The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 30 (7:30 p.m.) “Classic Jazz from the Library of Congress Archives” (1940s-1980s) An evening of rarely seen performances by such legendary jazz musicians and singers as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gilliespie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, John …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Brian Taves, Library of Congress archivist and author of the recently released Hollywood Presents Jules Verne, introduces three features adapted from Verne novels. Thursday, July 23 (7:30 p.m.) The Southern Star (Columbia, 1969) In French West Africa in 1912, …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. A triple helping of National Film Registry titles this week. Thursday, July 16 (7:30 p.m.) Make Way for Tomorrow (Paramount, 1937) Director Leo McCarey’s progressive Depression-era drama–based on a play by Helen and Nolan Leary and a novel by …
