DOUBLE your holiday fun. Note that these two Christmas classics are each being shown this weekend TWICE! Bring yourself, bring the family, bring all the holiday cheer you can muster!
It’s a Wonderful Life (Paramount, 1946) —
Thursday, December 19 @ 7:30 PM & Saturday, December 21 @ 2:00 PM
Frank Capra’s classic stars Oscar nominee James Stewart as George Bailey, a decent small-town banker who learns what life would have been like if he’d never been born. Black & white, 106 min. (Film)
“It’s a Wonderful Life” was added to the Library’s National Film Registry in 1990.
White Christmas (Paramount, 1954) —
Friday, December 20 @ 7:30 PM & Saturday, December 21 @ 7:30 PM
Two song-and-dance war veterans (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) help a retired general with his strapped New England inn by putting on a big musical show with the help of their former army buddies and a singing sister act. Color, 120 min. (Film)
In the event of a temporary shutdown of the federal government effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, all Library of Congress buildings will be CLOSED to the public and researchers. All public events will be cancelled.