.Y. Fulton - Macmillan Publishers - London - 1997
		THE AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION FILM - V. Sobchack - F. Ungar - N.Y. Meyers - Citadel Press - N.J. Slusser and E. Rabkin - Southern Illinois University Press - Carbondale/Edwardsville - 1985
	www.instation.it /filmteca/biblio2.html (1406 words)

	The Port Washington Public Library Video Collection
		Unless otherwise noted, all Chinese films are in Chinese with English subtitles, and all American programs are in English.
		Tom Priestley's film was the first American documentary to be filmed in Communist China.
		Bert Quint hosts Kurt Volkert and Mike Langenberg's record of "the longest train ride in the world," the seven-day journey from Moscow to Beijing on the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
	www.pwpl.org /media/china.html (5009 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Omen Trilogy [1976]: DVD
		Directed by Richard Donner (best known for his Superman and Lethal Weapon films), The Omen gained a lot of credibility from the casting of Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as a distinguished American couple living in England, whose young son Damien bears "the mark of the beast".
		In 1976 The Omen scored a hit with critics and audiences hungry for more after The Exorcist with its mixture of Gothic horror and mystery and its plot about a young boy suspected of being the personification of the anti-Christ.
		Top of Page : The Omen Trilogy [1976]
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005A0Z8 (2732 words)

	American Masters . John Cassavetes PBS
		By the time of his death in 1989, Cassavetes had directed twelve films, creating a body of work that addressed serious topics and paved the way for a more vibrant American cinema.
		He directed THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976), OPENING NIGHT (1977), and the 1980 film GLORIA which again starred Gena Rowlands, and which many believe was one of her finest performances.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/cassavetes_j.html (526 words)

	The American Folklife Center
		Peggy A. Bulger is director of the American Folklife Center, the second person to hold that position since the Center was created by the US Congress in 1976.
		Abstract: The American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress is a treasure-house of ethnographic research materials.
		She has served as president of the American Folklore Society (2000-2002).
	polaris.gseis.ucla.edu /pagre/iss/bulger.html (526 words)

	American University Library - Film Studies: Internet Sites
		There are always a wide variety of films showing in the Washington area, from multiplexes to arthouse theatres to the national museums.
		Two very handy features of their movie databases are the inclusion of four-star rating system and also when a film is to be shown on television in the coming month, it is noted with an icon linked to the air date and channel.
		The mission of the site is to facilitate the serious study of film and television, unlike the majority of film websites that are targeted primarily to fans rather than scholars.
	www.library.american.edu /subject/film/internet.html (1108 words)

	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
		It has also resulted in high credibility and prestige attaching to BAFTA awards which, though not as influential as the American Academy Awards, are increasingly seen as enhancing the subsequent commercial success of films and programmes.
		The two organizations amalgamated as the Society of Film and Television Arts in 1958 which assumed its present identity as BAFTA in 1976.
		The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, (BAFTA) developed from the British Film Academy (founded 1947) and the Guild of Television Producers and Directors (founded 1953).
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/B/htmlB/britishacade/britishacade.htm (754 words)

	World Talk Radio: American Indian Movement Today
		The “American Indian Movement Today” co-hosted by Joseph and Kathryn Red Bear (Hunkpapa Lakota).
		The commeration is held each year on June 26, which is the date the shoot out occured at the Jumping Bull compound in 1976.
		Irene Bedard will be discussing her upcoming films and new releases
	www.worldtalkradio.com /show.asp?sid=141 (175 words)

	Religion, Television & the Info. Superhwy - Waymark Press - Robert Lewis Shayon
		One thing is obvious--American film and television images are greatly influenced by the political conditions of the times and these images have tended to serve the psychological needs of those that create them.
		Reiss was a director of feature films for ABC where he participated in the development of the two-hour made-for-TV movie.
		Reiss joined Viacom in 1976 for the purpose of building Viacom's in-house pay TV operation into a sophisticated international satellite-delivered movie and entertainment service, which came to be known as Showtime, the nation's second-largest pay-TV network.
	www.waymarkpress.com /religion2.html (175 words)

	ASCAP Board of Directors: Jay R. Morgenstern
		From February 1976 to April 1979 he was President of American Broadcasting Music, Inc., Vice President/General Manager of ABC Records, International Division, Director of Anchor Records and Music Ltd., and Music Consultant to ABC Circle Films Companies, which were sold to MCA in March 1979.
		Other positions held by Morgenstern were: President of Music Maximus and Theatre Maximus; Executive Vice President/General Manager of Metromedia Music and Records; Executive Vice President/General Manager of Valando Music Inc. and Sunbeam Records, Inc.
		Prior to joining Warner Bros, Morgenstern served from April 1979 to December 1981 as Vice President/General Manager of Infinity Music Publishing, Inc. Records International Division.
	www.ascap.com /about/board/morgenstern-bio.html (175 words)

