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Black and white lobby card for 1931 Spanish language version of "Dracula." Three disembodied heads on right side of card including lead Carlos Vallarias (looking menacing) and actress Lupita Tovar.

From the National Film Registry: “Drácula” (1931)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

What is the Spanish word for “terror”?  You’ll find out if you watch George Melford’s 1931 US-made but Spanish-language adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel.  Filmed concurrently with the US/Bela Lugosi-version, “Drácula” is considered by many film scholars to be better than the English version.  This version was added to the Library of Congress’ National …

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This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (October 28 – 29, 2022)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Be afraid, be VERY AFRAID!  There are “Monsters Among Us” (our theme for this month) and some are man and some are man-made! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 @ 7:30 p.m. Suspiria (20th Century-Fox, 1977) Dancing monsters? No, but dancers subjected to …

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This Saturday at the Packard Campus Theater (November 26, 2022)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Our trip through the seedier side of Los Angeles ends this weekend with a more recent classic of the L.A. noir sub-genre and an all-star animated cast who find themselves embroiled in some shady and shadowing dealings. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, …

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From the National Film Registry: “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Eighty-three years ago, on October 19, 1939, the Capra classic “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” had its debut in–where else?–Washington, DC.  Named by the Librarian of Congress to the Library’s National Film Registry in 1989, “Mr. Smith” is, for better or worse, as timely today as it ever was.  In the essay below, the late …

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Good Times Are Here!: New to the National Jukebox

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by David Gibson and David Sager of the Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress. Since its initial launch in 2011, the National Jukebox has provided researchers the ability to stream thousands of acoustic sound recordings from the very earliest days of the commercial record industry. As the …

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This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (October 14 – 15, 2022)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Who wants to be scared?  This month–of course, October–the Packard Campus Theater looks at “Monsters Among Us.”   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 @ 7:30 p.m. The Night of the Hunter   (United Artists, 1955) Robert Mitchum looks like a good guy but …