Spotlight Archive

Our tribute to pre-Code actress Jean Harlow ends with Goldie (1931), starring Spencer Tracy, Bombshell (1933), "a splendid satire of Hollywood moviemaking" (Los Angeles Times) and Sony Pictures' newly restored Three Wise Girls (1932).

Based on a 19th century children's book, the Disney production Toby Tyler (1960) tells the story of a young orphan (played by versatile child star Kevin Corcoran) who runs away from a foster home to join the circus.

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After Friday's gender-bending West of the Pecos (1945) and Rachel and the Stranger (1948), in which Mitchum sings a supporting role, our series ends with director Howard Hawks' El Dorado (1966) on Saturday: Mitchum plays an alcoholic sheriff who joins forces with a veteran killer (John Wayne) and a young gun (James Caan) to defend a family on the range.

The Archive Research and Study Center (ARSC) is pleased to announce Philip Leers as the recipient of this year's ARSC Student Research Award. Philip, a student of UCLA's MIAS program, will examine the work of female screenwriters in early cinema, a network of powerful women who, throughout the silent era and into the 1930s, achieved a considerable measure of influence.