Andy’s Stump Speech
(1924),
two-reel comedy in which Andy Gump, played by former Keystone Cop Joe Murphy, runs for office
(New Zealand Project).
Animated Short Subjects by Ub Iwerks
(1930s),
five cartoons from the pioneering animator who created Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
The Automobile Thieves
(1906),
J. Stuart Blackton short
(Saving the Silents).
Barriers of the Law
(1925),
starring William Desmond as a law enforcer entangled in a dangerous romance with a bootlegger, an alleged lady of the night
(Saving the Silents).
Birth of a Hat
(ca. 1920),
industrial short illustrating how Stetson makes its hats
(New Zealand Project).
Bless Their Little Hearts
(1984),
Billy Woodberry’s study, filmed by Charles Burnett, of a struggling African American father in Los Angeles who cannot find a job
(2010 Federal Grants).
The Books of Ed Ruscha
(ca. 1969),
tongue-in-cheek reading of the artist’s books by musician Mason Williams
(2014 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Brillantino the Bullfighter
(1922),
two-reel comedy starring Monty Banks as a weakling who transforms himself into a celebrated matador to win his fickle sweetheart
(New Zealand Project).
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Bunny's Birthday Surprise
(1913),
starring comedy team John Bunny and Flora Finch, in a spoof about a surprise party that goes awry
(Saving the Silents).
The Bus
(1965),
cinema-verité documentary by Haskell Wexler, following the cross-country journey of several activists to the 1963 March on Washington
(2019 Federal Grants).
Capital Punishment
(1925),
crime melodrama in which a social worker arranges a frame-up to save an innocent man only to have the hoax result in murder
(Saving the Silents).
Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day
(1971),
footage of the celebration, shot by feminist activist Kate Millet and her crew
(2010 Federal Grants).
Crooked Alley
(1923),
revenge drama about ex-con, Boston Blackie, who vows to "get" the judge who refused to pardon Blackie's dying friend
(Saving the Silents).
Dawn to Dawn
(1933),
gritty farm drama by Russian American Josef Berne
(1999 Partnership Grants).
Diary of an African Nun
(1977),
Julie Dash’s adaptation of the Alice Walker short story
(2011 Federal Grants).
Early Silent Newsreels
(1919–29),
stories from the Hearst Metrotone News collection
(2006 Federal Grants).
Early Sound Newsreels
(1929–39),
selections from Hearst Metrotone News Collection
(2006 Federal Grants).
The Exiles
(1961),
Kent McKenzie’s independent feature film following a night in the life of young Native Americans in downtown Los Angeles
(2006 Federal Grants).
The Fighting Blade
(1923),
swashbuckler starring Richard Barthelmess as a soldier of fortune in 17th-century England
(Saving the Silents).
The First Gay Pride Parade
(1970),
footage of the first gay pride parade in Los Angeles
(2008 Federal Grants).
Freight Yard Symphony
(1963),
modernist animation by visual–effects pioneer Robert Abel
(2018 Federal Grants).
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The Greater Call
(1910),
melodrama about an actress who must choose between career and family
(New Zealand Project).
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Hey Mama
(1967),
cinema-verité documentary on working-class African American life in the Oakwood neighborhood of Venice, California
(2020 Federal Grants).
The Horse
(1973),
Charles Burnett's short film about a young boy who waits for his father to put a dying horse out of its misery
(2001 Federal Grants).
The Hushed Hour
(1919),
surviving reels of this moral tale of four adult children, all disappointments, who respect their father's dying wish to observe a "hushed hour" in introspection
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
I & I
(1979),
Ben Caldwell’s mystical mediation about Black Nationalism and African myth
(2011 Federal Grants).
Illusions
(1982),
fictionalized tale, by Julie Dash, about a female movie executive who passes as white
(2012 Federal Grants).
International Newsreel
(ca. 1926),
newsreel including five stories from the United States and abroad
(New Zealand Project).
In the Best Interests of Children
(1977),
documentary examination of the issues faced by lesbian mothers in keeping custody of their children
(2023 Federal Grants).
In the Land of the Headhunters
(1914),
reconstruction of Edwin S. Curtis’s legendary film, featuring a native cast and location shooting in British Columbia
(2007 Federal Grants).
Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi at Home
(1931),
celebrity interview
(2000 Partnership Grants).
It Sudses and Sudses
(1962),
comic short about the perils of shaving, by amateur filmmaker Sid Laverents
(2004 Federal Grants).
The Jam Makers
(1919?),
cartoon in which Buddy, Susie, and a cat scheme for a taste of homemade jam
(New Zealand Project).
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Joe's Maison
(1984),
Joseph Glinn paintings of Guillame Apollinaire’s poem “La Maison Des Mortes,” put to film by Tom Chomont
(2013 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
The Jungle
(1967),
vivid portrayal of Philadelphia street life starring and made by African American gang members
(2014 Federal Grants).
Labor’s Reward
(1925),
only surviving fragment of an American Federation of Labor drama about the benefits of unionization
(2005 Federal Grants).
Lena Rivers
(1914),
a Southern aristocrat struggles to keep secret his marriage to a Northern woman, in one of the few of pre-World War I American features to survive in complete form
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
Life on the Circle Ranch in California
(1912),
documentary about a movie-making ranch in Santa Monica
(2010 Federal Grants).
Lorna Doone
(1922),
Maurice Tourneur's romantic screen adaptation of the literary classic about a kidnapped noblewoman who is brought up by outlaws
(Saving the Silents).
