Library of Congress Adds 25 Titles to National Film Registry

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named 25 more titles to the library’s National Film Registry December 16, bringing the total number of films on the list to 375. The films, chosen by Billington in consultation with the National Film Preservation Board, are singled out for preservation because of their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance. This year’s entries are:

• Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (1974)
• Atlantic City (1980)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• The Chechahcos (1924)
• Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894-95)
• Film Portrait (1970)
• Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band (1928)
• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
• The Hunters (1957)
• Matrimony’s Speed Limit (1913)
• Medium Cool (1969)
• National Velvet (1944)
• Naughty Marietta (1935)
• Nostalgia (1971)
• One Froggy Evening (1956)
• Patton (1970)
• Princess Nicotine; or The Smoke Fairy (1909)
• Show People (1928)
• The Son of the Sheik (1926)
• Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
• Tin Toy (1988)
• The Wedding March (1928)
• White Heat (1949)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Posted December 19, 2003.