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  • Let's Go to the Movies: Artifacts and Icons of the American Cinema
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Let's Go to the Movies: Artifacts and Icons of the American Cinema

Since its birth in the late 19th century, American cinema has been one of the most powerful forms of popular art. American movies shape how the world sees us and how we see ourselves. The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is home to an extensive number of objects and images related to film and television history, and more are being digitized all the time. The National Portrait Gallery features notable stars of the big screen. The National Postal Museum houses commemorative stamps featuring icons of film.


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Bloomingdale's: Hooray for Hollywood

Jacket worn by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Spike Lee

Meryl Streep

Detroit Lions jacket worn by Eddie Murphy in the film Beverly Hills Cop II

Prop egg from Alien 3 trailer

Hat worn by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

George Lucas

Grace Kelly

Tom Cruise

Kevin Costner

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Lunch Box

Steven Spielberg

Natassja Kinski

Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman

Sigourney Weaver

Molly Ringwald

Susan Sarandon

Gerry Cooney and Sylvester Stallone

Sam Shepard

Robert Mitchum

Rob Reiner

Paul Newman

Dustin Hoffman

Eddie Murphy

John Huston

Paul Newman

Neil Simon

Lillian Hellman

Hollywood Legend and Reality

The Warner Mob

House for a Movie Star

Dirty Dancing

Indiana Jones Thermos

Film still of Julius Carry and Taimak in The Last Dragon


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