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Buffalo News (28/Dec/1995) - National Film Registry adds 25 historic titles

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National Film Registry adds 25 historic titles

Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" and George Lucas' "American Graffiti" were among 25 films honored Wednesday by the Library of Congress for their impact on American culture.

The movies were added to the National Film Registry, a list Congress created in 1988 to call attention to preserving the nation's film heritage.

Thousands of priceless older motion pictures remain on old film stock, which not only deteriorates rapidly, but is so flammable it can burst into flames spontaneously, library spokesman Craig D'Ooge said.

Librarian of Congress James Billington chose this year's titles after reviewing about 1,100 films nominated by the public. To be listed on the registry, an American film must be at least 10 years old.

Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint starred in 1959's "North by Northwest," about an advertising executive who is mistaken for a spy. "American Graffiti," released in 1973, was a tribute to the teen-agers of the 1960s, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Wolfman Jack and Harrison Ford.

Also added to the registry: "The Adventures of Robin Hood," 1938; "All That Heaven Allows," 1955; "The Band Wagon," 1953; "Blacksmith Scene," 1893; "Cabaret," 1972; "Chan Is Missing," 1982; "The Conversation," 1974; "The Day the Earth Stood Still," 1951.

"El Norte," 1983; "Fatty's Tintype Tangle," 1915; "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," 1921; "Fury," 1936; "Gerald McBoing Boing," 1951; "The Hospital," 1971; "Jammin' the Blues," 1944; "The Last of the Mohicans," 1920; "Manhattan," 1921; "The Philadelphia Story," 1940; "Rip Van Winkle," 1896; "Seventh Heaven," 1927; "Stagecoach," 1939; "To Fly," 1976; and "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1962.