April is Jazz Appreciation Month! The Smithsonian National Museum of American History began this month-long celebration in 2001 to encourage people to listen to, read about, and play jazz music. Unsurprisingly, jazz is well-represented in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division at the Library of Congress, from commercial recordings to film and more. …
Baseball season is upon us, even if many parts of the country are still in the throes of winter! With the Nationals’ home opener against the Mets this afternoon, here are some baseball-related items in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division to whet your appetite and gear up for Major League Baseball’s 2019 …
Thursday, April 2nd, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. ATOMIC CINEMA: …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, March 28 (7:30 p.m.) A New Leaf (Paramount, 1971) Already well known as part of the ingenious comedy team Nichols & May (with Mike Nichols), Elaine May made her film debut as writer, director and star in this critically- acclaimed dark comedy …
This post was originally published by Wendi Maloney on the Library of Congress Blog. For the past three decades or so, Thomas Doherty has taught and written about films, television and Hollywood — a lot. An American studies professor at Brandeis University with a special interest in classical Hollywood, he has written seven books touching …
The Library of Congress’s Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS) is proud to partner with AFI Silver Theatre for a Film Preservation Showcase of recently preserved titles from the Library’s vast collection of films, the largest in the world. The lineup includes rarities dating from a 1915 silent film directed by pioneering filmmaker …
Remembering Penny Marshall (1943-2018) - Thursday, March 21st, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, March 14 (7:30 p.m.) Smoke Signals (Miramax, 1998) Native American directors are a rarity in Hollywood. After the early silent film pioneers James Young Deer and Edwin Carewe, the portrayal of Native Americans in cinema turned dark and stereotypical. These social …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, March 7 (7:30 p.m.) In Caliente (Warner Bros., 1935) A New York theater critic (Pat O’Brien) falls in love with a Mexican dancer (Dolores Del Rio) and incurs the wrath of his gold-digging fiancée (Glenda Farrell). Filmed at the Mexican resort …
