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Category Archives: popular culture
Hopalong Cassidy: Cowboy Hero and Franchise Empire
One the most popular collections at the American Heritage Center is the papers of William Boyd, who played cowboy Hopalong Cassidy for many years on radio, television, and film. Hopalong Cassidy was originally created by author Clarence E. Mulford in … Continue reading
Cat Women of the Moon: When Felines Attack!
I’ve been beginning blog posts recently by writing about this or that gem that I found in the Forrest J. Ackerman Collection. After watching enough movies and looking through the artifacts that are in the collection I’m starting to realize that … Continue reading
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The Wasp Woman: A Makeover Gone Murderous
One of my favorite “B” movies from the 1950s is a film called The Wasp Woman, released in 1959. The film is about a woman named Janice Starlin who is the CEO of a cosmetics company. As she is quickly … Continue reading
Happy Read Across America Day!
Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, March 1 is designated as the 2013 Read Across America Day. This is the 16th Annual Read Across America event that’s been observed. To contribute to the celebration, we’re sharing several photographs … Continue reading
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King Kong’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
In the Forrest J. Ackerman collection, one can find a variety of well-known artifacts of the film era, including work from before World War II (the oldest artifact in the collection is from 1890, a literary review that has an … Continue reading
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Tagged film history, King Kong, student projects
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Don’t miss it! CJ Box’s book tour kicks off at the AHC!
Author C.J. Box is making a habit of starting his book tours at the AHC! We love it–and we’re sure you will, too! So, come on out to the AHC on March 12th and hear Mr. Box read from his … Continue reading
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Forbidden Planet: An Exceptional Specimen of ‘B Movie’ Ingenuity
I recently had the pleasure of watching Forbidden Planet, a science-fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox and released in 1956. A young Leslie Nielsen plays a space captain (Commander J.J. Adams) who is directed to a planet to hopefully … Continue reading
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Rollo the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
As the snowflakes swirl and the winter holidays approach, do any of your family traditions include Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? Did you know that Rudolph was almost named Rollo–or even Reginald? Montgomery Ward, the world’s first general merchandise mail-order business, … Continue reading
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Science Fiction and Gender in the 1950s
The portrayal of gender in science fiction is a fascinating and sometimes overwhelming topic of discussion. As science-fiction is often referential and sensitive to the time period it was written and portrayed in, it is far from being just fantasy … Continue reading
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Tim McCoy, Western Star
Thanks to a continuing grant from the NHPRC, the American Heritage Center has recently processed the Tim McCoy papers and a new, online inventory is available for this collection. Tim McCoy was a mid-20th century Hollywood Western movie actor, military officer, and … Continue reading
