Home to over three hundred collections from playwrights, television and movie writers, producers, actors, designers, directors, and production companies.
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Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
Get in loser, we’re filling the hill 💅🦩
Fill the Hill is officially on, and supporting Comm Arts students is “so fetch!” Join us for the next 24 hours to show your support by giving at go.wisc.edu/cafth25
@WisAlumni #commarts #flocktober #fetch
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
🎞️ From Wisconsin to the world: @WCFTR at @UWMadison is a global hub for Hollywood history and storytelling. I visited with my family this summer — what an incredible resource! news.wisc.edu/a-global-hub-f…
Check out the profile of the WCFTR published on the @UWMadison bews site today. The article shares insights into our past and shares our recent successes, challenges, and fundraising efforts as we adapt to federal funding cuts.
news.wisc.edu/a-global-hub-f…
Please read the article, use our collections, and make a donation to support our work if you can!
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ALT Amanda Smith, standing, and Mary Huelsbeck, seated, examine archival documents spread out on a table.
ALT Vintage pressbook for 'Doctor Dolittle,' with animal images and the text 'the most joyous entertainment for the whole family!'
ALT An open binder displays casting character descriptions for 'The Office,' with a detailed profile of Michael Scott highlighting his delusional self-image and comedic traits.
We are aware of issues that users are experiencing when attempting to access many of our websites, including the @mediahistorydl.
We are investigating the root cause and will provide further updates as we learn more. We apologize for the inconvenience.
ICYMI: There's a new documentary about legendary television host Ed Sullivan and his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. It uses materials from the WCFTR's collections to tell this important piece of entertainment history.
How Ed Sullivan Quietly (and Loudly) Became a Civil Rights Icon
Netflix documentary 'Sunday's Best' re-examines the television host's fight for racial equality, one groundbreaking musical act at a time.
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The documentary is now streaming on Netflix. Be sure to give it a watch!
netflix.com/title/82048609
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
There are over 1,000 tapes in the @wcftr project, Love, Links, Archives, but only six earned the title of “favorite clip” from each WCFTR team member. Watch the clips that made this team laugh, cry, and smile the most across this vast collection: go.wisc.edu/64kn2f
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
Comm Arts and @WCFTR were honored to welcome Chancellor Mnookin and her family to Vilas Hall yesterday for an archival show-and-tell and tour of our film scanner, video transfer space, and film cleaner. We want to thank them for taking the time to stop by!
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
On our blog, Matt St. John discusses Film Programmer/Curator Amos Vogel and our tribute to his Cinema 16 Film Society. See the collection of shorts from @wcftr on Sun, April 27, 2 p.m., @ChazenArtUW, 750 University Ave. Admission is free! cinema.wisc.edu/events/a-cin…
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
Samira Makhmalbaf's THE APPLE. #35mm print from @wcftr, Sun, 3/9, 2pm @ChazenArtUW, 750 University Ave. Free admission! cinema.wisc.edu/calendar/
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
TWILIGHT ZONE and NIGHT GALLERY creator Rod Serling donated a sizable archive to @UWMadison, including revelatory stories, speeches and letters. Click here to listen to a fascinating recording of Serling dictating a TV script in his inimitable voice: onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/ent…
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
6pm tonight (Fri, 2/14), James Earl Jones & Diana Sands in ep. of "East Side/West Side," a restoration collab of @UCLAFTVArchive & @wcftr + Jones & Diahann Carroll in CLAUDINE. 4070 Vilas, 821 University Ave. Free admission! cinema.wisc.edu/events/east-… + cinema.wisc.edu/events/claud…
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
#UWMadison’s research enterprise is at the heart of the Wisconsin Idea, our commitment to innovating for the public good and doing work that makes a difference for Wisconsin and the world.
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Read more about LAFCADIO (1948, Jean Béranger), a lost film found at the WCFTR (and watch a short excerpt!) in this blog post from WCFTR Fellow @zzahos:
wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/inde…
#lostFilm #archives #cinemaHistory #frenchFilm #avantGarde
We are working to determine the copyright status of Béranger's films, in order to facilitate their wider access in the near future. Stay tuned for more updates!
For now, though, you can watch the opening few minutes of LAFCADIO on the WCFTR blog: wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/inde…
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research retweeted
Even more exciting: the team @wcftr has uncovered a seemingly lost short film and guess what—it's GAY! I discuss Jean Béranger's LAFCADIO (1948), below, ahead of its screening, w/Bresson's PICKPOCKET, this Sunday @ChazenArtUW. cinema.wisc.edu/2025/01/24/t…
