On 26 August 1999 Louis Silverstein informed the list:

"And later--much later--his nurturing of Iris Barry who, when she became
curator of the film collection at MOMA, turned to him for help in selecting
titles for building a library for the collection."

If the source of this titbit can be tracked down, it may yield up some
information of the kind you are looking for.
Richard Edwards

>From: Burt Hatlen <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
>    <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Pound and Movies
>Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:29:12 -0500
>
>Pounders,
>
>I've been thinking about the parallels between Pound's poetics and the film
>aesthetic of the 1920s, and I'm looking for information on what movies
>Pound may have seen during this period and what he might have thought/said
>about them. I'm also
>looking for critical commentary on the relationship between Pound's poetic
>methods and film technique. Kenner in The Pound Era and Max Nanny in his
>book on Pound and the electronic age mention that in developing his concept
>of "montage" Eisenstein
>points to the Chinese ideogram as a model, and the analogy with Pound's
>poetic method is obvious; but neither Kenner nor Nanny explores the
>relationship between Pound's poetic methods and actual films of the time.
>Any tips would be much appreciated.
>
>Burt Hstlen

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