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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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Hollywood

Marilyn Monroe

Stanley Kubrick

Jack Lemmon

Marilyn Monroe

Mia Farrow and Dustin Hoffman

Julie Andrews

Bob Hope

Belt buckle for the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures owned by Bob Minor

The World of Suzie Wong

Marilyn Monroe

Alfred Hitchcock

Best Actress Oscar for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", 1967

Dustin Hoffman (with Jon Voight)

Barbra Streisand

Zero Mostel

Walt Disney

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder

Truman Capote

Fritz Lang

Paul Newman

Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

Stars of "Doctor Zhivago"

Program from the movie, "The Endless Summer" released in 1966

Poster from the movie, "The Endless Summer" released in 1966

Richard Burton

Harrison Ford doing electrical repair for Sevem Darden at his house on Fountain Avenue, Hollywood, CA, 1967

Katherine Dunham

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