Michigan’s William Clements Library — one of the world’s leading archives of U.S. history and Americana — holds a small but fascinating cache of papers of the singer and actor Bing Crosby, including several items linked to the holiday movie classic, ‘White Christmas.’

The tension between directors and actors is the stuff of Hollywood lore.

Frank Beaver reviews alumnus Jim Mercurio’s book ‘The Craft of Scene Writing.’

Film classes take on new relevance when Hollywood comes to Ann Arbor.

While co-authoring a book about Hollywood’s Golden Age, studio exec Tom McLaren, BBA ’84, flipped the script and became an actor.

Frank Beaver takes us back 100 years to the birth of D.W. Griffith’s controversial American film.