Off-Campus Access

The Fifties: Film & TV This page lists some additional specialized resources for finding information dealing with film and television.

Background Sources

• American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States
  Can also be used to find articles and reviews on the film.
• Encyclopedia of television
  Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference - PN1992.18 .E53 1997
• Film index international
  Can also be used to find articles and reviews on the film.
• History of the American cinema
  Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference - PN1993.5.U6 H55 1990
• International dictionary of films and filmmakers
  Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference - PN1997.8 .I58 1997
• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
  Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference -- E169.1 .S764 2000

Articles

• FIAF international filmarchive database
  Index to film criticism and other articles dealing with film and television. Good also for finding reviews.
• Film literature index
  Database covers international articles on film, television, and video from three hundred periodicals. Covers 1973-present.

Finding Films & TV Shows

The UW Libraries Media Center, located in Odegaard Undergraduate Library, has more than 2000 feature films. These videos/dvds can be checked out for 3 days.

• All Feature Films on VHS
  List of all feature films on video in the Media Center. Also see All Feature Films on DVD. If you know the title of a film, search the UW Libraries Catalog to see if we own a copy.
• TV on DVD
  Partial list of tv series on DVD available in the Media Center. Mostly recent series such as Sex and the City. If you know the title of a series, search the UW Libraries Catalog to see if we own a copy.
• Scarecrow Video
  Largest rental collection of videos. Includes many classic movies. The website includes a searchable database of rental videos/dvds.

Finding Reviews

• Film Review Index - Suzzallo Reference, Odegaard Reference Z5784.M9 F513 1986
  Citations to film reviews published in popular journals and film industry trade newspapers during the years 1882-1985.
• Index to motion pictures reviewed by Variety, 1907-1980 - Suzzallo Reference PN1995 .A39 1982
  Index to the magazine.
• The New York times film reviews, 1913-1968 - Suzzallo Reference PN1995 .N48
  Multi-volume set of copies of New York Times reviews.
• Reader's Guide Retrospective
  Citations to film reviews in American magazines from 1890 to 1980.
• Retrospective Index to Film Periodicals, 1930-1971 - Suzzallo Reference Z5784 M9 B39
  

Magazines for Browsing

We have a number of fan magazine and film-related magazines available in microfilm in the Newspaper Microform Collections on the ground floor of Suzzallo.

• Motion Picture Daily, 1930-1970
          Microform & Newspapers - A10029
• Motion Picture Herald, 1950-1954
          Microform & Newspapers - A9831
• Photoplay, 1916-1978
          Microform & Newspapers - A9815 and A9816
• Variety, 1905-2004
          Microform & Newspapers - A5040

Other

• American film scripts online
  Currently includes more than 490 scripts of films dating from 1903 to 2002.

Image: Film posters.