U.S. Film Registry Adds ‘Raging Bull,’ 24 Others

Twenty-five American movies ranging from “The Great Train Robbery” of 1903 to “Raging Bull” were chosen today for the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as outstanding feature films worthy of historic preservation.

The list was announced by James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress, under terms of a 1988 statute that established the registry to honor 25 films every year that are deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”

This year’s selections join the first 25 films announced last year for the registry.

Listed alphabetically, the 1990 choices are:

“All About Eve,” 1950; “All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930; “Bringing Up Baby,” 1938; “Dodsworth,” 1936; “Duck Soup,” the Marx brothers classic made in 1933; Walt Disney’s “Fantasia,” 1940.

Harold Lloyd’s “The Freshman,” 1925; “The Godfather,” 1972; “The Great Train Robbery,” a 12-minute classic made in 1903; “Harlan County, U.S.A.,” 1976; “How Green Was My Valley,” 1941; “It’s a Wonderful Life,” 1946.

“Killer of Sheep,” 1977; “Love Me Tonight,” 1932; “Meshes of the Afternoon,” an 18-minute film directed by Maya Deren in 1943; “Ninotchka,” a 1939 Greta Garbo film; “Primary,” a Time Inc. film made in 1960.

“Raging Bull,” 1980; “Rebel Without a Cause,” the 1955 James Dean movie; “Red River,” 1948; “The River,” a 32-minute Farm Security Administration film made in 1937; “Sullivan’s Travels,” 1941.

“Top Hat,” a 1935 musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” 1948, and “A Woman Under the Influence,” 1974.