The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 15 (7:30 p.m.) The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (CBS-TV, 1971) This made-for-television movie about a family in Depression-era rural Virginia was the inspiration for popular series The Waltons that aired on CBS for nine seasons. Written by Earl Hamner, Jr., it …
Here is another set of unknowns. These gentlemen may be actors, or they may be directors, writers, producers. And some might not be affiliated with film/TV at all–perhaps they are captains of industry, or TV hosts, or local anchormen. Regardless, we welcome your thoughts as to who they might be. Please place your educated guesses in the …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Wednesday, December 7 (7:30 p.m.) Tora! Tora! Tora! (20th Century-Fox, 1970) As a follow-up to the highly-regarded war film The Longest Day (1962), depicting the invasion of Normandy, Fox Studios set out to make a dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Seeking …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, December 2 (7:30 p.m.) Air Force (Warner Bros., 1943) Made at the height of World War II, this epic account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor focuses on the personal dramas of the crew of an Air Force B-17 bomber …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Wednesday, November 16 (7:30 p.m.) On the Firing Line with the Germans (War Film Syndicate Company, 1915) In 1915, newsreel director and cinematographer Wilbur H. Durborough spent seven months with the German army in Russia and Turkey and shot 16,000 feet of …
This time in the Library’s ongoing series of “mystery stills,” we return to what are probably film stills from some very obscure films. We welcome your assistance in telling us the titles or any of the performers pictured. As always, “clicking” on any of the images below will increase their size. As we verify the …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, November 3 (7:30 p.m.) Highlights from The Johnny Cash Show (ABC, 1969-1971) After the great success of his two live prison albums, At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin, the ABC television network approached country music icon Johnny Cash to host …
