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Archive: October 2019 (11 Posts)

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Film Night at the Pickford Theater: Thursday, November 7, 2019

Posted by: Karen Fishman

NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY Each year, the Librarian of Congress selects 25 films of enduring importance to American culture for inclusion in the National Film Registry. The selection takes into account thousands of titles nominated annually by the public, as well as recommendations of the National Film Preservation Board and the Library’s film curators. Once a …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus (October 31 – November 2, 2019)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, October 31 (7:30 p.m.) Get Out (Universal, 2017 – rated R*) When a young African-American man visits his white girlfriend’s posh suburban family estate, he becomes ensnared in a more sinister reason for the invitation. Actor, comedian and filmmaker Jordan Peele …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Oct. 24 – 26, 2019)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, October 24 (7:30 p.m.) The Monster Squad (TriStar Pictures, 1987) The Monster Squad, a secret club of five pre-teen, old-horror-movie loving boys, find their obsession with the genre useful when their town in suddenly invaded by the Wolfman, Frankenstein, the Mummy …

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Film Night at the Mary Pickford Theater: Thursday, October 24, 2019

Posted by: Karen Fishman

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. Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m.   TRICK OR …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus (October 17 – 19, 2019)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, October 17 (7:30 p.m.) I Am Legend (Warner Bros., 2007) This post-apocalyptic tale follows the seemingly last man on Earth as he struggles to survive while fending off the infected survivors of a devastating vampiric plague. A brilliant scientist, who raced …

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Film Night at the Mary Pickford Theater: Thursday, October 17

Posted by: Karen Fishman

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. Thursday, October 17th at 7:00 p.m. TEACHER’S PET After …

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At the Packard Campus Theater — November 2019

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Packard Campus Theater Schedule for November, 2019 Four films that prominently feature the Berlin Wall, the guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989, will be shown at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater in November to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. The titles …

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James Farley and Early Radio Recordings

Posted by: Karen Fishman

Today’s post is by Harrison Behl, Reference Librarian at the Recorded Sound Research Center. Shortly after the formation of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division in 1978, one of our first reference librarians, James Smart, compiled a listing of the radio broadcast recordings the Library had acquired to that point. Covering the years …