Born on May 15th in Makó, Austria-Hungary (with his sun in Taurus and moon in Virgo) Andre de Toth came to Hollywood in 1942 after a short stint directing Hungarian films and working under fellow Hungarian émigré Alexander Korda in England. He was known for his fierce independent spirit and for making westerns, crime pictures, and HOUSE OF WAX, the first color 3D feature film released by a studio. In 1953 de Toth made CRIME WAVE, a tour-de-force film noir…

This week we are excited to introduce you to Charles and Ray Eames's GLIMPSES OF THE U.S.A from 1959, which was restored by the Library of Congress and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. The multi-screen project was created for the American National Exhibition in Moscow for the 1959 USSR-USA cultural exchange. The Eames's were tasked with creating a film that would depict "a day in the life of the United States." The project featured…

Welcome to our first post in a new weekly series that will shine a light on the films we've helped to restore—over 1,000—since our inception. We're excited to showcase the different films and filmmakers, as well as our beloved restoration partners, that we've had the honor to work with over the years. For our first entry, a film by the great Shirley Clarke. Made in 1977, 24 FRAMES PER SECOND was created for the LACMA series "The Poetic Eye: 1929…

Please join us for a free online screening of our restoration of Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968).

It's screening for free for 72 hours, December 9th - 12th, in The Restoration Screening Room. Register at the link below:

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, Sergio Leone’s masterful reinvention of the Western genre, is the riveting story of two mysterious strangers (Jason Robards and Charles Bronson) joining forces to defend a widow (Claudia Cardinale)…

Please join us for a free online screening of our restoration of Vittorio De Sica's SHOESHINE (1946).

It's screening for free, November 11th - 14th, in The Restoration Screening Room

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SHOESHINE opens with an exhilarating shot of a deliriously happy boy riding a horse. From here the director, the great Vittorio De Sica, crafts a devastating but deeply humanistic post-war story of the reality of poverty for so many Italian boys. Made in the…

Join us for a free online double-feature screening of Robert Siodmak's THE KILLERS (1946) and Don Siegel's THE KILLERS (1964).

It's screening for free, July 8th - July 11th in The Restoration Screening Room

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The second screen adaptation of Hemingway’s story was also the first movie ever made for television. Don Siegel’s 1964 version of THE KILLERS differs greatly from Siodmak’s in both tone and temperament. It’s shot in vibrant color and from the…

Join us for a free online double-feature screening of Robert Siodmak's THE KILLERS (1946) and Don Siegel's THE KILLERS (1964).

It's screening for free, July 8th - July 11th in The Restoration Screening Room

Register at the link below:

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THE KILLERS, the first screen adaption of Ernest Hemingway’s deceptively short story, is a terrifying and taut film noir, one that would not only help create the genre but also come to define it. The iconic opening diner scene, filled…

Join us March 11-14th for a FREE online screening of our restoration of Abraham Polonsky's FORCE OF EVIL:

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FORCE OF EVIL, moving like a runaway train, follows the unscrupulous scheming of New York lawyer Joe Morse (John Garfield). By consolidating a numbers racket, Joe has the unseemly opportunity to make it big by teaming up with ruthless gangster Ben Tucker (Roy Roberts). The only hindrance to this plan is Joe's brother, Leo (Thomas Gomez), who refuses to implicate his…