Archive: "Arts and Communications Archives" Category
February 29, 2024 by Ben Harry
This semester we are presenting TWO NIGHTS of films celebrating filmmaking in Utah! YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS. Historical. Fun. Interesting. Entertaining. Join us, featuring special guests, as we take a walk down memory lane with newly-restored media as it has never been seen before. FRIDAY – March 8 – 7pm DOUBLE FEATURE …
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January 30, 2024 by Ben Harry
The Series This semester’s presentation for the ARCHIVE CLASSICS FILM SERIES is WAGON MASTER from 1950. This series features the presentation of cinematic gems held in the BYU MOTION PICTURE ARCHIVE. These films are esteemed to be of particular importance to BYU Students, focusing on depictions, representations, and expressions of latter-day saints in the medium of the …
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October 30, 2023 by Ben Harry
This semester’s presentation for the ARCHIVE CLASSICS FILM SERIES is BAD BASCOMB from 1946. This series features the presentation of cinematic gems held in the BYU MOTION PICTURE ARCHIVE. These films are esteemed to be of particular importance to BYU Students, focusing on depictions, representations, and expressions of latter-day saints in the medium of the …
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September 21, 2023 by Ben Harry
Silent Movie Day is an international celebration of Silent Films. It began in 2021 and this year marks the third anniversary. Each year the BYU Motion Picture Archive has joined in the celebration. Silent Movie Day is set on the calendar as September 29th each year, and we try and do what makes sense to …
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September 9, 2023 by Ben Harry
Thursday afternoons this fall semester, THE BYU MOTION PICTURE ARCHIVE will be running vintage films on celluloid film in the library’s auditorium. We discuss the historical context, cultural context, narrative themes, and form connections with the past. This gives us a chance to explore a film together in a historical way: together with an …
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February 23, 2023 by Ben Harry
ICE CREAM & ELEVATORS (1971) This Student-Produced film sought to capture the traditions both formal and informal of BYU student life in 1971. In the spring of 1971 several students at Brigham Young University produced this film. It is a playful campus romance that captures a slice-of-life of BYU campus culture at the time and …
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L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a newly digitized collection: Claire Wilhelm Collection on Zane Grey (MSS 8277). The collection contains documentation of Wilhelm’s interactions with Grey while accompanying him on various expeditions. The collection contains black and white photographs of Zane Grey and his family, Claire Wilhelm and …
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October 7, 2022 by Ben Harry
We are happy to announce our next installment in the ARCHIVE CLASSICS series. This series features the presentation of cinematic gems held in the BYU MOTION PICTURE ARCHIVE. These films are esteemed to be of particular importance to BYU Students, focusing on depictions, representations, and expressions of latter-day saints in the medium of the cinema. …
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March 24, 2022 by Ben Harry
At the BYU Motion Picture Archive we have a variety of historical materials. Sometimes these are Hollywood film artifacts: film prints of Hollywood-produced films. Some of these are common (CASABLANCA) and some of these are rare (WINGED VICTORY). A special group of materials are those absolutely unique camera original elements of productions from the BYU …
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February 23, 2022 by Ben Harry
We are happy to announce our next installment in the ARCHIVE CLASSICS series. This series features the presentation of cinematic gems held in the BYU MOTION PICTURE ARCHIVE. These films are esteemed to be of particular importance to BYU Students, focusing on depictions, representations, and expressions of latter-day saints in the medium of the cinema. …
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