Spencer Tracy with commander and crew of the submarine Icefish, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1944. On this day in 1900, the actor Spencer Tracy was born in Milwaukee. He went on to star in dozens of films, including Adam’s Rib, Father of the Bride, and Inherit the Wind. In this photo, naval officers and crew present Tracy with a model of the Icefish, one of 28 submarines built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company during World War II. via: Manitowoc County Historical Society by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Spencer Tracy with commander and crew of the submarine Icefish, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1944.

On this day in 1900, the actor Spencer Tracy was born in Milwaukee. He went on to star in dozens of films, including Adam’s Rib, Father of the Bride, and Inherit the Wind. In this photo, naval officers and crew present Tracy with a model of the Icefish, one of 28 submarines built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company during World War II.

via: Manitowoc County Historical Society by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Filming of Public Enemies in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, April 2008. In 2008, Hollywood came to Wisconsin when director Michael Mann shot scenes for the film Public Enemies in locations across the state, including Madison, Darlington and Oshkosh. The Oshkosh Public Library collected snapshots from local residents who saw their hometown transformed into a movie set.  via: Public Enemies: Tinseltown Comes to Oshkosh, Oshkosh Public Library
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Filming of Public Enemies in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, April 2008.

In 2008, Hollywood came to Wisconsin when director Michael Mann shot scenes for the film Public Enemies in locations across the state, including Madison, Darlington and Oshkosh. The Oshkosh Public Library collected snapshots from local residents who saw their hometown transformed into a movie set. 

via: Public Enemies: Tinseltown Comes to Oshkosh, Oshkosh Public Library

Spencer Tracy with commander and crew of the submarine Icefish, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1944. Born in Milwaukee in 1900, actor Spencer Tracy stared in dozens of films, including Adam’s Rib, Father of the Bride, and Inherit the Wind. In this photo, naval officers and crew present Tracy with a model of the Icefish, one of 28 submarines built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company during World War II. via: Manitowoc County Historical Society by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Spencer Tracy with commander and crew of the submarine Icefish, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1944.

Born in Milwaukee in 1900, actor Spencer Tracy stared in dozens of films, including Adam’s Rib, Father of the Bride, and Inherit the Wind. In this photo, naval officers and crew present Tracy with a model of the Icefish, one of 28 submarines built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company during World War II.

via: Manitowoc County Historical Society by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Edith Head, sketch for a costume for the film Anything Goes, 1956. Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head didn’t hail from Wisconsin, but her papers are archived in Madison by the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. This archive consists of costume sketches for 55 films, including All About Eve, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Vertigo. via: Liz Ellcessor, “Edith Head Papers 1934-1965,” Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Edith Head, sketch for a costume for the film Anything Goes, 1956.

Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head didn’t hail from Wisconsin, but her papers are archived in Madison by the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. This archive consists of costume sketches for 55 films, including All About Eve, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Vertigo.

via: Liz Ellcessor, “Edith Head Papers 1934-1965,” Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

Orson Welles as photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1915, Orson Welles moved to Chicago with his family as a young child. Writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten photographed Welles in 1937, when Welles was working as a theatrical director and producer in New York. A few years later, at the age of 26, he directed and starred in Citizen Kane, now considered by critics to be one of the best films ever made. via: Postcards from Manhattan: The Portrait Photography of Carl Van Vechten, Marquette University
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Orson Welles as photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937.

Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1915, Orson Welles moved to Chicago with his family as a young child. Writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten photographed Welles in 1937, when Welles was working as a theatrical director and producer in New York. A few years later, at the age of 26, he directed and starred in Citizen Kane, now considered by critics to be one of the best films ever made.

via: Postcards from Manhattan: The Portrait Photography of Carl Van Vechten, Marquette University

Harry Aitken (above) and Roy Aitken (below), of Brookfield, Wisconsin in their Hollywood offices, ca. 1910. Born in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, brothers Harry Aitken (1878-1956) and Roy Aitken (1882-1978) became two of the silent film era’s most prolific producers and distributors. The Aitken brothers’ papers, including scripts and scenarios for more than 150 films, are housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. via: Waukesha County Historical Society by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections read more: Andrea Comiskey, “Innovating Silent Cinema: The Papers of Harry and Roy Aitken,” Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Harry Aitken (above) and Roy Aitken (below), of Brookfield, Wisconsin in their Hollywood offices, ca. 1910.

Born in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, brothers Harry Aitken (1878-1956) and Roy Aitken (1882-1978) became two of the silent film era’s most prolific producers and distributors. The Aitken brothers’ papers, including scripts and scenarios for more than 150 films, are housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.

Roy Aitken.

via: Waukesha County Historical Society by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

read more: Andrea Comiskey, “Innovating Silent Cinema: The Papers of Harry and Roy Aitken,” Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

Oriental Theater, Milwaukee, 1929. “This crowd lined up on Oct. 16, 1929 to see The Greene Murder Case, a well-reviewed mystery starring William Powell, Jean Arthur and Florence Eldridge … Designed by local architects Gustav Dick and Alex Bauer, this $1.5 million escape from mundane cares offered the theatergoer an incredible, dreamy pastiche of Moorish, Byzantine and East Indian themes.” via: Remember When collection, Milwaukee Public Library
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Oriental Theater, Milwaukee, 1929.

“This crowd lined up on Oct. 16, 1929 to see The Greene Murder Case, a well-reviewed mystery starring William Powell, Jean Arthur and Florence Eldridge … Designed by local architects Gustav Dick and Alex Bauer, this $1.5 million escape from mundane cares offered the theatergoer an incredible, dreamy pastiche of Moorish, Byzantine and East Indian themes.”

via: Remember When collection, Milwaukee Public Library

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