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E M U S E U M OF M O D E R N ART
^VE$T 53RD STREET, NEW YORK
TELEPHONE, CIRCLE 7-7470
%/Y FOR RELEASE Thursday, November 21, 1936
Mr# John Hay Whitney, Chairman o f the Motion Picture Committee*of
The, Museum of Modern A r t , announced today the acquisition of five im-

portant groups of motion picture films from tho following individuals
and companies!
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> M A n r P i c K FOHD A selection iV^ia nor o rly pictures, which
* include gar. Flrat PJUQUUS* Vi ol i n Mafr?r flJfea>flna. X&&
^~ - HQH,XQXk Ai t i ?Ue l onel y Xill&f ttanfrucfrv, Fe^a, ,Hjg<|er.pI
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the Beta* Pueblo, lifl&anflf yrienfls, gl Uul Eflggt/toasuaiMl
tfre Goe.se* XnxgixlHpxhxxxjiiBiarHKxiax^
In gi vi ng her pi ctures to the Film Library, Miss Pickford nnde tho
fol l owi ng statement! "As ono of the pi oneers of the industry l e t me
Bay once again how much I appreciate tho ef f ort s of the Film B^bsomy.
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o ty&fojfawnch supporters and bel i eve the preservati on of sig-
ni f i cant and outstanding fi l ms to bo of ^reat h i s t ori c and educational,
val ue. I am only surprised that t h i s important work was not undertaken
long ago by ttye Industry itse2>f
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,;; Sfl40EL GQLDWYNMr* Goldwyn presented h i s gi f t s with the state-
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oentl "As one who has s t ri ven for many years always to bring the motion
pi cture to a Higher l evel of achlovement, I f e e l a gre it personal gruti*
f i cat i on i n the knowledge that tho motion pi cture has now attained rocog
ni t i on among the art s through the Film l i brary of the Museum of Modern Ar|i
"Apart from the purely entertainment ride of motion pi ctures, they
havo beoome for t h i s century, as havo books and paintings i n tho past, a
l i vi ng pi cture of tho world and as such should be guarded as zealously as
a Gainsborough portrai t or a Gutenborg Bi bl e They are an accurate por-
trayal of contemporary ti mes, presenting as they do not only the factual
evidenceflfof modern exi s t ence, but presenting i t i n a vi sual form, 1 aa
yery proud indeed t oh ave my pi ct ures , BJfatLktt Bal i M *
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CARL LAEMMLE for UNIVERSAL PICTURES CORP,The pi ctures given fey >
Universal through Mr, Laemmle are The Dumb Girl of Port i cci (Anna Pavlovjlp
1916j Blind fttftoaflii 1
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tfl&LUa UXMA$ 1&21, both directed by
Brio von Stroheim; The Cat and tho Canary, di rected by Paul Leni, 1917J
A^ 9ul et on the Western Front, x* directed by Lewis Milestone, 1930,
Mr^ Laemmle sai di "It i s a great personal s at i s f act i on to me that thai
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**eords of the progress of this industry are to be preserved* Xou may
i e i y uopon my heartiest cooperation and upon the use of the negatives of
any pictures you may choose from Universal. As you know, Universal has
negatives whioh go back to the year 1909, Unfortunately a few of then
were destroyed i n a f i re. May you* efforts to preserve the.past history
of the moving picture art meet with the success they so richly deserve*"
PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATIONThe films received from this Com-
pany are as follows: The Covered-Wagpn,; 1922; gaafckfiltt Itttttflj&a (Rudolph I
Valentino) 1984; awi i yj ^^ kasi#
1986j> and Chanf
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1987, both directed by Cooper and Sehoedsackf Underworld
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1987, and The Last Command (ftmil Mannings) 1928, both directed by von
Sternberg*
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POX FILM CORPORATIOHThe pictures KKEEfcrarixtfBamxXxxx Company arc
L ZttSL thttfl Hafl (*heda Bara) 1914) fljflers ttC J&fl PurplQ S^fiS (Tom Mix)
191SJ Ste.Slgh (Tom Mix) .192)1; She ^.on aoffgQi 1924| gumAaa, directed
, by toODDOi F. W. iiurnau, 1927; Movietone iiewsroel of ihfssolinl, Tilden
and 6haw, | SflX ,fclgfl fl ^fcl^P[;
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(Hobert Bonohley) 19E7; and frwalcaflft
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