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Re: movies and archives



And Katherine Hepburn, Joan Blondell, Dina Merrill and
the-actress-who-played-Miss-Landers-on-Leave-It-To-Beaver were interesting
examples of "non-typecasting" librarians/archivists as all mousy bookworms.

Susan Sacharski
Archivist
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
ssachars@nmh.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andris A. Vinovskis [SMTP:avinovsk@UMICH.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:20 AM
> To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      Re: movies and archives
>
> Desk Set is a classic Tracy and Hepburn Comedy, in Katherine Hepburn plays
> head of the reference department for a national radio broadcasting
> company, like say NBC.  Tracy comes in and tries to improve the office by
> bring in an Emerac computer from IBM.  Naturally, the reference staff
> feels that they are being replaced and these librarians if you will
> proceed to outwit the computer.  Proving at least in that day a thirty
> years ago at least that man was better at search and retrevial than
> computers.  I hope this helps.  It came out in 1957.
>
> Andy
>
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Pope, Barbara wrote:
>
> > What is Desk Set? I haven't heard about that one.
> >
> > Barbara M. Pope, MLS
> > Reference Librarian
> > St. Louis College of Pharmacy
> > 4588 Parkview Place
> > St. Louis MO 63110
> > (314) 367-8700 x. 1001
> > FAX (314) 454-3382
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andris A. Vinovskis [mailto:avinovsk@UMICH.EDU]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:57 AM
> > To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> > Subject: Re: movies and archives
> >
> >
> > This film as well as Desk Set seem to have become "required" viewing at
> > UofMich's School of information.  When I was there a couple of years ago
> > students from the Internet Public Library class would hold a showing of
> > both Party Girl and Desk Set as well as an episode of Buffy. ;)
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Amy Filiatreau wrote:
> >
> > > The lady in the Mummy was a librarian. I know this was her job title
> > > because at one point in the movie she was very drunk and, much to my
> > > delight, announced very proudly, indignantly, and haughtily: "I....AM
> A
> > > LIBRARIAN!!!" I forget from what assault she was defending herself...
> > >
> > > For librarians' image you can't get much hipper than "Party Girl" - a
> > > must-see.
> > >
> > > Amy Filiatreau
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 09:22 AM 4/3/02 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >I know that there was an archivist in The Mummy that I saw a few
> years
> > ago.
> > >
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