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Posted by: Bryan Cornell
In conjunction with the Library of Congress’s new Baseball Americana, opening June 29th, this special event explores the intersection of the Library, the Studs Terkel Radio Archive and baseball. The collaboration is an outgrowth of the Library’s work to digitize Studs’ radio programs spanning his 45-year broadcast career. Filmmaker John Sayles, actor David Strathairn, …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, June 21 (7:30 p.m.) Fear Strikes Out (Paramount, 1957) Anthony Perkins stars in this biographical drama based on the autobiography by James A. Piersall, the former outfielder and shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, and his co-author Albert S. Hirshberg. The …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post from Rachel Parker, a Processing Technician in the Moving Image Section. We’re in the second full day of screenings at the seventh edition of the Mostly Lost Film Identification Workshop, our annual gathering of film archivists, scholars, students, and anyone else with even a passing interest in film and/or …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper celebrates the season with Summer Matinees every Saturday in July. Although geared toward families, the G and PG rated films (Space Jam, Lilo & Stitch, Oliver and Company and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) can be enjoyed by everyone. In addition to 2 pm screenings, …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, June 14 (7:30 p.m.) Silent Rarities Double Feature Cunègonde, the Comedienne With Two Faces But No Name Around 1912-1913, the French company Société Lux produced comedies featuring Cunégonde as the main character. The surviving films feature the same actress playing either …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Karen Fishman
Today’s post is by Zoran Sinobad, Reference Librarian in the Moving Image Research Center. Shortly after 7 a.m. on November 6, 1928, two mounted policemen in green breeches and black tunics appeared on the stone bridge at the main entrance to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. They were followed by two officers of the …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, June 7 (7:30 p.m.) The Winning Team (Warner Bros., 1952) Ronald Reagan stars as major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) in this fictionalized biographical film directed by Lewis Seiler. Alexander struggled with illness and alcoholism, and was best known for …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater, World War II