June 29, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmCostumes reveal character revelations As the Making Movies exhibition demonstrates, a costume can reveal much about a film character. For example, a character’s social and economic class can be represented through the style and quality of her or his clothes, shoes, and jewelry, and whether those clothes are clean and fresh or tattered and… read more
June 29, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmFilm curator discusses "Making Movies" exhibition Associate Curator of Film Steve Wilson elaborates about Making Movies, an exhibition that focuses on the artistic collaboration that is unique to the medium. Wilson shares how the Ransom Center’s holdings document the history of the motion picture industry to illustrate the highly collaborative nature of the movie-making process.
June 24, 2010, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingMagnum Photos collection opens to researchers, students, and public The Magnum Photos collection, comprising more than 1,300 boxes of photographic materials, is now open to researchers, students and the public at the Ransom Center. Dating from the 1930s to 2004, the bulk of the nearly 200,000 photographs from Magnum Photos’ New York bureau are gelatin silver prints, though the… read more
June 24, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmMaking Movies: "North by Northwest" The Making Movies Film Series runs throughout the summer and features films that are highlighted in the Making Movies exhibition. Tonight, the Ransom Center will screen Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959), starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. Throughout the series, Cultural Compass will highlight an exhibition item related… read more
June 22, 2010, Filed Under: PhotographyCollection showcases hand-colored tintypes in period frames The Stanley Burns tintype collection is a remarkable and rare assemblage of unusually large, hand-colored, American tintypes in period frames. With more than 130 items, this is one of the largest collections of its kind. Portraiture in America has a long tradition. In the colonial era, painted portraits provided a… read more
June 17, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmMaking Movies: "Black Narcissus" The Making Movies Film Series runs throughout the summer and features films that are highlighted in the Making Movies exhibition. Tonight, the Ransom Center will screen Michael Powell and Emerich Pressburger’s Black Narcissus (1947), starring Deborah Kerr and David Farrar. Throughout the series, Cultural Compass will highlight an exhibition item… read more
