This semester’s presentation for the ARCHIVE CLASSICS FILM SERIES is BAD BASCOMB from 1946. This series features the presentation of cinematic gems held in the BYU MOTION PICTURE ARCHIVE. These films are esteemed to be of particular importance to BYU Students, focusing on depictions, representations, and expressions of latter-day saints in the medium of the …
Silent Movie Day is an international celebration of Silent Films. It began in 2021 and this year marks the third anniversary. Each year the BYU Motion Picture Archive has joined in the celebration. Silent Movie Day is set on the calendar as September 29th each year, and we try and do what makes sense to …
Thursday afternoons this fall semester, THE BYU MOTION PICTURE ARCHIVE will be running vintage films on celluloid film in the library’s auditorium. We discuss the historical context, cultural context, narrative themes, and form connections with the past. This gives us a chance to explore a film together in a historical way: together with an …
ICE CREAM & ELEVATORS (1971) This Student-Produced film sought to capture the traditions both formal and informal of BYU student life in 1971. In the spring of 1971 several students at Brigham Young University produced this film. It is a playful campus romance that captures a slice-of-life of BYU campus culture at the time and …
We are happy to announce our next installment in the ARCHIVE CLASSICS series. This series features the presentation of cinematic gems held in the BYU MOTION PICTURE ARCHIVE. These films are esteemed to be of particular importance to BYU Students, focusing on depictions, representations, and expressions of latter-day saints in the medium of the cinema. …
We are happy to announce our next installment in the ARCHIVE CLASSICS series. This series features the presentation of cinematic gems held in the BYU MOTION PICTURE ARCHIVE. These films are esteemed to be of particular importance to BYU Students, focusing on depictions, representations, and expressions of latter-day saints in the medium of the cinema. …
In 1968, the BYU Motion Picture Studio (MPS) produced WALK IN THEIR SHOES, a short film about teenagers learning to understand a parent’s worry and why they set boundaries out of love for them. The BYU MPS produced these films regularly for church and seminary use, even marketing them to other churches and civic …
Celebrate National Silent Movie Day with BYU’s Silent Movie Remixes! When: September 29, 2021 will mark the first annual National Silent Movie Day. The screening will begin at 7pm. Where: BYU Library Auditorium Who: We invite the student community as well as the broader community to come celebrate and explore silent films with us! What …
To find options to see SCARED STIFF, you can look at streaming options HERE since we couldn’t find a disc at any local library. There’s something rotten on Lost Island, or at least something haunted. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis inadvertently agree to help the beautiful Lizabeth Scott return to her ancestral homeland off the …
Short plot summary: Danny Kaye stars in this swashbuckling historical comedy musical. The farcical romp plays on the tradition of historical adventure films like The Adventures of Robin Hood in an airy manner that delights and entertains on multiple levels. The kingdom has been usurped by a murderous interloper and Danny Kaye’s outlaw minstrel seeks …