The Love Girl
(1916),
melodrama about the orphaned Ambrosia who must move in with her aunt and rescue her kidnapped cousin from a swami hypnotist
(Saving the Silents).
The Man in the Eiffel Tower
(1949),
independently produced detective yarn from a George Simenon novel, directed by Burgess Meredith and featuring Charles Laughton as Inspector Maigret
(2000 Federal Grants).
Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial Concert
(1939),
newsreel documentation of the African American contralto's outdoor concert, broadcast to a radio audience of millions after she was denied permission to sing in Washington's Constitution Hall on account of her race
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
Mary of the Movies
(1923),
surviving reels from a Hollywood comedy about a young woman seeking stardom
(New Zealand Project).
Midnight Madness
(1928),
comedy starring Clive Brook as a millionaire who decides to teach his gold-digging fiancée a lesson
(New Zealand Project).
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Molly O'
(1921),
comic story of an Irish-American laundress, Mabel Normand, who sets her heart on a millionaire doctor
(Saving the Silents).
Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France
(1905),
short film from the Vitagraph Company
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
Moods of the Sea
(1942),
lyrical depiction of California’s coastline by montage masters Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman, edited to the sounds of Mendelssohn
(2015 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Multiple Sidosis
(1970),
droll trick film by amateur filmmaker Sidney Laverents, named to the National Film Registry
(2001 Partnership Grants).
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The Murder of Fred Hampton
(1971),
Howard Alk and Mike Gray’s documentary on the violent death of the leader of the Illinois Black Panther Party
(2016 Federal Grants).
My Lady of Whims
(1925),
societal melodrama starring Clara Bow as Prudence, a rich girl gone Bohemian who becomes the prey of a womanizing painter
(Saving the Silents).
My Lady's Lips
(1925),
newspaper melodrama in which an ace reporter goes underground to rescue his editor’s daughter
(Saving the Silents).
Paper Moon
(1949),
color animated interpretation of the Nat King Cole recording by avant-garde artist Flora Mock
(2018 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Pathé News, No. 15?
(1922),
nearly complete issue of the American newsreel, with stories on the veterans' bonus and election of Pope Pius XI
(Film Connection Australia).
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Peggy Leads the Way
(1917),
feature starring Mary Miles Minter as the plucky Peggy, who returns home from finishing school to rescue her father's ailing store
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life
(1968),
personal series by Tom Chomont
(2008 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Poisoned Paradise
(1924),
melodrama starring Clara Bow as a young woman who loses in Monte Carlo and becomes housekeeper to an artist with a formula for beating the odds
(Saving the Silents).
Portrait
(1971),
Donna Deitch’s allegorical portrayal of an individual’s self-conflict and destruction
(2016 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Rabbit's Moon
(1950–70),
Kenneth Anger’s avant-garde classic recasting the story of an attempted suicide as a poetic fable involving Harlequin and Pierrot.
(2003 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Race Night Films
(1933),
two slapstick shorts featured in "Race Night," a prize give-away series that lured audiences into theaters during the Depression
(2000 Partnership Grants).
The Roaring Road
(1919),
romantic comedy about a daredevil car racer who must beat the train to win his sweetheart
(Saving the Silents).
Romance of Water
(1931),
sponsored film about Los Angeles’s water projects
(2010 Federal Grants).
Ruth of the Rockies
(1920),
two surviving chapters of the 15-part adventure serial starring Ruth Roland
(Saving the Silents).
Samuel Beckett’s FILM
(1965),
collaboration between Samuel Beckett and Alan Schneider starring Buster Keaton
(2006 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
The Savages
(1967),
ironically titled cinema verité documentary about the impoverished African American community of West Venice, California
(2017 Federal Grants).
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Selznick News
(1921?),
newsreel with stories about burglar-proof mail containers, golfing moms, a prototype car phone, the Princeton crew team, and the latest fashions
(New Zealand Project).
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Several Friends
(1969),
short by Charles Burnett about an African American family and their unemployed friends in South Central Los Angeles
(2001 Federal Grants).
Stop Cloning Around
(ca. 1980),
Sid Laverents’ comic trick film in which he multiplies himself through ingenious in-camera editing
(2003 Federal Grants).
Tillie's Punctured Romance
(1914),
first feature-length comedy with Charlie Chaplin
(Saving the Silents).
Trailin’
(1921),
mystery-western about a wealthy young man who goes west to learn the truth about his parents, starring Tom Mix and Eva Novak
(2022 Federal Grants).
A Trip Through China
(1915),
970-foot fragment, from Benjamin Brodsky’s ten-reel documentary, showing Peking in the 1910s
(New Zealand Project).
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Vanity Fair
(1932),
independently produced Hollywood feature, now in the public domain, starring Myrna Loy as a modern-day Becky Sharp
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
War on the Plains
(1912),
the first Western filmed at Thomas Ince's 101 Ranch and featuring a cast of Lakota/Sioux
(Saving the Silents).
Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification
(1979),
Barbara McCullough’s meditation on African ritual and contemporary African American life
(2010 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
The Way of Peace
(1947),
an animated plea for pacifism written and directed by Frank Tashlin for the American Lutheran Church
(2015 Federal Grants).
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We Were There
(1976),
Pat Rocco’s documentary about gay pride celebrations in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the year of the American bicentennial
(2011 Federal Grants).
Who Pays?
(1915),
Ruth Roland series that was among the first to explore social issues
(Saving the Silents).
A Window on Washington Park
(1913),
touching melodrama in which a generations-old family rift is finally healed
(New Zealand Project).
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