PAST PROGRAMS – 1994

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Our Secret Century: Revelations from the Prelinger Archives
January 8–30, 1994
View details »     THE RAINBOW IS YOURS
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
Design for Dreaming
Technicolor for Industrial Films
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Frigidaire Finale
A Touch of Magic
American Look

CAPITALIST REALISM
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
Master Hands
From Dawn to Sunset
Valley Town

THE HUMAN PRODUCT: ANIMATION AND ANTHROPOMORPHISM
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
We Drivers
Down the Gasoline Trail
A Case of Spring Fever
A Coach for Cinderella
Drawing Account
Just Imagine
The Adventures of Junior Raindrop
A Is for Atom
Sunny Sweet in Good Wrinkles: The Story of a Remarkable Fruit

PICTURES DON'T LIE: CREATIVE VISUALIZATIONS
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
Ant City
Key to Our Horizons
When You Are a Pedestrian
St. Paul Police Detectives and Their Work
Preventing the Spread of Disease
The Door to Heaven
Arteries of New York City
How You See It
Back of the Mike

SOCIAL GUIDANCE CLASSICS
Introduced by Ken Smith
Are You Popular?
Shy Guy
A Date with Your Family
Beginning to Date
Cheating
The Griper
More Dates for Kay
Habit Patterns

MAKE MINE FREEDOM: PATRIOTISM AND PUBLIC LIFE
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
Make Mine Freedom
Conquer by the Clock
Tuesday in November
Despotism
Day of Thanksgiving
What It Means to Be an American
Destination Earth

POSTWAR PESSIMISM: EIGHT FILMS BY SID DAVIS
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
Boys Beware
Girls Beware
The Gossip
Live and Learn
Name Unknown
The Terrible Truth
The Drop Out
Seduction of the Innocent

FREE TO OBEY: CONTROL AND CONFORMITY
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
You and Your Family
The Benefits of Looking Ahead
Office Courtesy: Meeting the Public
Mental Hospital
Anger at Work: Story of the Headache Switch
Social Class in America
Perversion for Profit

WE DIDN'T DREAM BIG ENOUGH: LANDSCAPE AND TRAVELOGUE
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
Conquering Roads
American Harvest
Freedom Highway
Midwest Holiday

BREEDING OUT THE UNUSUAL: GENDER AT MID-CENTURY
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
Easy Does It
Cindy Goes to a Party
As Boys Grow
Molly Grows Up
Are You Ready for Marriage?
Who's Boss
The Home Economics Story

TIRELESS MARKETERS
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
Sky Billboards
Chevrolet Leader News
Chevrolet Sales Convention Musical
In the Suburbs
The Front Line
Young Man's Fancy

42 ADS IN 80 MINUTES
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
General Screen Advertising Shorts
Max Minute Movies
Curtiss-Wright Shorts
Oldsmobile "Futuramic" Minute Movies
1949 Chevrolet Minute Movies
Roads to Romance
Lucky Strike Minute Movies: "Marching Cigarettes" and "Barn Dance"
The Orientation of Private Bottle
Auto-Lite on Parade

FILMS OF MENACE AND JEOPARDY
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
Days of Our Years
Safety Belt for Susie
More Dangerous than Dynamite
Goodbye, Mr. Roach
Six Murderous Beliefs
The Last Clear Chance

FAVORITE FILMS
Introduced by Rick Prelinger
A Brighter Day in Your Kitchen
Mother Mack's Puppies Find Happy Homes
Speech: Stage Fright and What to Do About It
Junior Prom
Refreshment on the Job
A Christmas Rhapsody
A Visit to Santa
Your Permit to Drive

