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.
Museum of Modern Art New York, New York
MEMORY LANE (1926), 35mm August 5
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/10741
Capitolfest Rome, New York
THE DEPUTY’S DOUBLE CROSS (1922), digital August 8
WHY THEY LEFT HOME- excerpt, (1917), 35mm August 9
THE RE-CREATION OF BRIAN KENT (1925), 35mm August 9
THE SQUEALER (1930), 35mm August 9
FATHER’S CLOSE SHAVE (1920), 35mm August 9
FINDERS KEEPERS (1928), digital August 10
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/10741
Somerville Theatre Somerville, Massachusetts
PADLOCKED (1926), 35mm August 10
https://www.somervilletheatre.com/production/silents-please-padlocked-with-live-score/
BFI Southbank London, England
EL CID (1961) August 10, 23
Doc Films Chicago, Illinois
DAMES (1934), 35mm August 14, 15
https://docfilms.org/calendar/Summer_2025/pre-code-musicals
Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, California
THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942), 35mm August 14, 15
https://stanfordtheatre.org/calendars/Summer%20Pt%202%202025.html
Nitehawk Cinema- Prospect Park Brooklyn, New York
MURIEL’S WEDDING (1994), 35mm August 16
https://nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark/movies/muriels-wedding/
Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Los Angeles, California
THE BLACK CAT (1934), 35mm August 22
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/monkey-business-black-cat-2025-08-22
Ambler Theater Ambler, Pennsylvania
THE BIG STREET (1942), 35mm August 27
https://amblertheater.org/films/big-street
Cinecon 61 Beverly Hills, California
THE SHOW DOWN (1917), digital August 30
THE EVIL EYE (1916), 35mm August 30
THE BLUE DANUBE (1928), 35mm August 30
https://cinecon.org/schedule-cinecon-60/