'Fargo,' 'Blazing Saddles' Added to National Film Registry

Dec. 27, 2006 — -- Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman's work in the Alfred Hitchock classic "Notorious" joined the Mel Brooks comedy "Blazing Saddles" and the black comedy "Fargo" as part of the 25 films to be added to the national film registry by the Library of Congress.

There are now 450 films on the registry, which was created to preserve films considered culturally, historically or aesthetically significant. It is estimated that 50 percent of the films created before 1950 have deteriorated and are lost.

The following is the complete list of films selected for the registry:

1) Applause (1929)

2) The Big Trail (1930)

3) Blazing Saddles (1974) Watch a clip

4) The Curse of Quon Gwon (1916-17) Watch a clip

5) Daughter of Shanghai (1937)

6) Drums of Winter (1988)

7) Early Abstractions #1-5,7,10 (1939-56) Watch a clip

8) Fargo (1996) Watch a clip

9) Flesh and the Devil (1927)

10) Groundhog Day (1993) Watch a clip

11) Halloween (1978)

12) In the Street (1948/52) Watch a clip

13) The Last Command (1928) Watch a clip

14) Notorious (1946)

15) Red Dust (1932)

16) Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1971-72)

17) Rocky (1976) Watch a clip

18) Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)

19) Siege (1940)

20) St. Louis Blues (1929)

21) The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)

22) Tess of the Storm Country (1914)

23) Think of Me First as a Person (1960-75)

24) A Time Out of War (1954) Watch a clip

25) Traffic in Souls (1913) Watch a clip