Burning in the Gate – A Cinema Beside Itself: Some Recent Independent and Experimental Film 1991–1994
January 22–March 26, 1994
View details »     Totem
His Most Precious Blood
Interpolations 1-5
Epileptic Seizure Nos. 1-9
Goa Lawah
Le Vampire
Mantilla
Birds
Whirling
Berlin Portrait
The Harrowing
Tryst Haunt
Das goldene Tor
"Renate mad at Margaret"
"Renate drunk with ripped dress"
"Zoe reworks the Sunday Comics"
"Zoe explains her paper route, the meaning of life"
"Mandy displays her wardrobe age 14"
Scary Movie
Strange Weather
The Accursed Mazurka
The Painted Lady
A Fainting Woman's Lost Monkey
Clepsydra
I Begin to Know You
Through the Door
Sphere, Circle: Round
Time Being
Receiving Sally
Each Evening
Seven of Worlds
Bottlecan
Dervish Machine
Dial a Kvetch
The Little Lieutenant
Osaka Bondage
Heretic
Pull Out/Fallout
La verifica incerta
Conscious
Glimpses of Soviet Science
The Scorpion's Garden
The Pharaoh's Belt (cake excerpt)
Passage à l'acte
Strain Andromeda The
Acceleration
This Side of Paradise
Red Shovel
City Film
Dinkinsville
Five Bad Elements (early assembly excerpt)
100 Views of New York (work-in-progress excerpt)
Lodz Symphony
Photo Wallahs
The Unseen Peggy and Fred in Hell
The Great Invisible (work-in-progress edit)
The Malady of Death
Downs Are Feminine
Sleepy Haven
Mute
The Sapphire Series
The Looking Glass Trilogy

Spielberg Matinees
February 5–March 26, 1994
View details »     Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Empire of the Sun
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Jurassic Park

Oscar Micheaux: Film Pioneer
February 6–March 27, 1994
View details »     Body and Soul
Within Our Gates
Midnight Ramble: Oscar Micheaux and the History of Race Movies
The Exile
The Darktown Revue
Veiled Aristocrats
Swing!
Ten Minutes to Live
Lying Lips
The Girl from Chicago
Murder in Harlem
God's Step Children
Imitation of Life (1934)
The Notorious Elinor Lee
Underworld
Birthright

Joan Crawford
April 2–May 15, 1994
View details »     Our Dancing Daughters
Our Modern Maidens
Dance, Fools, Dance
Excerpts from Hollywood Revue of 1929
Possessed
Paid
Rain
Grand Hotel
Chained
Dancing Lady
Sadie McKee
Untamed
Mannequin
Mildred Pierce
A Woman's Face
Harriet Craig
Strait-Jacket
Torch Song
Female on the Beach
Humoresque
Sudden Fear
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Night Gallery: "Eyes"
BBC Interview with Joan Crawford

Mystic Eyes: The Films of Sergei Parajanov
May 21–29, 1994
View details »     Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Andriesh
The Color of Pomegranates
Akop Ovnatanyan
Ukrainian Rhapsody
The First Lad
The Legend of Suram Fortress
In My World
Ashik Kerib
Fragment from Confession
Little Flower on a Stone

Masters of Cinematography: A John Alton Retrospective
June 4–July 3, 1994
View details »     T-Men
Raw Deal
Border Incident
Devil's Doorway
Hollow Triumph
Reign of Terror
He Walked by Night
The Spiritualist
The Crooked Way
Mystery Street
Witness to Murder
Talk About a Stranger
The People Against O'Hara
The Big Combo
Slightly Scarlet
Father of the Bride, with finale from American in Paris
Elmer Gantry

The Complete Howard Hawks
July 9–September 4, 1994
View details »     Fig Leaves
The Cradle Snatchers
Fazil
To Have and Have Not
Rio Bravo
A Girl in Every Port
Paid to Love
Trent's Last Case
Only Angels Have Wings
I Was a Male War Bride
Scarface
Tiger Shark
His Girl Friday
Ball of Fire
The Crowd Roars
Red Line 7000
Twentieth Century
Barbary Coast
The Criminal Code
Ceiling Zero
Hatari!
El Dorado
Man's Favorite Sport?
Come and Get It
Bringing Up Baby
Monkey Business
Today We Live
The Big Sky
Sergeant York
Land of the Pharaohs
The Dawn Patrol
Air Force
The Big Sleep
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Road to Glory
A Song Is Born
Red River
Rio Lobo

