Here for the first time. is a volume that celebrates this remarkable archive, with over five hundred images from individual films, drawn largely from.the Museum's collection of still photographs. Special sections detail significant collections, including those of works and Joseph Cornell.

Founded in 1935, The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film and Media is home to one of the most important film archives in the world. The collections include over twenty thousand works, from the earliest movies to the most contempora moving picture artfrom a twenty-seven-second film made bv K. L.Dickson and William Heise in 1893 to video art and media works bv a rtists such as Chris Marker. Pipilotti Rist,and Joan Jonas. Here. for the first time. is a volume that celebrates this remarkable archive, with over five hundred images from individual films, drawn largely from.the Museum's collection of still photographs. Special sections detail significant collections, including those of works bv l and Joseph Cornell. of fihns starring Douglas Fairbanks. and of films produced by the Edison and Biograph companies, two of the world's first commercial fihn producers. An introduction by Steven Higgins. Curator in the Department of Fihn and Media.outlines the history of the Museum's collections and gives some insight into how The Museum of Modern Art goes about fulfilling its mandate: acquiring, preserving, and exhibiting these extraordina and singular works, which form such a large part of the history of the moving image.

Foreword: Glenn D. Lowry

Preface: Mary Lea Bandy

Introduction and Acknowledgments: Steven Higgins

The Edison Collection

Early Cinema

The Biograph Collection

The D. W. Griffith Collection

1920s

The Douglas Fairbanks Collection

1930s

1940s

The David O. Selznick Collection

1950s

The Joseph Cornell Collection

1960s

The Andy Varhol Collection

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

The Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center

Index of Films

Photograph Credits

The Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art