	Religion, Television & the Info. Superhwy - Waymark Press - Robert Lewis Shayon
		One thing is obvious--American film and television images are greatly influenced by the political conditions of the times and these images have tended to serve the psychological needs of those that create them.
		Reiss was a director of feature films for ABC where he participated in the development of the two-hour made-for-TV movie.
		Reiss joined Viacom in 1976 for the purpose of building Viacom's in-house pay TV operation into a sophisticated international satellite-delivered movie and entertainment service, which came to be known as Showtime, the nation's second-largest pay-TV network.
	www.waymarkpress.com /religion2.html (175 words)

	Nick'sFlickPicks.com: A Quick Guide to Cannes Film Festival History
		Despite the name changes, a top prize has been bestowed upon one or, in the case of jury ties, two films every year since.
		What follows is a list of the top prize winners from each year of the festival's history.
		(Special Jury Prizes and Jury Prizes are often conferred as runner-up designations or as consolation prizes to divisive entries; confusingly, when the Grand Prize of the Festival was re-renamed the Palme d’Or after 1974, the runner-up citation was christened the Grand Prize of the Jury.)
	www.nicksflickpicks.com /palmedor.html (175 words)

	Previous Exhibitions: 1976-1994
		A significant contribution to film history, the exhibition presented Lubin's life and achievements as an inventor and shaper of motion picture equipment and films as a paradigm of an aspect of the American Jewish experience.
		FACE TO FACE focused on the relationship between blacks and Jews through the eyes of two photographers, Don Camp, who is black, and Laurence Salzmann, who is Jewish.
		Chronicling the rise of a young immigrant from itinerant peddler to multi-millionaire movie mogul, a major exhibition documented the career of a neglected film pioneer who made Philadelphia -- for a few years -- the motion picture capital of the world.
	www.nmajh.org /exhibitions/previousarchives.htm (175 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Face to Face : Main
		RKO's Face to Face joined the "multistoried film" bandwagon set in motion by the Somerset Maugham omnibus films of the late 1940s.
		Produced by Huntington Hartford, Face to Face consists of two classic American short stories, each running approximately 45 minutes.
		RKO's Face to Face joined the "multistoried film" bandwagon set in motion by the Somerset...
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/11148/moviemain.jhtml (175 words)

	Skiing News on ski.mountainzone.com
		Dick Barrymore, born in 1933 in California, was one of a small group of ski movie makers who traversed the country for many years showing and personally narrating, with wit and humor, their films at ski clubs, school auditoriums and movie houses.
		Killington, under Smith, produced a fair share of US Ski Team members over the years, including Preston's own daughter Leslie Leete Smith, who raced in the 1976 Olympics, and Gold Medal Mogul specialist, Donna Weinbrecht.
		At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Bill Beck finished 5th in the downhill, which was at that time the best Olympic downhill finish ever by an American male.
	ski.mountainzone.com /2000/news/html/081500.html (1367 words)

	Mad Max (www.emptyworld.info)
		Nonetheless, his vision of anarchy's spread - the atmosphere is reminiscent of John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) - is credible and well achieved.
		It proved to be the successful harbinger of a boom in post-holocaust sf films where a dying civilization is pitted against a growing barbarism.
		Thrown away by its U.S. distributor (which also redubbed it with American voices), later found its audience in the wake of successful sequel.
	www.emptyworld.info /film_mad_max.html (1367 words)

	Mad Max (www.emptyworld.info)
		It proved to be the successful harbinger of a boom in post-holocaust sf films where a dying civilization is pitted against a growing barbarism.
		Nonetheless, his vision of anarchy's spread - the atmosphere is reminiscent of John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) - is credible and well achieved.
		Thrown away by its U.S. distributor (which also redubbed it with American voices), later found its audience in the wake of successful sequel.
	www.emptyworld.info /film_mad_max.html (262 words)

	BCA300
		Students will (a) gain familiarity with the African and African American films, their content, their directors and the conditions under which they have been produced and consumed; and (b) develop a critical perceptive for the analysis of African and African American film.
		Attention will also be paid to similarities between African and African American films (for example, the use of film as a griotic medium and the presentation of multiple perspectives within a single film).
		The films and assignments listed here are given as examples of the type of content that will be viewed in class and the general types of assignments that students should expect in the class.
	www.provost.cmich.edu /gened/bca300.htm (262 words)

	Encyclopedia: Academy Award for Best Picture
		Frank Capra Frank Capra (May 18, 1897 â€“ September 3, 1991) was an American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films.
		John Ford (February 1, 1894 â€“ August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective.
		Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of a novel and several films based on the Mutiny on the Bounty, the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of HMAV Bounty in 1789.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Academy-Award-for-Best-Picture (9384 words)

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