Entertaining and thought-provoking is the description for the three films being screened this coming weekend at the Packard Campus. See you there!
A Face in the Crowd (Warner Bros., 1957) — Friday, March 7 @ 7:30 PM
An Arkansas drifter (Andy Griffith) is discovered by the producer of a small radio station (Patricia Neal), ultimately rising to great fame and influence on national television. Black & white, 125 min. (Digital)
“A Face in the Crowd” was added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2008.
Employees’ Entrance (First National/Vitaphone, 1933) — Saturday, March 8 @ 2:00 PM
Warren William plays a tyrannical department store manager who chases after profits—and Loretta Young. Part of an ongoing series highlighting the most popular titles from NAVCC’s Film Loans Program. New 35mm print from NAVCC’s Film Preservation Laboratory. Black & white, 75 min.
“Employees’ Entrance” was added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2019.
The Social Network (Columbia Pictures 2010) — Saturday, March 8 @ 7:30 PM
Nerdy, awkward Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) becomes a billionaire by creating the website, Facebook. But he ends up embroiled in legal disputes as the friends who helped him during his rise to the top are now eager to see him fall. Newly added to the National Film Registry. Color, 120 min. (Film)
“The Social Network” was added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2024.
For more information on LC screenings, see this link.
Titles and formats subject to change.
Comments
Love going here and seeing wonderful movies. Have taken grandchildren to see sone great movies. They show films that we older people enjoyed at their ages. So much fun to see Laurel and Hardy movies and Abbot and Costello humor with no sexual overtones just pore slapstick humor!!