A Plea To Preserve Movie History

The fire at Universal Studios las week “I hope, will prompt Universal and its fellow majors to better preserve not just key titles but also the other 90 percent of their inventories, the less famous and therefore more vulnerable titles that the studio may not feel justify spending thousands to save. These are exquisite samples of 20th-century American culture and deserve to always be seen in their extravagant, sensual, big-screen glory.”