October 2, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film75 Years, 75 Days: Donate now to support the fall 2014 “Gone With The Wind” exhibition The Harry Ransom Center is raising $50,000 in 75 days for the Center’s 2014 exhibition The Making of Gone With The Wind. This Hollywood classic premiered in 1939 and will mark its 75th anniversary in 2014. Film producer David O. Selznick’s 1939 epic film Gone With The Wind was embroiled… read more
May 2, 2013, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingScholar discusses research in De Niro collection R. Colin Tait, a Ph.D. candidate at The University of Texas at Austin, has used the Ransom Center’s Robert De Niro collection as the basis for his dissertation, “Robert De Niro’s Method: Acting, Authorship and Agency in the New Hollywood (1967–1980).” Tait argues that De Niro has been a major… read more
February 22, 2013, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingRobert De Niro’s “Silver Linings Playbook” costume ensemble on view Robert De Niro received his seventh Academy Award® nomination for his supporting role in Silver Linings Playbook (2012). The Ransom Center holds De Niro’s collection of papers and costumes and props, which includes materials from each of his nominated roles in Cape Fear (1991), Awakenings (1990), Raging Bull (1980), The… read more
