Film Stills Archive, 1896-1986.

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Film Stills Archive, 1896-1986.

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Stills documenting more than 50,000 film titles from American and foreign productions as well as one-half million portraits and candid shots of film personalities including actors, actresses, directors, and producers. Among the special holdings are the D.W. Griffith Collection which consists of stills from Griffith's Biograph and feature productions; the Essanay Collection of stills from films released from 1913 to 1917 and which are lost today; the Ince Collection of 25 rare stills books from the major films of his studio, Inceville; the Douglas Fairbanks and Richard Barthelmess Collections of original linen-back production and scene stills from their feature films; and the George Melies Collection of French short films, 1899-1912. The Archive also has an extensive collection of foreign film stills; stills from Japanese, French, and Russian films predominate. Stills from recent American releases are also available.

ca. 4 million stills.

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6785113

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

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Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Dept. of Film.

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Collecting area: Material relating to the history of the film industry. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155499729 ...

Griffith, D.W. David Wark 1875-1948

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Motion picture producer. From the description of War : typewritten transcript, circa 1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454336 Pioneer American movie director and producer. Griffith was influential in the development and popularity of American cinema. From the description of Papers [microform] 1872-1969, 1897-1954 (bulk). (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 83085079 Pioneer American movie director ...

Ince, Thomas H.

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Motion picture producer, director, actor, and screenwriter. Born 1882, died 1924. Full name: Thomas Harper Ince. From the description of Thomas H. Ince papers, 1913-1964 (bulk 1917-1936). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982874 Producer, director, screenwriter, actor. Ince lived from 1880 to 1924. From the description of Papers, 1907-1925. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122516910 B...

Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938

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Essanay (Firm)

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Inceville (Firm)

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Biograph Company

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These documents trace the production history of this early American studio from its inception as the American Mutoscope Company, through its development from the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company to the Biograph Company. The company was formed by four men; William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, Herman Casler, Harry Norton, and Elias Bernard, who created and marketed their unique projection system, the Biograph. By the early 1900's the prosperity of the Biograph company posed a significant threat ...

Barthelmess, Richard

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Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939

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