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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Or, more accurately, are you ready to identify another mystery photo from the Library of Congress?! Like our other mystery stills (see links below), this particular shot was found within a much, much larger collection of film, TV and music stills that the LC acquired about seven years ago. We have no other information besides …
Posted in: Unidentified Stills
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater will reopen its doors to patrons with a new season of film screenings on Fridays and Saturdays, beginning July 15. The relaunch of the film screenings at the art deco theater has several new offerings focused on a different theme every month. In July, “Packard Campus Potpourri” will …
Posted in: National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Library of Congress is saddened to hear of the passing of actor, composer, director and playwright James Rado. Rado was one of the fertile minds behind the landmark 1960’s “hippie” musical “Hair.” The original cast show album “Hair” was added to the Library’s National Recording Registry in 2018. At the time of its induction, …
Posted in: National Recording Registry
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
One of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves is to follow our dreams. It’s not always easy and many will want you to fail, but with the friends you make and a strong conviction, the mark you leave can make an impact even when you don’t realize it. Such is the life of Antonia …
Posted in: Film Essay, Film/Video, National Film Registry
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
One hundred years ago this month, the film “Nanook of the North” premiered at New York City’s Capitol Theatre. It has been watched and discussed ever since, as a complicated combination of art and ethnography, docudrama and reenactment, exploitation and cooperation. Today, we look back on the film with an essay from Patricia Zimmermann …
Posted in: Film Essay, National Film Registry
Posted by: Library of Congress
They Start the Victrola by Billy Murray This post was written by Recorded Sound Reference Specialist David Sager Recorded dance music needs no introduction, it has been a staple of the recording industry for decades. Whether techno, disco, rockabilly, or ballroom – records are for dancing! When Billy Murray described the dancers on the recording …
Posted in: Jukebox, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
With the exception of some carefully chosen British imports, you might not normally associate public television with broad-based comedy. But, in 1994, America’s own PBS did something that they’ve never done since: they produced and aired a 30-minute sitcom. The program, “The Steven Banks Show,” ran for 13 episodes in 1994. Five episodes of the …
Posted in: Television
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. Autry Museum of the American West …
Posted in: Film Loans