Includes scholarly database for information regarding American films.

An open access co-production of the Media History Digital Library and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Communication Arts.

From the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and the site presents a curated selection of materials from the library's extensive holdings on motion picture history. Items include correspondence, photographs, sheet music, scrapbooks, lobby cards, movie ephemera, books, film magazines and industry publications. The collections also provide access to publications of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dating back to the founding of the organization in 1927.