Fatty Arbuckle & Friends
September 10–18, 1994
View details »     Mabel's Wilful Way
He Did and He Didn't
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
The Butcher Boy
Coney Island
The Cook
The Bell Boy
Good Night, Nurse!
The Knockout
The Rounders
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
The Waiters' Ball
His Wife's Mistakes
Life of the Party
Out West
Back Stage
The Hayseed
The Garage
The Round-Up
Leap Year
Hey, Pop!
Buzzin' Around
How've You Bean?
Close Relations
In the Dough
Tomalio

Dr. Look: The Films of Albert Lewin
September 24–October 2, 1994
View details »     Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
The Moon and Sixpence
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Saadia
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
The Living Idol

Hopalong Cassidy: King of the Licensed Cowboys
October 1–2, 1994
View details »     Bar 20 Justice
Colt Comrades

TV Families: New Visions from ITVS
October 8–9, 1994
View details »     Dottie Gets Spanked, with "Job Switching" (I Love Lucy)
Family Remains, with "Ann's Crisis" (One Day at a Time)
A Psychic Mom, with Night Ride and excerpts from Please Don't Eat the Daisies and locally produced southern variety shows
My Own TV
Terminal USA, with "Black Jesus" (Good Times)
The Secret Life of Houses

Patrizia von Brandenstein and the Art of Production Design
October 15–16, 1994
View details »     Billy Bathgate
Amadeus
The Untouchables

American Outsiders: The Cinema of Arthur Penn
November 12–13, 1994
View details »     The Miracle Worker
Bonnie and Clyde
Alice's Restaurant
Little Big Man

Laughing Screaming: Modern Hollywood Horror and Comedy
November 19–December 4, 1994
View details »     The Birds
Alien
M*A*S*H
National Lampoon's Animal House
Revenge of the Nerds
The Shining
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Carrie
It's Alive
Porky's
Heaven Help Us
The Exorcist

Chuck Amuck: The Cartoons of Chuck Jones
December 10, 1994–January 1, 1995
View details »     Joe Glow, the Firefly
Rabbit Hood
For Scent-imental Reasons
The Ducksters
Water, Water Every Hare
Bear Feat
Cheese Chasers
What's Opera, Doc?
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
Inki and the Minah Bird
Elmer's Candid Camera
Fresh Airedale
Odor-able Kitty
A Pest in the House
Inki at the Circus
Fair and Wormer
A Bear for Punishment
Bewitched Bunny
Long-Haired Hare
A Hound for Trouble
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
Deduce, You Say
Operation: Rabbit
Rabbit of Seville
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Robin Hood Makes Good
Snowman's Land
Elmer's Pet Rabbit
Hare Tonic
The Unbearable Bear
Lost and Foundling
Haredevil Hare
A Feather in His Hare
Sniffles Takes a Trip
Drafty, Isn't It?
90 Day Wondering
Rabbit Rampage
Steal Wool
Now Hear This
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
The Dot and the Line
The Dover Boys
Rabbit Fire
Bully for Bugs
Knight-Mare Hare
Beanstalk Bunny
Baton Bunny
Drip-Along Daffy
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
Duck Amuck
High Note
Often an Orphan
Feed the Kitty
The Cats Bah
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
Zoom and Bored
Much Ado About Nutting
Robin Hood Daffy
Ali Baba Bunny
One Froggy Evening

Classic Movie Serials in Tut’s Fever Movie Palace
View details »     Perils of the Darkest Jungle
Undersea Kingdom
Dick Tracy
Perils of Nyoka
Zombies of the Stratosphere

Unseen Fragments, Super-8 Show-and-Tell, and New Video Work
With Peggy Ahwesh in person
January 29, 1994

