Samantha Janes The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR) is proud to announce the online launch of Writer in Action: The Alvin Boretz Collection. The Alvin Boretz collection documents the life and writings …
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Honoring David Bordwell, game-changing film historian and leader for the WCFTR
By Eric Hoyt At the WCFTR, we are grieving the loss of one of our leaders and dear friends. David Bordwell, emeritus professor of Film, passed away last week at his home in Madison, Wisconsin. …
WCFTR Receives NHPRC Grant for “Expanding Film Culture’s Field of Vision” Project
Matt St. John The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR) has received a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for a project titled “Expanding Film Culture’s Field of Vision: …
WCFTR Receives NEH Grant to Digitize and Share Wendy Clarke’s Video Archive
Ben Pettis The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR) has received a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to digitize, preserve, and publicly share the video archives of Wendy …
World Radio Day
As we continue to celebrate our 60th anniversary, we also want to celebrate World Radio Day which was February 13. Agnes Moorehead was a star whether she was on the stage, on the big screen, …
Coming Attractions!
The exhibitor book announced some of the films each studio was going to release in the upcoming year as well as films that were planned or in production. Sometimes, between the time the film was …
WCFTR’s Theater Posters
The oldest material at the WCFTR comes from the world of the theater. The Center has some marvelous posters for theater productions and shows dating back to around 1860. Posters helped entice people to buy …
And the Emmy goes to…
And the Emmy goes to…. The television collections at the WCFTR span from the 1940s to the late 1990s. The Center has a number of significant collections documenting the first “golden age” of television – …
A Presidential Bond
A modest abbreviation, “DDE,” sits at the top of the page. Note the “no-nonsense” quality of the text: a simple thank you note to Robert M. Blumofe, the Vice President of United Artists, for arranging …
We’re 60!
The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research is celebrating our 60th anniversary in 2020! Over the course of the next year, we will be highlighting 60 items or collections from the archives that will …