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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This week, in our ongoing series of unknown movie stills, we go way back to the silent days of filmmaking. We hope you can help us identify these performers or the productions they are in. As always, “clicking” on the images below will increase their size. Please put any suggestions you have in the “comments” …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Unidentified Stills
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, September 30 (7:30 p.m.) How to Marry a Millionaire (20th Century-Fox, 1953) Resourceful Schatze Page (Lauren Bacall), spunky Loco Dempsey (Betty Grable), and ditzy Pola Debevoise (Marilyn Monroe) pool their resources to rent a luxurious New York penthouse for a month …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
It is week number seven for the Library of Congress’s collection of “mystery stills.” This week we focus on six stills that seem to belong to productions made outside of–but probably shown in–the US As always, please feel free to post thoughts or guesses in the “Comments” section below. As images are positively ID’ed, we’ll update this blog …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Television, Unidentified Stills
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus Theater. Thursday, September 22 (7:30 p.m.) “Rafter Romance” (RKO, 1933) William Seiter directed this romantic comedy that stars Ginger Rogers as Mary, an underpaid New York working girl who is having trouble paying the rent on her Greenwich Village apartment. Her landlord …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
No one can doubt Thomas Dewey’s (1902-1971) impressive resume. As a federal prosecutor and then as Manhattan District Attorney, he convicted the head of the New York Stock Exchange for embezzlement, and his relentless pursuit of Mafia crime bosses turned him into a national celebrity and the inspiration for the radio show Gangbusters. As Governor …
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This week, in the Library’s ongoing series of unknown publicity stills, we look at a set of photps that seem to be television-related, perhaps local or national. As always, clicking on any of the photos below will increase their size. We welcome any information on program or performers in the comments section below. If a particular still …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Television, Unidentified Stills
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Friday, September 16 (7:30 p.m.) Videodrome (Universal, 1983 – R-rated *) David Cronenberg wrote and directed this science fiction horror thriller starring James Woods as Max Renn, the president of a Toronto UHF television station that specializes in sensationalistic …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
As we enter the homestretch of the 2016 Presidential campaign, we’re sure to see an increasing number of television ads. Although social media is now an important part of any candidate’s promotional arsenal, the amount of money spent on TV ads continues to grow with each cycle. Given the ubiquity of TV spots, it’s hard …
Posted in: Film/Video, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Since the Library launched this photo ID blog four weeks ago, we have had tremendous success in positively identifying many previously unknown individuals and film titles. THANK YOU to all who have looked and contributed! In previous weeks, we have posted blogs looking at unknown women, unknown men, unknown films and, most recently, unknown musicians and singers. This …
Posted in: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Unidentified Stills