‘Supporting young people after Manchester arena incident’ Maryam Arbabi

Maryam Arbabi, from 42nd Street Project, talk sharing follow-up of the excellent work ongoing in Greater Manchester following the traumatic Manchester Arena event. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

The space between photography and film : an object study from the Warner Bros.-First National Keybook collection

Historically and conceptually, film stills occupy a precarious position between two academic disciplines: cinema studies and the history of photography. They are overshadowed in collections by more prominent and "valuable" cinematic or photographic objects competing for the same space and money; and they have received relatively little attention in scholarship, exhibitions and publications. The film still is a unique and distinctive genre of object, possessing its own history, physicality, and aesthetic. After establishing a historical and descriptive context for understanding the film still as an object with multiple incarnations - commercial, nostalgic, historical, educational, artistic - this thesis transitions into an analysis of actual stills. By examining the physical and aesthetic characteristics of a small selection of stills from George Eastman House's "Warner Bros.-First National Keybook Collection," drawn from the keybooks of Other Women's Husbands (1926), Lights of New York, and 42nd Street, an argument emerges for the establishment of the film still as a genre of photographic object distinguishable by its physical and aesthetic characteristics as much as by its origin.

The space between photography and film : an object study from the Warner Bros.-First National Keybook collection

Historically and conceptually, film stills occupy a precarious position between two academic disciplines: cinema studies and the history of photography. They are overshadowed in collections by more prominent and "valuable" cinematic or photographic objects competing for the same space and money; and they have received relatively little attention in scholarship, exhibitions and publications. The film still is a unique and distinctive genre of object, possessing its own history, physicality, and aesthetic. After establishing a historical and descriptive context for understanding the film still as an object with multiple incarnations - commercial, nostalgic, historical, educational, artistic - this thesis transitions into an analysis of actual stills. By examining the physical and aesthetic characteristics of a small selection of stills from George Eastman House's "Warner Bros.-First National Keybook Collection," drawn from the keybooks of Other Women's Husbands (1926), Lights of New York, and 42nd Street, an argument emerges for the establishment of the film still as a genre of photographic object distinguishable by its physical and aesthetic characteristics as much as by its origin.

Orchids in the Moonlight

After producing too many movie musicals at the dawn of sound, Hollywood had virtually abandoned the genre by 1932. Steiner was convinced that the public was eager to see a well-made musical—and after the success of Warner Bros.’ 42nd Street in March 1933, he had a chance to prove it. The visually extravagant Melody Cruise was only a modest hit, but it opened the door for a cinematic breakthrough at RKO: Flying Down to Rio, which paired Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for the first time. This chapter details the swift evolution of movie musical production and Steiner’s role in it, as he and his team experimented with pre-recording music to be used as “playback” during filming. During Rio’s making, the twice-divorced Steiner began a romance with studio harpist Louise Klos. It would become one of the most significant, and complicated, relationships in Max’s life.

Hamlet 3

On 42nd Street, beyond the bright marquee, alight with Hamlet 2,We find its star, Steve Coogan. He plays Dana Marschz,Who came from Canada to Tucson, my hometown, or so it seemsAt least as much as Hamlet seems a myth of originsEnabling our imaginations to conceive of selfhoodIn terms of consciousness as process, self-awarenessStruggling to proceed, man or woman thinking,The American scholar in Wittenberg or Elsinor, Concord or Tucson—Wherever that might be or we might find ourselves.