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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. All eyes are watching the movie "Ope...
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Fox Film Season 1921-22

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Description: A list of film rental requests from Fox Film Corporation for Season 1921-22. The William (Wm.) Farnum series is listed on the top left.
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Metro Pictures Typewritten Rental Agreement

Date: 06 14 1921
Description: A typewritten film rental agreement, No. L-1586, with Metro Pictures Corporation.
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Booking Notice and Settlement Statement

Date: 09 02 1924
Description: A statement regarding booking the film, "The Covered Wagon."
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Metro Pictures Rental Agreement

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Description: A handwritten film rental agreement L-1586 with Metro Pictures.
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Request for Fox Film Series

Date: 1921
Description: A sheet showing a request to Fox Film Corporation for 1921 films.
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Publicity Still from "King Lear"

Date: 1916
Description: Still of actors portraying soldiers in a battle. Caption reads: "King Lear performance (for motion picture?)"
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"Trouble" Publicity Photograph

Date: 1922
Description: Outdoor portrait of two children wearing caps and overalls. The Wisconsin State Capitol is out of focus in the background. Caption reads: "Madison Wis. Str...
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Location Shooting for "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 1961
Description: View of a street, with shop fronts, a horse-drawn carriage, and automobiles. Several people are in the background. Caption reads: "Saxon Wis 1961. 20th Cen...
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Production Crew Filming "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: Several people standing on a street. A ladder and film lights are visible. Caption reads: "Saxon Wis Oct 3 1961. 20th Century Fox motion picture studio cre...
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Altering Town Appearance for "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 1961
Description: View of a town street. Wooden shopfronts are being built in front of brick buildings. A car with Michigan license plates is parked next to a telephone pole...
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Location Shooting for "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 1961
Description: A film production crew operating a camera crane in front of a street scene, with signs for Tiny's Saloon, Briggs Saloon, and Wm. "Pop" Wiener, Auctioneer. ...
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Location Shooting for "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 1961
Description: A man standing on a log cart, holding the reins for a horse team. Other people are in the foreground and background. Shopfronts for Tiny's Saloon and Brigg...
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Norman Wiese on Location for "The Emigrants"

Date: 09 1969
Description: Close-up of a man wearing a conductor's hat. A train is in the background. Caption reads: "Norman Wiese, North Freedom, Mid-Century RR Museum. Was also in ...
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Liv Ullmann and Max Von Sydow on Location for "The Emigrants"

Date: 09 1969
Description: Actors Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow posing while seated on the grass with plates of food and drinks. They appear to be in costume. Caption reads: "Liv Ull...
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"The Butterfly Kiddies" Publicity for Parkway Theater

Date: 04 1924
Description: Eleven children posing around an automobile. A banner on the car reads: "'The Butterfly Kiddies' Welton Co. 245 Ac."
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Merle Patton and Dr. H.T. Sondergaard

Date: 1937
Description: Two men ---- one in a mailman's uniform ----- standing on either side of an oversized special pass to a screening of the film "The Life of Emile Zola" star...
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Young Actress Promotes Movie in Madison

Date: 06 06 1958
Description: Twenty-year-old actress from Chicago, Dianne Hatch, stopped in Madison on a tour to promote the movie "Macabre" which will soon appear in local theaters.
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Two World War One Soldiers at Capitol Theatre

Date: 06 07 1930
Description: Two men dressed as "Doughboys" at the Capitol Theatre entrance, promoting the movie "Journey's End" at 209 State Street.
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Movie Advertisement on Truck

Date: 09 19 1930
Description: RKO movie advertisement on an Ed Klief Transfer Line truck. The U.W. Meat Market at 728 University Avenue is in the background.

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