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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
On December 7, the Library of Congress will observe the 77th anniversary of the surprise military strike against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor that led to the United States’ entry into World War II with a screening of Pearl Harbor, the epic film from 2001. The on-going series of films directed by contemporary …
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Posted by: Amanda Jenkins
Thursday, November 15th, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. The Music Division of the Library of Congress presents a screening of the biopic Howard (2018) in the Mary Pickford Theater. This presentation is part of the 2018-2019 season of Concerts from the Library of Congress. A representative from the film will introduce this special screening. HOWARD (Stone Circle Pictures, …
Posted in: Film/Video, Mary Pickford Theater, Musical Theater
Posted by: Amanda Jenkins
What do a commemorative day in September and a radio program from the early 1940s have in common? A lot, as it turns out! September 17th marks the joint celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. These designations commemorate the signing of the Constitution on September 17th, 1787, and recognize individuals who have completed the …
Posted in: Radio, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, November 8 (7:30 p.m.) I Walked with a Zombie (RKO, 1943) Producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur created this atmospheric chiller on a low budget, utilizing limited sets and only a handful of extras. Frances Dee plays a nurse who …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Amanda Jenkins
Screened in conjunction with The Road Back: Veterans and Literary Writing Symposium on veterans’ “road back,” focusing on the use of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction as a means of healing from the trauma of war, and presented by the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center, Veterans History Project, and Exhibits Office, the Mary Pickford Theater …
Posted in: Film/Video, Mary Pickford Theater, Motion Pictures, World War I
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Here are some of the titles preserved by our film laboratory that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. November 1 and 12, 2018 Filmpodium Zürich, Switzerland https://www.filmpodium.ch/ “Give Us This Day” …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
A repost from yesterday’s blog of the Library of Congress by Librarian of Congress Carla D. Hayden The National Film Preservation Board meets at the Library this morning. Photo by Shawn Miller. Something exciting is happening today. Of course, there are always exciting things happening at the Library of Congress, but today I want to take …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, November 1 (7:30 p.m.) The Dawn Patrol (First National, 1930) Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. co-star as two ace pilots in a Royal Flying Corps squadron dealing with the stress of combat in France during World War I. John Monk …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater, World War I
Posted by: Amanda Jenkins
Thursday, November 8th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. NATIONAL FILM …
Posted in: Film/Video, Mary Pickford Theater, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry