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Archive: September 2018 (9 Posts)

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Kluge Center and MBRS Present Hospital (1970) at the Pickford Theater: Thursday, October 4

Posted by: Amanda Jenkins

Thursday, October 4th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. The John W. Kluge Center and the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division at the Library of Congress present a screening of Hospital (1970), preceded by a Q&A with Alan Gevinson, Kluge Staff Fellow 2018, and Kluge Center Director John Haskell. HOSPITAL (Osti Films / Zipporah Films, 1970). …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus (Sept. 28 – 29, 2018)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, September 27 (7:30 p.m.) Trouble in Paradise (Paramount, 1932) The “Lubitsch Touch”–an easy comedic elegance which characterized the films of director Ernst Lubitsch–is epitomized in this frothy gem starring Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins as professional thieves who fall in love …

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Film Night at the Mary Pickford Theater – 9/20/18

Posted by: Karen Fishman

Every month films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater ranging from titles newly preserved by the NAVCC film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. This month we present The Great Garrick:     Thursday, September 20 (7:00pm) THE GREAT GARRICK (Warner Bros., …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Sept. 20 – 22, 2018)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, September 20 (7:30 p.m.) Morocco (Paramount, 1930) When director Josef von Sternberg cast German actress Marlene Dietrich, in The Blue Angel (1930) opposite Emil Jannings, she became an international star overnight. Morocco soon followed and was the first American film of …

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Meet our Librarian-in Residence!

Posted by: Karen Fishman

This is a guest post by Amanda Jenkins, Librarian-in-Residence, in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Last November, I received an email about a new program being offered by the Library of Congress: the Librarians-in-Residence program. My library and information science program at the University of Iowa sent out emails like this frequently—of …

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At the Packard Campus Theater — October 2018

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The Packard Campus Theater is highlighting contemporary women directors through the end of the year with a series of films from the 1970s to the present. Throughout the 1970s training and mentorship programs for women directors were established, including Women Make Movies (1972), the Women in Film Foundation (1973), the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus (September 6 – 8, 2018)

Posted by: Mike Mashon

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, September 6 (7:30 p.m.) The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros., 1941) After two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett’s detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally captured the true essence of Hammett’s story in 1941 by wisely adhering to the original …

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Film Loans from the Library of Congress: September 2018

Posted by: Mike Mashon

Back when we were planning the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation, one mantra we always kept foremost in our minds was “preservation for access.” It’s a simple concept and self-explanatory, but it also pithily illustrates an important guiding principle. Nearly every activity in this facility is in the service of access, be it acquisition, …