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.
Film Forum New York, New York
IT’S THE OLD ARMY GAME (1926), 35mm May 5
OSCAR MICHEAUX AND THE BIRTH OF BLACK INDEPENDENT CINEMA , digital May 3-9
https://filmforum.org/series/oscar-micheaux-and-the-birth-of-black-independent-cinema
Music Box Theatre Chicago, Illinois
SHIP OF LOST MEN (1929), 35mm May 11
https://musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-events/the-ship-of-lost-men
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts New York, New York
GET YOUR MAN (1927), 35mm May 11
https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2024/05/11/silent-clowns
Australian Cinémathèque South Brisbane, Australia
THE BODY SNATCHER (1945), 35mm May 11
https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/cinema/screening/the-body-snatcher-2024-05-26
Autry Museum of The American West Los Angeles, California
THE STAMPEDE (1921), digital May 18
THE GUN WOMAN (1918), digital May 18
Filmmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum Munich, Germany
CHRISTOPHER STRONG (1933), 35mm May 24
https://www.muenchner-stadtmuseum.de/sammlungen/filmmuseum/filmreihen/dorothy-arzner
George Eastman Museum Rochester, New York
A nitrate print from the collection of the Library of Congress will be screened at The Nitrate Picture Show, May 30-June2. The schedule will be announced on May 30 at:
https://www.eastman.org/nitrate-picture-show