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Film, VideoWorking Catholic Youth's Second National Congress and Convention of 100 Marriages, Montreal, 1939. The Jeunesse ouvrière catholique (Working Catholic Youth) in Quebec produced this silent film in 1939, which depicts the Congrès des cent mariages (Convention of 100 Marriages) on the occasion of its Second National Congress. The film is in the Fonds d'archives de la Jeunesse ouvrière catholique (Working Catholic Youth Archive) at the Quebec National Library and Archives. The Canadian group was modeled after the...
- Contributor: Young Christian Workers
- Date: 1939-01-01
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ArticleThe day the earth stood still A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the alien emissary (Michael Rennie) it brings refuses to reveal his mission to any single government, leaving the military, the politicians, and millions of ordinary people to wait in fear. Soon their distrust turns to calls for violence. But one young woman and her son befriend him and soon realize that...
- Contributor: North, Edmund H. - Marlowe, Hugh - Gray, Billy - Bates, Harry - Neal, Patricia - Tover, Leo - Herrmann, Bernard - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Jaffe, Sam ... North, Edmund H. - Marlowe, Hugh - Gray, Billy - Bates, Harry - Neal, Patricia - Tover, Leo - Herrmann, Bernard - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Jaffe, Sam - Wise, Robert - Blaustein, Julian - Rennie, Michael - Bavier, Frances - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation - Sersen, Fred
- Date: 2002
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Film, VideoMaple Sugar and Cooperation.
Sucre d'érable et coopération Produced by the Producteurs de sucre d'érable du Québec (Maple Sugar Producers of Quebec) and directed by Father Maurice Proulx (1902--88), this 1955 film features the history of the organization and its new techniques for maple syrup production, from scientific standardization in laboratories to advanced wrapping and packaging. Proulx, trained in agronomy before becoming a filmmaker, made 36 films for industry and the provincial...- Contributor: Maple Sugar Producers of Quebec - Burman, John (Jack) - Omega Productions - Nolet, Jean-Paul - Proulx, Maurice
- Date: 1955-01-01
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ArticleThe last picture show A study of life in a small Texas town during the 1950s, following the exploits of two high school football stars.
- Contributor: Friedman, Stephen J. - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - McMurtry, Larry - Johnson, Ben - Columbia Pictures - Burstyn, Ellen - Bottoms, Timothy - Bbs Productions - Shepherd, Cybill - Bogdanovich, Peter - Leachman, Cloris - Bridges, Jeff - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Date: 2009