Beginning of letter dated June 5, 1933 between James Wingate and Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), re changes made to Lady of the Night (released as Midnight Mary) to comply with the Motion Picture Production Code. Source: Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections.
Websites
Reliable sites available on the open Web.
- AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsAuthoritative database for American films. Includes entries on nearly 60,000 American feature-length and 17,000 short films produced from dating back to 1893.
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb)Information related to movies and television, including cast and crew listings, plot summaries, release dates, "bios" of fictional characters, etc.
- Margaret Herrick Library Digital CollectionsDigitized materials from the collections of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library. Contains more than 2500 items, including correspondence, photographs, early release fliers, full issues of rare periodicals, sheet music and movie star ephemera. The database also includes complete copies of more than 250 Academy publications, dating back to the founding of the organization in 1927.
- Media History Digital LibraryAn amazing resource of historical digitized fan and trade magazines, yearbooks, and government documents dealing with all aspects of films and filmmaking.
- Moving Image Source Research GuideA gateway to the best online resources related to film, television, and digital media. From the Museum of the Moving Image.
- The Loretta Young Legacy ProjectThe official Loretta Young tribute site, authorized by her family, and the Estate of Loretta Young.