The magic of the motion picture leaves one a little breathless sometimes. And to those of us who see feature, short, travelogue, newsreel in the studio there is a tremendous sense of awe at that which motion picture accomplished for our entertainment. Of course, there are pictures we do not like… —Rita McGoldrick, Feb. 2, Read More
Posts with the tag: National Legion of Decency
The Archivist’s Nook: On Movies and all that Jazz – The Talkies and their Catholic Critics
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Film reviews, Hollywood, Humanities, International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, Motion pictures, movies, National Legion of Decency, Silent Films, Talkies, University Archives, USCCB Office of Film and Broadcasting | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: The Great Depression Revisited
The novel coronavirus pandemic has left record numbers of Americans jobless—inviting comparisons between now and the Great Depression almost one hundred years ago. The Archives at the Catholic University of America (CatholicU) is well positioned to offer a historical perspective on current events. Two particular collecting strengths from the Depression era, relating to Catholic views Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Catholic University, Catholic University of America, Charles Coughlin, covid-19, FDR, finding aid, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Floyd, Gone with the Wind, Great Depression, John A. Ryan, Monsignor John O'Grady, Msgr. Francis Haas, National Legion of Decency, New Deal, Patrick Henry Callahan, research guide, Social Security, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB Office of Film and Broadcasting | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: A Priest, a Werewolf, and a Bunny Walk into a Theater…
“A certain leeway with probability has to be allowed to science fiction but making monsters out of rabbits is a little too much,” wrote one reviewer to his colleagues in the USCCB Office of Film and Broadcasting (OFB) regarding the 1972 giant-bunnies-run-amok film, Night of the Lepus. The OFB – known until 1966 as the Legion Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Halloween, horror films, National Legion of Decency, OFB, University Archives, USCCB Office of Film and Broadcasting | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: Legion of Decency Keeping the Big Screen Clean
This week’s post is guest authored by Vitalina A. Nova, Archives assistant and LIS graduate. Regardless of your opinion of Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) movie ratings, you’re likely familiar with them and know the MPAA reviews film content to determine suitability for specific audiences. What you’re less likely to know is that the Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Billy Wilder, Catholics and the Media, Cleopatra, film ratings, Kiss Me Stupid, Love in the Afternoon, MPAA, National Legion of Decency, University Archives, Vitalina A. Nova | Comment