Detail from storyboard of the
balcony scene in West Side Story.
Unidentified artist.
Ernest Lehman Collection.
Making Movies February 9 - August 1, 2010
Featuring items from the Ransom Center's extensive film collections, Making Movies reveals the collaborative nature of the filmmaking process and focuses on how the artists involved—from writers to directors, actors to cinematographers—transform the written word into moving image.
Highlights include original scripts, storyboards, production photos, and call sheets, in addition to screenplays from The Third Man, North by Northwest, and Shakespeare in Love, and costumes from Gone with the Wind, An Affair to Remember, and Taxi Driver.
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Madero's guard, 1911.
Unidentified photographer.
Mexican Revolution Collection.
¡Viva! Mexico's Independence February 9 - August 1, 2010
The year 2010 marks the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, pivotal events in Mexico's struggle for self-governance. In collaboration with The University's Graduate Studies program and the Consulado General de México en Austin, the Ransom Center will display original materials from its collections that illuminate these historic touchstones.
The exhibition will feature such rarities as the original 1529 document appointing Hernán Cortés Captain General of New Spain; unpublished letters exchanged between the ill-fated Ferdinand Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico and his wife Carlotta; original documentary photographs of the Mexican Revolution along with period broadsides illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada; and artistic responses to the long history of Mexico's conquest and revolt.
