May 3, 2011, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingAlaskan explorer "Yukon" Yates publishes book about life’s adventures Walter “Yukon” Yates, 86, recently published the autobiography Breakaway, which documents his life as an Alaskan explorer, bush pilot, gold miner, airplane and airport builder, helicopter crash survivor, World War II veteran, documentary filmmaker, grizzly bear hostage, and all-around adventurer. Yates’s story was detailed by filmmaker Warren Skaaren (1946–1990) in… read more
January 5, 2011, Filed Under: FilmSpalding Gray’s life as told by…Spalding Gray Steven Soderbergh’s film And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) documents the life and work of the master monologist Spalding Gray (1941–2004) using only footage of Gray’s performances, interviews, and home movies with Gray and his family. Last year, the Ransom Center acquired Gray’s archive, which traces the author’s career since… read more
November 30, 2010, Filed Under: Conservation, FilmConservation work begins on "Gone With The Wind" dresses with study of stitching and construction “Great balls of fire!” Scarlett O’Hara declares in Gone With The Wind as she rips down the green velvet curtains, pole and all, and throws them over her shoulder. “I’m going to Atlanta for that three hundred dollars, and I’ve got to go looking like a queen.” Designed by Walter… read more
