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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Like much of the world, the Library of Congress is very saddened to hear of the passing of the great Stephen Sondheim. Mr. Sondheim passed away on Friday at age 91. While already missing him, we take comfort in all that he left behind for us. Not surprisingly, Mr. Sondheim is well represented on the …
Posted in: Musical Theater, National Recording Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
For many, it has become as much of a Thanksgiving tradition as turkey and dressing. Arlo Guthrie’s immortal recording “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre” was added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry in 2017. Not long after, music journalist Hank Reineke kindly wrote about it for the Library. In honor of this holiday, we share …
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Yes. These two. Still. Regular readers of this blog know of our long quest to identify some super-obscure film and TV (and “other”) stills that we found in a collection here at the Library of Congress. (For those who would like a recap, please see the links at the bottom of this post.) Our crowd-sourcing …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
By Rachel Del Gaudio, a Moving Image Processing Technician at the Library’s Packard Campus Game shows have long been a television staple and it’s no different today, as “The Chase,” “Ellen’s Game of Games,” and “Family Feud” and long-time favorites like “Jeopardy!,” “Wheel of Fortune,” and “The Price is Right” attest. With prizes such as …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Like most people, we were very saddened to hear of the passing of the great Mort Sahl last week at the age of 94. About 10 years ago, Sahl’s landmark comedy album, “At Sunset” (1955), was added to the Library’s National Recording Registry. In 2017, the Library was able to sit down with Sahl to …
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC 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. Music Box Theatre, Chicago, Illinois TRAFFIC IN …
Posted in: Film Loans, Uncategorized