This Coming Thursday at the Packard Campus Theater (December 21, 2023)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
"White Christmas" plays on the big screen this coming Thursday at the Packard Campus Theater.
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Category: Christmas
This Coming Thursday and Friday at the Packard Campus Theater (December 14 and 15, 2023)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Come help celebrate the holidays at the Packard Campus Theater
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This Coming Thursday and Friday at the Packard Campus Theater (Dec. 7 and 8, 2023)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
See what's playing this week at the Packard Campus Theater!
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Christmas on the Radio
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Every year, for nearly two months, radio stations fill the air with great Christmas music from what seems to be a bottomless well of recordings. It’s an eclectic mix that draws on songs from the 1930s to the present, but the sounds of Christmas on the radio once went far beyond this. In the 1930s …
Posted in: Christmas, NBC Television Collection, Radio, Recorded Sound Research Center, World War II
Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Dec. 19 – 21, 2019)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 19 (7:30 p.m.) Pocketful of Miracles (United Artists, 1961) Legendary director Frank Capra’s final feature, Pocketful of Miracles, was a remake of his 1933 film Lady for a Day, which itself was based on a Damon Runyon short story. No …
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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Dec. 12 – 14, 2019)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 12 (7:30 p.m.) Trading Places (Paramount, 1983 – rated R*) Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy star as a stuffy upper-class commodities broker and a homeless street hustler whose lives cross paths when they are unknowingly made part of an elaborate …
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At the Packard Campus — December 2019
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Packard Campus Theater Schedule for December 2019 As a follow-up to the November video presentation of musical highlights from David Letterman’s late night program on NBC (from 1982-1993), the Packard Campus Theater kicks off the month with musical performers seen on Letterman’s CBS series, Late Show with David Letterman (1993-2015). Two films depicting the Battle …
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Now Playing at the Packard Campus: Dec. 20 – 22, 2018
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 20 (7:30 p.m.) Saturday Night Live Celebrates the Holidays (NBC) Featuring comedy sketches and musical performances that both spoof and celebrate the holidays, this unique program of clips from NBC’s long-running late-night live variety show was specially curated for this …
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Your Holiday Soundtrack from the National Jukebox
Posted by: Amanda Jenkins
Let the National Jukebox provide your soundtrack to the holiday season this year! The National Jukebox makes historical sound recordings available for streaming online, and contains classical, popular, ethnic, and spoken word recordings. This playlist features popular and classical holiday music from the likes of vaudeville singer and actress Elsie Baker, soprano Olive Kline, opera …
Posted in: Christmas, Early Recording Industry, Jukebox, Recorded Sound