[This site is still under construction]

SITE LAUNCH DATE: 11 DECEMBER 2024

THE MOVING PICTURE BOY ARCHIVE

The aim of this archive (continuing the work begun by Steven Freeman; see the Asher Archive), is to collect together and organise as much interesting information about boy actors and boy movies as possible in one place. The hope is that this site will become a useful online resource for those researching boy actors in the movies, providing an alternative perspective to sites viewing everything through the lens of modern ideology.

As the number of pages expands, so new items will be added to the List of Contents. For now, all Archive pages can be accessed via Subjects with Pages in the Archive.

 
List of Contents

Subjects with Pages in the Archive
Films by Country of Production
TV Series by Country of Production
Readers' Lists
What's New

HOW YOU CAN HELP

You can add comments at the foot of the pages. But you can also contribute through submitting reviews of films and television series. You do not have to wait for the corresponding film page to be published first, because once a review is accepted the appropriate page will be set up. Please send your reviews, together with the pseudonym by which you wish to be known on this site, to the following email address: mpba@tutamail.com (Reviews will be proofread. The sender's email address will, of course, never be published.)

Good quality scans or photos of contemporary promotional materials, such as film programmes, lobby cards, interviews with boy actors in old magazines, and such like, would also be very welcome. And you can also submit lists of your favourite films - click on Readers' Lists in menu above for more details. [To be linked to Readers' Lists page on 11 December]

And please feel free to email corrections to the information on this site, as well as ideas and suggestions concerning how this site could be further developed.

Further Information

Media:

Mark Cousins, The Story of Film (TV series about the history of cinema in general; series available on blu-ray and DVD. A book was also published to accompany the series.)

Mark Cousins, A Story of Children and Film (TV movie specifically on the subject of children – mainly boys – in cinema history; available on DVD)

Books:

The Moving Picture Boy, John Holmstrom, Michael Russell, Norwich, 1996. Indispensable guide to boy actors. The current site is named in honour of John Holmstrom's volume.

The Moving Picture Boy Gallery, Paul Sutton, Buffalo Books, Cambridge, 2014. Companion volume to the above, with reproductions of promotional materials, etc.