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Archive: July 2016 (5 Posts)

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (July 29-30, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by John Snelson of the Packard Campus. Friday, July 29 (7:30 p.m.) Dennis Hopper Double Feature The American Dreamer (Corda Productions, 1971) Filmed after Dennis Hopper’s breakout hit as writer-director and star of Easy Rider, and in the midst of his follow-up The Last Movie, this documentary was barely …

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Gotta Catch ‘Em All: Pokemon Go at the Packard Campus

Posted by: Mike Mashon

The following is a guest post by David Gibson, a Processing Technician in the Moving Image Section. The Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation has welcomed hundreds of visitors from all corners of the globe since its opening more than nine years ago. This year alone we hosted the 10th Orphan Film …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (July 14-16, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post co-written by Jenny Paxson and John Snelson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 14 (7:30 p.m.) Four’s a Crowd (Warner Bros., 1938) The four in the screwball comedy Four’s a Crowd are a quartet of Warner Brothers’ biggest stars of 1938: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell and …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus (July 7-9, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson and John Snelson, both of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 7 (7:30 p.m.) The Great Garrick (Warner Bros., 1937) In honor of Olivia de Havilland’s 100th birthday….James Whale directed this entertaining fictional comedy based on a real person, the great 18th-century British actor David Garrick. Before …