The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Thursday, March 12 (7:30 p.m.) The Girl Next Door (20th Century-Fox, 1953) When widowed cartoonist Bill Carter (Dan Dailey) falls in love with his beautiful new neighbor, Broadway star Jeannie Laird (June Haver), it causes a rift with his …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Thursday, March 5 (7:30 p.m.) The Charge of the Light Brigade (Warner Bros., 1936) Errol Flynn stars as Major Geoffrey Vickers, an officer in the 27th Lancers stationed in India. When his regiment is drawn out on maneuvers, Indian …
Al Kooper, may not be as well-known as shock-rocker, Alice Cooper, but he has had a significant impact in the recording industry both behind the scenes and at center stage for several decades. This week we wanted to share an interview with Al Kooper from the Joe Smith Collection in the Recorded Sound Section at the Library of Congress. The Joe Smith collection …
When Martha Teichner and a crew from CBS Sunday Morning came to the Packard Campus a few months ago for a story about our preservation work, I put together a varied package of clips from the moving image collections for her to react against. Now, I’ve put together clip shows for what feels like countless …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Our final week highlighting selections from the National Film Registry. Thursday, February 26 (7:30 p.m.) The Gang’s All Here (20th Century-Fox, 1943) In The Gang’s All Here, a soldier (James Ellison), who turns out to be a rich playboy …
The following is a guest post by Rachel Parker, a Moving Image Processing Technician at the Packard Campus. Last July I was frantically typing away at a laptop in the back of the beautiful Packard Campus theater, transcribing the helpful and solicited comments from Mostly Lost 3 Silent Film Archeology Identification Workshop attendees who were …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. More National Film Registry treats this week. Thursday, February 19 (7:30 p.m.) The Big Lebowski (Gramercy, 1998, R-rated *) From the unconventional visionaries Joel and Ethan Coen came this 1998 tale of kidnapping, mistaken identity and bowling. The Coens …
With only two days until Valentine’s Day, we thought we’d look at one of the sweetest and most popular love songs, “They Didn’t Believe Me.” Composer Jerome Kern wrote the music for a 1914 American adaptation of a British musical. Don Tyler writes in his book, Hit Songs, 1900-1915: The Girl from Utah was brought …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. We’re dark this weekend because of the President’s Day holiday, so only one National Film Registry screening this week…but it’s a good one, well-timed for Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Thursday, February 12 (7:30 p.m.) Young Mr. Lincoln (20th Century-Fox, 1939) …