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Mississippi Matinee: an exhibition of the state and the silver screen

Mississippi Matinee: an exhibition of the state and the silver screen

Images in this gallery accompany an online exhibit available here.

William Faulkner reportedly described Hollywood as a "place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder." Correspondingly Tennessee Williams described success as, "a kind of death [coming] to you in a storm of royalty checks beside a kidney-shaped pool in Beverly Hills." Although both of these well-known Mississippi authors showed antipathy towards the industry, they knew Hollywood well - both spent time writing screenplays for the big production companies and both saw their works transformed into celluloid. Their comments symbolize Mississippi’s unusual love-hate relationship with the film industry.

This exhibit displays items from our collections related to Mississippi and the screen -- from films shot in Mississippi, about Mississippi, based on a work by a Mississippian, or all of the above. The cinematic landscape of the state is presented under several themes: the well-known and important work of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams, lesser known and vintage Mississippi authors and films, foreign versions of Mississippi-related films, and civil rights films. Items include posters, pressbooks, daybills, scripts, movie treatments, soundtracks, and related ephemera.

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  • Across to Singapore. Dust jacket. by Ben Ames Williams

    Across to Singapore. Dust jacket.

  • Air Force. Lobby Card. by Warner Bros. Pictures

    Air Force. Lobby Card.

  • Air Force. Photograph. by Warner Bros. Pictures

    Air Force. Photograph.

  • All the Brothers Were Valiant. Screenplay. by Loews

    All the Brothers Were Valiant. Screenplay.

  • A Time to Kill. Letter from Grisham to Lynn Clark by John Grisham

    A Time to Kill. Letter from Grisham to Lynn Clark

  • A Time to Kill. Note card for a book signing by Richard Howorth

    A Time to Kill. Note card for a book signing

  • A Time to Kill. Poster. by Warner Bros. Pictures

    A Time to Kill. Poster.

  • A Well Spent Life. Slipcase. by Les Blank and Skip Gerson

    A Well Spent Life. Slipcase.

  • Baby Doll. Book. by Tennessee Williams

    Baby Doll. Book.

  • Baby Doll. Poster. by Warner Brothers

    Baby Doll. Poster.

  • Baby Doll. Poster. Detail by Warner Brothers

    Baby Doll. Poster. Detail

  • Baby Doll. Typesetting Copy. Cover. by Tennessee Williams

    Baby Doll. Typesetting Copy. Cover.

  • Baby Doll. Typesetting Copy. Page with annotations. by Tennessee Williams

    Baby Doll. Typesetting Copy. Page with annotations.

  • Banjo on my Knee. Sheet Music. by Robbins Music Corporation

    Banjo on my Knee. Sheet Music.

  • Big Bad Love. Liner notes of film soundtrack by Larry Brown

    Big Bad Love. Liner notes of film soundtrack

  • Black Sunday. Screenplay. by Ian Moffat

    Black Sunday. Screenplay.

  • Black Sunday. Screenplay. Detail. by Ian Moffat

    Black Sunday. Screenplay. Detail.

  • Boarding House Blues. Advertisement. by All-American News Corporation

    Boarding House Blues. Advertisement.

  • Boarding House Blues. Slipcase. by Alpha Video Distributors

    Boarding House Blues. Slipcase.

  • Bubbling Over. Advertisement. by [Van Beuren Corporation]

    Bubbling Over. Advertisement.

  • Can't You Hear the Wind Howl. Slipcase, by Peter Meyer

    Can't You Hear the Wind Howl. Slipcase,

  • Cookies Fortune. Poster (a) by October Films

    Cookies Fortune. Poster (a)

  • Cookies Fortune. Poster (a). Detail. by October Films

    Cookies Fortune. Poster (a). Detail.

  • Cookies Fortune. Poster (b) by October Films

    Cookies Fortune. Poster (b)

  • Crimes of the Heart. Notebook. by Beth Henley

    Crimes of the Heart. Notebook.

  • Crimes of the Heart. Novel. by Beth Henley

    Crimes of the Heart. Novel.

  • Crimes of the Heart. Play. by Beth Henley

    Crimes of the Heart. Play.

  • Crossroads. 45 rpm sound disc by Columbia Pictures

    Crossroads. 45 rpm sound disc

  • Crossroads. LP by Columbia Pictures

    Crossroads. LP

  • Crossroads. Photograph of musicians. by Columbia Pictures

    Crossroads. Photograph of musicians.

  • Crossroads. Poster. by Columbia Pictures

    Crossroads. Poster.

  • Crossroads. Screenplay. by John Fusco

    Crossroads. Screenplay.

  • Flying the Mail. Typescript. by William Faulkner

    Flying the Mail. Typescript.

  • Genghis Blues. Slipcase. by Roko Belic

    Genghis Blues. Slipcase.

  • Ghosts of Mississippi. Poster. by Columbia Pictures

    Ghosts of Mississippi. Poster.

  • Ghosts of Mississippi. Poster. Detail. by Columbia Pictures

    Ghosts of Mississippi. Poster. Detail.

  • Ghosts of Mississippi. Slipcase. by Columbia Pictures

    Ghosts of Mississippi. Slipcase.

  • Good-bye, My Lady. Dust jacket. by James Street

    Good-bye, My Lady. Dust jacket.

  • Good-bye, My Lady. Screenplay. by A. S. Fleischman

    Good-bye, My Lady. Screenplay.

  • Good Old Boy. Guest Register.

    Good Old Boy. Guest Register.

  • Good Old Boy. Photo. by Steve Davis

    Good Old Boy. Photo.

  • Hannibal. Pressbook. by MGM/Universal Pictures

    Hannibal. Pressbook.

  • Hellhound on My Trail. Screenplay. by Ed Leimbacher

    Hellhound on My Trail. Screenplay.

  • Intruder in the Dust. Autographs. by Clarence Brown and Claude Jarman Jr.

    Intruder in the Dust. Autographs.

  • Intruder in the Dust. Invitation. by Lyric Theatre (Oxford, Miss: 1949)

    Intruder in the Dust. Invitation.

  • Intruder in the Dust. Lobby Card (a) by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Intruder in the Dust. Lobby Card (a)

  • Intruder in the Dust. Lobby Card (b) by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Intruder in the Dust. Lobby Card (b)

  • Intruder in the Dust. Lobby Card (c) by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Intruder in the Dust. Lobby Card (c)

 
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