August 12, 2010, Filed Under: Conservation, FilmGrant will allow restoration of four Jorge Prelorán films The Ransom Center recently received a grant from the Tinker Foundation, based in New York City, to restore and make accessible four films by Jorge Prelorán. The series, “The Argentine Gaucho Today,” resides in the Edward Larocque Tinker collection at the Ransom Center. Born to an Argentine father and Irish-American… read more
August 10, 2010, Filed Under: Conservation, FilmDonations sought to restore iconic costumes from ‘Gone With The Wind’ The Ransom Center seeks to raise $30,000 to restore and preserve five original costumes from Gone With The Wind (1939). Donations to restore the costumes can be made online. The Ransom Center holds the film collection of David O. Selznick, a well-known and admired producer of Hollywood’s “Golden Age” of… read more
July 30, 2010, Filed Under: FilmSee designs for ‘The Red Shoes’ and view a restored version of the film The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will be screening a restored version of The Red Shoes (1948) on Thursday, August 5. Through August 1, visitors to the Making Movies exhibition can view Hein Heckroth’s storyboards for The Red Shoes and a “picture script” from the movie. Hein Heckroth was a Surrealist painter… read more
