WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Marlon Brando classic and a movie featuring the first big-screen kiss are among the 25 films that have been added to the National Film Registry.
"A Streetcar Named Desire," the 1951 vehicle that helped launch Brando's career, and "The Kiss," a 15-second flick made in 1896, are among the films the Library of Congress chose for the list.By law, the Librarian of Congress names 25 films of cultural, historic or esthetic importance to go on the registry each year.
Steve Leggett, coordinator for the National Film Preservation Board, said the registry encourages the preservation of movies that might otherwise disappear.
Other films on the list:
"Civilization," 1916; "Do The Right Thing," 1989; "The Docks of New York," 1928; "Duck Amuck," 1953; "The Emperor Jones," 1933; "Gunga Din," 1939; "In The Land Of The Head-Hunters," also known as "In The Land Of The War Canoes," 1914; "Jazz On A Summer's Day," 1959; "King: A Filmed Record . . . Montgomery To Memphis," 1970; "Kiss Me Deadly," 1955; "Lambchops," 1929; "Laura," 1944; "Master Hands," 1936; "My Man Godfrey," 1936; "Night Of The Living Dead," 1968; "The Plow That Broke The Plains," 1936; "Raiders Of The Lost Ark," 1981; "Roman Holiday," 1953; "The Shop Around The Corner," 1940; "The Ten Commandments," 1956; "Trance And Dance In Bali," 1938-9; "The Wild Bunch," 1969; and "Woman Of The Year," 1942.