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Posted by: Mike Mashon
In the varied universe of educational films–titles like Facts on Film, which we’ve featured on “Now See Hear!”–few have achieved a wider cultural resonance than the 1947 Coronet Films classic Are You Popular? It’s pretty much the epitome of the type of “social guidance” film that to modern audiences can seem unintentionally hilarious in their …
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Thursday, November 20 (7:30 p.m.) A Night of Electric Blues: Great Blues Performances on TV (1955-1989) Selected from the Library’s video collections and digitally restored by Video Preservation Specialists at the Packard Campus, this memorable evening features legendary blues artists …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Packard Campus Theater, Television
Posted by: Mike Mashon
It’s natural that the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center is associated with film, video, and sound recordings–we are, after all, the custodial Division for the Library’s A/V holdings–but in reality we’re so much more than that. I’ve already featured some of our print material on “Now See Hear!”; for example, copyright descriptions, periodicals, posters, and lobby …
Posted in: Motion Pictures
Posted by: Mike Mashon
Thursday, November 13 (7:30 p.m.) Here’s Edie: The Best of Edie Adams on Television (1962-1964) Edie Adams (1927-2008) may be best known as the Muriel Cigar girl, for her movie roles in The Apartment and It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, or for being the wife of actor and comedian Ernie Kovacs. Her work …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
In 1947 the Library of Congress acquired the George Kleine collection of 456 film titles as well as stills and correspondence. Kleine was a pioneer motion picture producer and distributor who’s not well known today but was an important part of the early American film industry. He was the “K” in Kalem (named for Kleine, …
Posted in: Motion Pictures
Posted by: Mike Mashon
A couple of special program notes: we’re postponing Thursday’s scheduled “Verdi and the Silent Film” program and replacing it with the 1982 film version of La Traviata starring Plácido Domingo. And on Saturday we’ll be joined by filmmakers Alex Steyermark and Lavinia Jones Wright as they talk about their documentary The 78 Project. Thursday, November …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Packard Campus Theater, Recorded Sound