Subject: The National Film Registry
Questions arose last week about the National Film Registry, and Jeremy asked for
my input, since I am with the Motion Picture Division of the Library of
Congress. Like many of you, I was behind on my email as I busily prepared for
the SCS conference (only to be snowed out). Hence, my apologies for the delay in
getting this and the following separate fact list about the registry out to
subscribers; I also wanted to be meticulous about accuracy. Hopefully these two
postings will answer most questions. Should other queries remain, please contact
Steve Legget, also of the Motion Picture Division, who is coordinator of
Registry activities. His telephone number is 202-707-5912.
The procedure for making nominations is given at the end of this posting. All
nominations for the Registry must be submitted by mail; unfortunately, it is not
possible to send suggestions via email.
First, here is the list of last year's 25 selections:
- An American in Paris (1951)
- Badlands (1973)
- The Black Pirate (1926)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Cat People (1942)
- The Cheat (1915)
- Chulas Fronteras (1976)
- Eaux d'Artifice (1953)
- The Godfather, Part II (1974)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Lassie Come Home (1943)
- Magical Maestro (1952)
- March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany--1938
- A Night at the Opera (1935)
- Nothing But a Man (1964)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Point of Order (1964)
- Shadows (1959)
- Shane (1953)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1975)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Where Are My Children? (1916)
- The Wind (1928)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
and next, selections from the previous years, interfiled:
FILMS SELECTED TO
THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY,
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
1989-1992
Titles listed alphabetically
1) ADAM'S RIB (1949)
2) ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
3) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
4) ANNIE HALL (1977)
5) THE BANK DICK (1940)
6) THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO (1945)
7) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
8) BIG BUSINESS (1929)
9) THE BIG PARADE (1925)
10) THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
11) THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941)
12) BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
13) BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
14) CARMEN JONES (1954)
15) CASABLANCA (1942)
16) CASTRO STREET (1966)
17) CHINATOWN (1974)
18) CITIZEN KANE (1941)
19) CITY LIGHTS (1931)
20) THE CROWD (1928)
21) DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY (1968)
22) DETOUR (1946)
23) DODSWORTH (1936)
24) DOG STAR MAN (1964)
25) DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
26) DR. STRANGELOVE (or, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING
AND LOVE THE BOMB) (1964)
27) DUCK SOUP (1933)
28) FANTASIA (1940)
29) FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)
30) FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
31) THE FRESHMAN (1925)
32) THE GENERAL (1927)
33) GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914)
34) GIGI (1958)
35) THE GODFATHER (1972)
36) THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
37) GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
38) THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
39) THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903)
40) GREED (1924)
41) HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. (1976)
42) HIGH NOON (1952)
43) HIGH SCHOOL (1968)
44) HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)
45) I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932)
46) INTOLERANCE (1916)
47) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
48) THE ITALIAN (1915)
49) KILLER OF SHEEP (1977)
50) KING KONG (1933)
51) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
52) THE LEARNING TREE (1969)
53) LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948)
54) LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)
55) THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)
56) THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
57) MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)
58) MODERN TIMES (1936)
59) MOROCCO (1930)
60) MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
61) MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)
62) NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922)
63) NASHVILLE (1975)
64) THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
65) NINOTCHKA (1939)
66) ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
67) OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
68) PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
69) A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
70) THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917)
71) PRIMARY (1960)
72) THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937)
73) PSYCHO (1960)
74) RAGING BULL (1980)
75) REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
76) RED RIVER (1948)
77) RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962)
78) THE RIVER (1937)
79) SALESMAN (1969)
80) SALT OF THE EARTH (1954)
81) THE SEARCHERS (1956)
82) SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
83) SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)
84) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
85) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
86) SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
87) STAR WARS (1977)
88) SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
89) SUNRISE (1927)
90) SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
91) TEVYE (1939)
92) TOP HAT (1935)
93) THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
94) TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)
95) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
96) VERTIGO (1958)
97) WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (1957)
98) WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)
99) THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
100) A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
PUBLIC NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY
Librarian of Congress James Billington welcomes public nominations for
the National Film Registry. Nominated films must meet two criteria:
(1) be culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant,
(2) be at least ten years old.
Persons may nominate up to fifty films for inclusion in the Registry.
Nominations must be received by March 30 of each year to be eligible for
that year; nominations received after March 30 will be considered the
following year. All nominations should be mailed to:
National Film Registry
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C. 20540
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