Beginning on Monday, September 16, the Norman Studios is proud to present an exhibit at the Jacksonville Public Library. The exhibit features the history of silent films in Jacksonville as well as of Richard Norman and his studios complex. In addition to various of the items previously shown at the Norman Studios exhibit at the … [Read more…]
By Barbara Wingo Mostly Lost, sponsored by the Library of Congress at its Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Virginia, is a meeting in which the audience actively assists in identifying unidentified and “under-identified” films and film fragments, primarily from the silent era. In addition, presentations on various aspects of early filmmaking are … [Read more…]
by Christina Kimble From The Blind Side (2009), to The Longest Yard (2005) to Remember the Titans (2000), football has played an importance in film, but The Freshman (1925) is accredited as being the trigger that inspired football in film to remain lively throughout the decades. Perhaps Harold Lloyd’s performance inspired this film’s preservation. Born … [Read more…]