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In this exclusive interview, Serge Bromberg, film preservationist and founder of Paris-based Lobster Films, describes how technological advances changed the way Lobster Films and The Chaplin Project restored CHAPLIN’S MUTUAL COMEDIES and the upcoming Essanay collection compared to the earlier CHAPLIN […]

This week, Serge Bromberg, film preservationist and founder of Paris-based Lobster Films, hosted the world premieres of new restorations of Charlie Chaplin’s A NIGHT AT THE SHOW (1915) and THE BANK (1915) to audiences in New York and Los […]

In the video excerpt below, Dave Stromhaier explains how Cinerama and Image Trends restored SEARCH FOR PARADISE. See the flight over Nepal before-and-after their restorations techniques were applied. More restoration details and scene comparisons are available in his full presentation, […]

In Spring 2010, The Moving Image published “The Itinerant Issue,” an entire issue dedicated to the burgeoning field of study of itinerant filmmaking and exhibition practices. In the excerpt below, archivist Dwight Swanson weaves together the childhood recollections of people […]

Cinerama’s SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD comes to Blu-ray/DVD on November 11, 2014. Until then, enjoy these exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs from the making of the movie. The Cinerama camera on the set of the shoot in the Arabian Peninsula. […]

  Pictured Above: Wausau Daily Record-Herald, September 17, 1914 This September 17 marks the 100-year anniversary of the premiere of THE LUMBERJACK. The oldest surviving film made in Wisconsin, THE LUMBERJACK was produced by a group of itinerant filmmakers […]

In this exclusive essay for The Archives blog, Brent E. Walker, author of MACK SENNETT’S FUN FACTORY, traces the survival of Sennett’s films – or lack thereof. His examination touches upon the influential roles played by the stars, the studios, […]

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The nomadic life of the early itinerant filmmakers posed unique challenges. In this clip from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, Hugh V. Jamieson recalls his early years as an itinerant filmmaker, long before the era of digital cameras […]

The release day for CHAPLIN’S MUTUAL COMEDIES is finally here! To mark the occasion, David Shepard, celebrated film historian, preservation expert, and owner of The Blackhawk Films Collection®, gives us an inside look at the restoration process behind this landmark collection. […]

  WE’RE IN THE MOVIES: PALACE OF SILENTS & ITINERANT FILMMAKING showcases local filmmakers’ passion for cinema. One of these local filmmakers is Melton Barker, who spent five decades travelling the country shooting the same script, THE KIDNAPPERS FOIL, with […]

by Robert Israel, Composer Seven years ago, I embarked upon a project which would take nearly one year to complete and occurred during a time in my life which shall forever remain indelible to my memory. When 2007 began, I […]

Ready for a sneak peek of all the 3-D goodies in our upcoming 3-D RARITIES release? In his latest blog post for Indiewire, film critic Leonard Maltin discusses what you can expect from the Blu-ray collection. From the article: […]

Until the publication of Martin L. Johnson’s long-awaited book on local films, the best printed resource is probably The Moving Image, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2010, the Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (University of Minnesota […]