The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in
Rochester, New York
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comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images.
The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent films. The George Eastman Museum owns the
Louis B. Mayer Conservation Center, where its holdings of nitrate films are stored. In 1996, the Eastman Museum founded the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation.
Notable films in the collection
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The Voice of the Violin'' (1909)
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The Ranger's Bride'' (1910)
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The Colleen Bawn
''The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen'' is a melodramatic Play (theatre), play written by Irish people, Irish playwright Dion Boucicault. It was first performed at Laura Keene's Theatre, New York City, New York, on 27 March 1860 with ...
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Fighting Blood'' (1911)
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A Western Girl'' (1911)
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The Scarlet Letter
''The Scarlet Letter: A Romance'' is a historical novel by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who concei ...
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The Struggle'' (1913)
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The Golden Chance'' (1915)
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The Professor's Painless Cure'' (1915)
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American Aristocracy
''American Aristocracy'' is a 1916 American silent adventure/comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas Fairbanks. A 35mm print of the film is preserved at the George Eastman House and is currently in the public domain.
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The Chalk Line'' (1916)
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Manhattan Madness'' (1916)
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The Social Secretary'' (1916)
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The Upheaval'' (1916)
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The Call of Her People'' (1917)
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A Daughter of the Poor'' (1917)
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The Blue Bird'' (1918)
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Humdrum Brown'' (1918)
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Opportunity
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The Tip'' (1918)
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The Man in the Moonlight'' (1919)
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The Virtuous Model'' (1919)
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Paris Green
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The Penalty'' (1920)
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Sowing the Wind'' (1921)
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Stronger Than Death'' (1920)
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The Willow Tree'' (1920)
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The Ace of Hearts'' (1921)
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Kindred of the Dust'' (1922)
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The Light in the Dark
''The Light in the Dark'' (later re-edited into a shorter version called ''The Light of Faith'') is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Clarence Brown and stars Lon Chaney and Hope Hampton. It is around 50% lost. A still exists showi ...
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Sherlock Holmes
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Turn to the Right'' (1922)
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A Virgin's Sacrifice'' (1922)
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Eugene O'Neill and John Held in Bermuda'' (1925)
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The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera may refer to:
Novel
* The Phantom of the Opera (novel), ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (novel), 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux
Characters
* Erik (The Phantom of the Opera), Erik (''The Phantom of the Opera''), the title char ...
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The Battle of the Sexes'' (1928)
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Skyscraper Symphony'' (1929)
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Eyes of Science'' (1930)
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Tomato's Another Day/It Never Happened'' (1930)
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Alba Novella e Ralph Pedi Cantando il Canzoni il Gondoliere ed it Tango Della Gelosia'' (1935)
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Kahlo and Rivera'' (1935)
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Highlights and Shadows'' (1938)
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Too Much Johnson'' (1938)
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Joan Crawford Home Movies'' (1940-41/1950s)
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Fear and Desire'' (1953)
References
External links
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National Film Preservation Foundation
Film archives in the United States
Culture of Rochester, New York
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