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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: 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