Classic Movie Research: The Basics

When was it made? Who was he or she? Where do films go? Helpful links here.
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Classic Movie Research: The Basics

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The following are some good, general interest sites to help our members and visitors with film research.


IMDb or The Internet Movie Database:
http://www.imdb.com/

TCM Database:
http://www.tcmdb.com/index.jsp

The TCM Suggest a Movie link:
http://www.tcm.com/suggestamovie/index/

American Film Institute:
http://www.afi.com/

The Academy of Motions Pictures Arts and Sciences
http://www.oscars.org/

The Margaret Herrick Library:
http://www.oscars.org/mhl/

The Academy Awards® Winners and History:
http://www.filmsite.org/oscars30.html

British Film Institute:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/

George Eastman House:
http://www.eastmanhouse.org/

FilmSite.org
http://www.filmsite.org/
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We need to add two more:

The Media History Digital Library
http://mediahistoryproject.org/collections/

and its search engine, Lantern
http://lantern.mediahist.org/

Probably the best source for film-related books and magazines on the Web.
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Have used this fine site for many years to become more informed about Classic Hollywood films. His writing-style (Tim Dirks) is clear and concise with no highbrow pretense on his part.

G.C.
Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
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Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
D. W. Griffith
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