Feature films
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Brother Rat collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0005
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs, playbills, clippings, correspondence, and other items documenting the stage and film versions of "Brother Rat."
Frank McCarthy collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0350
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials from the life of Frank McCarthy, including seven notebooks that contain clippings of articles written by McCarthy during his VMI cadetship and during the two years after graduation. Also included is a script for the newsreel "West Point of the South" (1936) and items from the production of the movie "Patton" (1970), which McCarthy produced.
Mardi Gras movie collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0087
Scope and Contents
Mardi Gras (20th Century Fox, 1958) was the second movie to feature VMI (the first was Brother Rat, see MS-0005). Included in this collection are two scripts (first draft and shooting final), approximately 150 still black and white photos from the production, and other memorablia relating to the movie.
Mardis Gras (Feature Film) [dvd], 1958
Item — Box 02, Media Case/Sleeve: 044
Identifier: DVD044
Movie Poster - Field of Lost Shoes
Item
Identifier: GR-Posters-Field of Lost Shoes
Scope and Contents
Official theater poster for the motion picture Field of Lost Shoes. This feature film was based on the true story of the participation of the VMI Corps of Cadets at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.
Movie Poster, "About Face"
Item
Identifier: GR-Posters-About Face
Content Description
Large and small format theater display posters for the 1952 Warner Bros. motion picture "About Face." This military school comedy was based on a play by John Monks, Jr. (VMI Class of 1932) who also wrote Brother Rat. The school depicted in the movie is modeled after the Virginia Military Institute.
