American Film Scripts
Over 1,000 scripts by more than 1,050 writers as well as detailed information on the scenes, characters, and people related to the scripts. American Film Scripts also includes over 500 original images of previously unpublished screenplays.
Art and Architecture in Video
Documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. Includes coverage of the Renaissance, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Modern, and Contemporary Art. In addition to art history and theory, the collection addresses applied topics such as architectural and graphic design.
Black Drama, Second Edition
Black Drama, now in its expanded second edition, contains the full text of more than 1,460 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 250 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print.
Classic Mexican Cinema
The Golden Age of Mexican cinema is illuminated in this collection of popular movie periodicals. This collection also includes dozens of film flyers, which were distributed on the streets to lure people into the cinema. Finally, this collection gives access to the personal scrap books of Fernando de Fuentes (1894-1958), one of the leading Latin-American filmmakers. These volumes contain reviews, movie stills, programs, and advertisements, shedding a unique light on the career of this pioneering director.
Classical Music Library
Recordings from the world's greatest labels including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, and Vox. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g., Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera. More than 7,400 albums with 135,000 tracks are included and it is added to regularly.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive is a research resource containing primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the vaudeville and silent movies era through to 2000. The database includes film and entertainment industry trade magazines, fan magazines, and music press titles.
March of Time
Time Inc.'s unique and controversial newsreel series that ran from 1935 to 1967. The newsreels have been restored to their original luster by HBO Archives, allowing viewers to experience these historic newsreels as audiences did in earlier decades. The most unusual feature of the films was the re-creation or staging of events that had taken place, but had not been photographed by newsreel cameras.
New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990 to present
Full-length feature films from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and Global Lens. Also includes documentaries, comedies, dramas, and award-winning short films. All films were presented at major film festivals and, collectively, have won more than 1,000 awards. Film clips and playlists can be created, saved, and shared with others. Videos can be downloaded to an Apple OS or Android phone, available for 48 hours.
