National Film Registry Articles

Gary Cooper in Sergeant York National Film Registry 2008 Article National Film Registry 2008 Line-Up: Part I The March (1964) George Stevens Jr., who headed the United States Information Agency (USIA) Motion Picture Service unit from 1962-67, brought in several young talented documentary filmmakers such as Charles Guggenheim, Carroll Ballard, Kent McKenzie, Leo Seltzer, Terry Sanders, Bruce Herschensohn, and James Blue, who directed "The March." [...]

2008 National Film Registry Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner in The Killers National Film Registry 2008 Article Film information from the National Film Registry press release The Asphalt Jungle (1950) John Huston’s brilliant crime drama contains the recipe for a meticulously planned robbery, but the cast of criminal characters features one too many bad apples. Sam Jaffe, as the twisted mastermind, uses cash from corrupt attorney [...]

This year, the Library of Congress has selected another 25 American films to be included in their National Film Registry, which under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act is supposed to preserve "for all time" short and feature films that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. (See full list.) Among the selected films are Howard Hawks‘ flag-waving 1941 war drama Sergeant York (right), [...]