Film Loans from the Library of Congress — June 2025

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.

Lobby card: Colorful collection of melodramatic characters — “Forgotten Faces” (Paramount/1928)

Somerville Theatre Somerville, Massachusetts

FORGOTTEN FACES (1928), DCP June 1

https://www.somervilletheatre.com/repertory-programs/silents-please/

Large image of woman's face gazing down at silhouette of couple. — “Memory Lane” (WB/1926)

Cinémathèque Française Paris, France

MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1935), 35mm June 1 + 14

THE SONG OF LIFE (1922), 35mm June 2

THE LINCOLN CYCLE (1917), digital June 6

IN OLD KENTUCKY (1927), 35mm June 7

HUSBANDS AND LOVERS (1924), 35mm June 7

THE CHILD THOU GAVEST ME (1921), 35mm June 8

MEMORY LANE (1926), 35mm June 9

https://www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/john-m-stahl-1396.html

Barthelmess in white coat in front of bright yellow background — “Alias the Doctor” (First National/1932)

Cinemateca Portuguesa Lisbon, Portugal

ALIAS THE DOCTOR (1932), 35mm June 2

CASE OF THE CURIOUS BRIDE (1935), 35mm June 3

BLACK FURY (1935), 35mm June 6

https://www.cinemateca.pt/Programacao.aspx?ciclo=1889

Duke Ellington, close-up, in top hat — Duke Ellington

Filmoteca Española Madrid, Spain

SYMPHONY IN SWING (1949), DCP June 4

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA (1943), DCP June 11

SALUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON (1950), DCP June 14

JAM SESSION (1942), DCP June 28

A blood red background and, in front, the figures of three desperate men! — “The Hitch-Hiker” (1953)

BAMPFA Berkeley, California

THE HITCH-HIKER (1953), 35mm June 7

THE RECKLESS MOMENT (1949), 35mm June 21

https://bampfa.org/visit/calendar?date=2025-06

Film image: man in suit seems bewildered as he stands a worksite. — “The Narrow Road” (Biograph/1912)

Music Box Theatre Chicago, Illinois

ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE (1928), 35mm June 8

THE NARROW ROAD (1912), 35mm June 8

https://musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-events/alias-jimmy-valentine

Dramatic aviation scenes and a man in uniform. — “The Flying Aces” (Norman/1926)

Cinémathèque Québécoise Montreal, Canada

THE FLYING ACE (1926), DCP June 8

https://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/en/cinema/the-flying-ace/

Exaggerated head of Buster Keaton floats with companion in life preserver — “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” (UA/1928)

The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, California

STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (1928), 35mm June 11

https://stanfordtheatre.org/

Soldier in helmet stares out blankly — “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Universal/1930)

Il Cinema Ritrovato XXXIX Bologna, Italy

THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR THEM (1932), DCP June 21-29

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, synch silent (1930), 35mm June 21-29

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, sound (1930), 35mm June 21-29

ALICE ADAMS (1935), 35mm June 21-29

THE WHITE CAPS (1905), 35mm June 21-29

https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/sezioni/il-paradiso-dei-cinefili/

Colorful image of Louise Fazenda amid bright blue background — “Footloose Widows” (Warners/1926)

Heights Theater Columbia Heights, Minnesota

FOOTLOOSE WIDOWS (1926), 35mm June 22

https://heightstheater.com/

Red background with images of Robert Mitchum and Susan Hayward facing off in foreground — “The Lusty Men” (RKO/1952)

Doc Film Chicago, Illinois

LUSTY MEN (1952), 35mm June 26 + 27

https://docfilms.org/

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