
Jeanine Basinger
Department: Acting
Biography
American film historian who was the Corwin-Fuller professor of film studies at Wesleyan University and the founder and curator of the university's cinematic archives.
Known For

Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021

Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness'
2006

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003

Wanderlust
2006

On Cukor
2000

The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy
2006

Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006

Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture
2006

Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023

Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007

Murnau, Borzage and Fox
2008

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
2015

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018

An American Named Kazan
2019

Frank Capra's American Dream
1997

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009

A Better Way to Die
2001

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001

Casting By
2012

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008

William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy
2025

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010

American Experience
1988

American Masters
1986

Biography
1987

American Cinema
1994