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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Cary O'Dell looks back at the 1951 daytime drama "Miss Susan" starring Susan Peters. It was the first TV show to feature a real-life wheelchair user as a main character.
Posted in: Daytime Serials, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Did someone say “love”? We got it for you on the big screen. Bring your sweetheart to the movies. Friday, February 10, 2023 @ 7:30pm Love & Basketball (New Line, 2000) Quincy and Monica love each other but they also love basketball. Which is the greater love? We shall see. Written and directed by Gina …
Posted in: Packard Campus Theater, Uncategorized
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
It's been almost 60 years since the great Buster Keaton has left us. For the Library of Congress, film scholar Yair Solan looks back at one of the "Great Stone Face's" greatest films.
Posted in: Film Essay, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Every month, the Library of Congress loans out some of its films (and other moving image treasures) for screening throughout the world. Films like Marion Davis's 1928 "The Cardboard Lover" as seen here. See what might be coming to your town.
Posted in: Film Loans
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Love is in the air! Or, at least, in the movie titles of all our films this month. It is going to Valentine’s Day after all. Come out and share in the romance, all kinds of it. Friday, February 3, 2023 @ 7:30pm Love in the Afternoon (Allied Artists, 1957) Start the month off with …
Posted in: Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
Inspired by the out-pouring of love and good sportsmanship displayed around Damar Hamlin's recent health scare, the Library's own Stacie Seifrit-Griffin looks at the sports classic "Knute Rockne, All American" (1940) and other audio-visual celebrations of America's love for athletics.
Posted in: Film/Video, National Film Registry, NBC Radio Collection, Recorded Sound Research Center, Sports
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Come and celebrate "love" in all its many forms at the Library of Congress' Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper, VA.
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Three great films close out the month and our look at the classics on the National Film Registry including one that just made the list. To learn more about the Registry, please see this link. Friday, January 27, 2023 @ 7:30pm Cyrano De Bergerc (United Artists, 1950) The often humorous but ultimately tragic story of …
Posted in: National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
As the beloved ABC interstitials turn 50, in an essay exclusive to the Library of Congress, TV historian Billy Ingram, looks back at the very entertaining and very educational series.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound