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1. SIAHPC_140706_09.JPG: Artist and Symbol By 1939, Marian Anderson had performed for audiences worldwide. Despite her successes abroad, racial discrimination in the United States continued to create obstacles in her career. Howard University wanted to host Anderson for a concert engagement in Washington, D.C., and approached the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) about using Constitution Hall. The DAR had a policy that barred the use of the hall by African American performers, and Howard had made similar requests in the past without success. Once again, the DAR denied the concert planners' request. The DAR's refusal to let Anderson perform at Constitution Hall became a national story when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt publicly resigned her membership in the organization: "You had the opportunity to lead in an enlightened way and it seems to me that your organization has failed." In response, Walter White, executive secretary of the NAACP and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes arranged for Anderson to give a public concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939. It was a watershed moment in civil rights history, as Marian Anderson's presence provided a voice for the principles of freedom, justice, and equality.
2. SIAHPC_140706_15.JPG: At 5:00 p.m., Marian Anderson sang in front of a crowd of 75,000: "My Country tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty of thee We Sing." Anderson's slight change in the lyric, "I" to "We" perfectly captured the significance of the moment, echoing the collective sense of responsibility shared by all on that important day.
3. SIAHPC_140706_20.JPG: Marian Anderson Marian Anderson (1897-1993) was one of the great voices of the 20th Century. Her rich, vibrant contralto and extensive vocal range captivated audiences worldwide while the grace and dignity she displayed as an artist and as a citizen of the world made her a symbolic figure in one of the most important events in the struggle for civil rights.
4. SIAHPC_141226_01.JPG: Space suit worn by Sandra Bullock 2013
5. SIAHPC_141226_05.JPG: Gravity 2013 Directed by Alfonso Cuaron This science fiction thriller starred Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts whose spaceship is destroyed in mid-orbit and details their often harrowing attempts to return to earth. French costume designer Jany Temime, responsible for costumes for six Harry Potter films, created this stylized version of a Russian Sokol space suit for the film, Gravity won seven 2013 Academy Awards, including one for its state-of-the-art visual effects.
6. SIAHPC_141226_14.JPG: Hats 1964 Cecil Beaton designed a variety of hats as essential costume components depicting Edwardian London for My Fair Lady. These two straw hats were worn by Audrey Hepburn and Jeremy Brett, who portrayed Eliza's suitor Freddy Eynsford-Hill. The elegant black-and-white hats were worn by members of the chorus in the film's famous scene as Ascot Races.
7. SIAHPC_141226_20.JPG: Private Snafu drawing by Chuck Jones about 1943
8. SIAHPC_141226_26.JPG: Private Snafu script page by Theodor Geisel about 1943
9. SIAHPC_141226_28.JPG: Private Snafu 1943-45 Directed by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, and Frank Tashlin During World War II, Theodor Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, was one of the main writers for this series of short animated training films produced by the Warner Bros. cartoon department for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. They were screened only at military bases around the world and featured as the title character a dim-witted infantryman named after the military acronym for Situation Normal, All Fouled Up. Designed to both instruct and entertain, the Private Snafu cartoons advised military personnel on topics such as security protocols and proper hygiene.
10. SIAHPC_141226_32.JPG: Warner Bros. Studio sign about 1942 This sign was used on the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank in the 1940s and bears a patriotic motto to show the studio's twin goals of solid citizenship and superlative motion pictures.
11. SIAHPC_141226_36.JPG: The Brothers Warner: Jack, Albert, Harry, and Sam Warner opened their first movie theater, a makeshift storefront affair, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, around 1905. Over the next twenty years, the company moved into distribution and then the production of feature films. Warner Brothers Pictures, incorporated in 1923, found some success with canine star Rin Tin Tin, but shot to the top of the industry with the release of the pioneering sound film The Jazz Singer in 1927. A year later, Warner Bros. moved to a new studio in Burnank, where for more than eighty-five years the company has been producing many popular movies and television shows. The four founders of Warner Bros. Pictures around 1926 with their father Benjamin, and their brother David, who was not involved in the movies. They are (from left to right) Jack, David, Albert, Ben, Harry, and Sam Warner.
12. SIAHPC_141226_43.JPG: Cape and gown 1938 Milo Anderson created the many costumers for The Adventures of Robin Hood. A longtime staff designer at Warner Bros., his career is distinguished by his work for over two hundred films made between 1932 and 1956. His costumes for The Adventures of Robin Hood included this gown and rich silk velvet fabric and this opulent bejeweled cape. Errol Flynn's costume from The Adventures of Robin Hood
13. SIAHPC_141226_46.JPG: The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley The lavish production was one of the first Warner Bros. features to utilize the three-strip Technicolor process, giving it the appearance of glowing storybook illustrations. The film originally planned for The Adventures of Robin Hood to star James Cagney as the fabled medieval outlaw; however, when Cagney left the studio in a contract dispute, the film was recast with the team of Errol Flynn as Robin and Olivia de Havilland as his noble Maid Marian.
14. SIAHPC_141226_50.JPG: Olivia de Havilland's costume from The Adventures of Robin Hood
15. SIAHPC_141226_54.JPG: Matte painting 1938 Matte paintings were used to give movies scale and grandeur. This painting by artist Paul Detlefsen was photographed with the Technicolor camera and combined with live action footage to create a new composite image showing Nottingham Castle and the countryside surrounding it.
16. SIAHPC_141226_65.JPG: Costume sketches 1938 The sketches are of costumes for Errol Flynn as Robin Hood and Melvin Cooper as the comic Sheriff of Nottingham.
17. SIAHPC_141226_74.JPG: Screenplay 1938 The screenplay for The Adventures of Robin Hood was by Norman Reilly Rane and Seton I. Miller (and an uncredited Rowland Leigh), who freely adapted its story from medieval English legend. This leather-bound edition of the screenplay is the personal copy of studio head Jack L. Warner. It includes a photograph of Flynn in costume as the film's swashbuckling hero.
18. SIAHPC_141226_80.JPG: Coat of arms 1938 This painting, done by an unidentified artist, is part of the wardrobe art collection in the Warner Bros. archives. It was used in the film The Adventures of Robin Hood as design art consulted for character costumes, props, and set decoration, such as shields or banners.
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