Body and Soul
Talk by Charlene Regester
February 6, 1994

Within Our Gates
Talk by Jane Gaines
February 6, 1994

Midnight Ramble: Oscar Micheaux and the History of Race Movies
With Pearl Bowser in person
February 13, 1994

Veiled Aristocrats
Talk by Richard Grupenhoff
February 20, 1994

Swing!
Talk by Thomas Cripps
February 20, 1994

Ten Minutes to Live
Talk by Richard Foreman
February 27, 1994

Lying Lips
Talk by Manthia Diawara
February 27, 1994

MIEDIA: Moving Images Enter the Digital Interactive Age
March 5–December 3, 1994
View details »     The Silicon Back Lot: Inside Digital Media Production Environments
An Afternoon with Douglas Trumbull
Brainstorm
Interactive Hollywood
Instruments of Intelligence: Music and Interactive Media
Digital Diversions: Electronic Game Design on the Bleeding Edge

The Girl from Chicago
Talk by J. Hoberman
March 6, 1994

God's Step Children
Talk by Ken Jacobs
March 13, 1994

Imitation of Life
Talk by Clyde Taylor
March 13, 1994

The Unseen Peggy and Fred in Hell and The Great Invisible
With Leslie Thornton in person
March 19, 1994

Underworld
Talk by Ed Guerrero
March 20, 1994

The Notorious Elinor Lee
Talk by Toni Cade Bambara
March 20, 1994

Birthright
Talk by David Schwartz
March 27, 1994

Elementary Phrases, Figure/Ground, and The Summit
With Phil Solomon in person
April 23, 1994

T-Men and Raw Deal
With John Alton in person
June 4, 1994

Rare Demonstration of Ancient Movie Projectors
Projector demonstration
June 17, 1994

Botticelli in Hollywood
Lecture by Susan Felleman
September 24, 1994

The Selling of Hopalong Cassidy
Lecture by Harry Rinker
October 1, 1994

Hopalong Cassidy on the Big Screen
Lecture by William K. Everson
October 2, 1994

Dottie Gets Spanked
With Todd Haynes in person
October 8, 1994

Family Remains
With Tamara Jenkins in person
October 8, 1994

My Own TV
With Ayoka Chenzira in person
October 9, 1994

Terminal USA
With James Schamus in person
October 9, 1994

The Art of Production Design
Presentation by Patrizia von Brandenstein
October 15, 1994

Billy Bathgate
With Patrizia von Brandenstein in person
October 15, 1994

St. Regis Benefit
Honoring Frank Biondi, Jr. and Howard Stringer
October 27, 1994

Instruments of Intelligence: Music and Interactive Media
Panel discussion with Marc Canter, Mark Steven Miller, Michael Nash, and Ben Neil in person
October 29, 1994

Bonnie and Clyde
Discussion with Arthur Penn
November 12, 1994

The Birds and Beyond: The Rise of Gross Out
Lecture by William Paul
November 19, 1994

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
With Amy Heckerling in person
November 26, 1994

It’s Alive
With Larry Cohen in person
November 27, 1994

Digital Diversions: Electronic Game Design on the Bleeding Edge
Panel discussion with Michael Backes in person
December 3, 1994

Heaven Help Us
With Michael Dinner and Charles Purpura in person
December 4, 1994

A Weekend with Chuck Jones
Screenings with Chuck Jones in person
December 17–18, 1994

Breaking Home Ties: Jewish Themes in Silent Cinema
Presented in cooperation with the National Center for Jewish Film
October 22–November 6, 1994
View details »     His People
Surrender
East and West
Levi and Cohen, the Irish Comedians
Cohen's Advertising Scheme
Cohen's Fire Sale
Old Isaac, the Pawnbroker
The Yiddisher Boy
Romance of a Jewess
A Child of the Ghetto
Cohen Saves the Flag
How Mosha Came Back Hungry Hearts
Breaking Home Ties
Humoresque
Yizkor
The Unfortunate Bride
Broken Hearts
The Jazz Singer
Cohen on the Telephone