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Posted by: Karen Fishman
Today’s post is by David Sager, Research Assistant in the Recorded Sound Research Center. In observance of Black History Month, we’re highlighting a little known song by the great Bert Williams, found in the Library’s National Jukebox. Although opportunities for African American performers during the early days of the recording industry were scant, they certainly …
Posted in: Early Recording Industry, Jukebox, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 27 (7:30 p.m.) The Phenix City Story (Allied Artists Pictures, 1955) Film noir comes to Alabama in this ripped-from-the-headlines tale in a film based on notorious real-life 1954 events. Albert Patterson (John McIntire) is an attorney trying to clean up …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Packard Campus Theater Schedule for March 2020 Several films featuring criminals, both actual and alleged, on the run, are featured on the March schedule of the Packard Campus Theater. Included are Hitchcock’s Saboteur (1942), the caper comedy with a Culpeper connection, Sneakers (1992), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Bogart and Bacall in Dark Passage (1947), …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 20 (7:30 p.m.) Black Journal: A Salute to William Greaves (NET/PBS, 1968-1977) “lack Journal was the first national American public affairs television program that was broadcast on the NET Network (Pre-PBS). This program was developed during the turbulent 1960’s and …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Amy Gallick, a Preservation Specialist in the Moving Image Section. Charles and Ray Eames I’m a Preservation Specialist in the Moving Image Section, which means I have responsibility for ensuring the physical integrity of our film and video collections. I also manage many of the contracts we have with …
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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. Tuesday, February 18th at 7:00 p.m. BRIGHT ROAD (MGM, 1953). …
Posted in: Film/Video, Mary Pickford Theater, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 13 (7:30 p.m.) Hackers (MGM/UA, 1995) In 1988, Dade “Zero Cool” Murphy (Jonny Lee Miller) is an 11-year-old computer hacker responsible for causing a 7-point drop in the New York Stock Exchange in a single day and is forbidden from …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater, Uncategorized
Posted by: Karen Fishman
This guest post was written by Michelle Dubert-Bellrichard, Archivist, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Phillips H. Lord was a pioneer in radio during its golden age. He produced radio and, eventually, television shows that captured real, American characters, but he would dramatize ordinary people — treating them like heroes. For example, Lord’s radio programs like Sky …
Posted in: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, NBC Radio Collection, Radio
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 6 (7:30 p.m.) Bedlam (RKO, 1946) Set in London in 1761, Bedlam is a departure from previous Val Lewton productions in its focus on horrific social conditions instead of supernatural occurrences. In this atmospheric chiller, Nell Bowen (Anna Lee), the …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater, Uncategorized