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White backdrop, bold black letters and collage of scenes from film including explosion.
"The Spook Who Sat By the Door" (1973)

Film Loans from the Library of Congress — November 2024

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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.

Within color prism, images of Shatner, Persis Khambatta and Leonard Nimoy.
“Star Trek: The Motion Picture” (1979)

WPI Lens and Lights     Worcester, Massachusetts

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (1979), 35mm     November 1, 2, 3

https://lnl.wpi.edu/list/

Technicolor images of title of film with RR crossing sign.
“Toccata for Toy Trains” (1957)

Chicago Film Society at Northeastern Illinois University     Chicago, Illinois

TOCCATA FOR TOY TRAINS (1957), 35mm     November 20

https://www.chicagofilmsociety.org/calendar/current-season/

Doe-eyed Marion Davies looks up and out amid a yellow backdrop that advertises the film.
“The Patsy” (1928)

Music Box Theatre     Chicago, Illinois

THE PATSY (1928), 35mm     November 3

https://musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-events/the-patsy

Black and white--large image of bird
“The Song of the Shirt” (1908)

Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.     Berlin, Germany

SONG OF THE SHIRT (1908), 35mm     November 5

A CORNER IN WHEAT (1909), 35mm     November 5

THE QUIET ONE (1948), 35mm     November 29

Photo of Clara Bow holding both a lasso and a gun as she captures the illustration of a crown-wearing man.
“Get Your Man” (1927)

American Film Festival     Warsaw, Poland

GET YOUR MAN (1928), DCP     November 7

https://www.americanfilmfestival.pl/opis.do?id=10256

 

Dinner table scene in illustration
“For the Soul of Rafael” (1920)

 

Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé     Paris, France

FOR THE SOUL OF RAFAEL (1920), 35mm     November 9, 15

https://www.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com/event/2738

Graphic image of man shooting handgun
“The Spook Who Sat By The Door” (1973)

Black Harvest Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center     Chicago, Illinois

THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973), DCP     November 10

https://web.saic.edu/blackharvestfest/the-spook-who-sat-by-the-door/

White backdrop, bold black letters and collage of scenes from film including explosion.
“The Spook Who Sat By the Door” (1973)

Houston Cinema Arts Festival     Houston, Texas

THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973), DCP     November 12

https://www.cinemahtx.org/hcaf/

W.C. Fields holds a gun as a nurse and haughty patient looks on.
“The Dentist” (1932)

Cinemateca Portuguesa     Lisbon, Portugal

THE DENTIST (1932), 35mm     November 30

https://www.cinemateca.pt/Programacao.aspx?id=18061&date=2024-11-30

 

 

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