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January 17, 2024, Filed Under: Art, Digital Collections, Film

Star Power and Spectacle: Decoding 1940s Movie Posters

by ASH KINNEY D’HARCOURT By the 1940s, the Golden Age of Hollywood was in full swing. This era was marked by its iconic films, glamorous movie stars, and the dominance of the major Hollywood studios in which film production and marketing were highly structured and standardized. In the preceding decade,… read more

ABOUT ASH KINNEY D'HARCOURT
Ash Kinney d’Harcourt is a UT Career Pathways Fellow and a doctoral candidate in the UT Radio-Television-Film Department studying the role of film and media iconography in resistance and survival within contemporary performance art and nightlife subcultures. As part of this project, Ash is building a digital archive of experience, performance, and cultural memory of queer and transgender communities.

January 8, 2024, Filed Under: Art, Digital Collections, Film

Visual Narratives: The Language of Movie Posters

by ASH KINNEY D’HARCOURT In recent years, the movie poster has transcended its humble origins. Once considered uncredited works of art, movie posters have risen to prominence as sought-after treasures in art auctions, as prized acquisitions in personal collections, and as exhibits in museums and galleries—a transformation that reflects a… read more

January 12, 2017, Filed Under: Film

Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Mad Men archive donated to UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center

The archive for the acclaimed drama Mad Men, one of television’s most honored series in history, has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.