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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
March 2023: See what's playing this month at the Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper, VA.
Posted in: Musical Theater, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Like much of the world, the Library of Congress is very saddened to hear of the passing of the great Stephen Sondheim. Mr. Sondheim passed away on Friday at age 91. While already missing him, we take comfort in all that he left behind for us. Not surprisingly, Mr. Sondheim is well represented on the …
Posted in: Musical Theater, National Recording Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (RKO, 1939) The last and least representative of the musicals Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made for RKO, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, based on the memoirs of Irene Castle, tells of her …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Musical Theater, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, August 16 (7:30 p.m.) Beverly of Graustark (MGM, 1926) Marion Davies stars in this romantic comedy as Beverly, an American college girl, who gets talked into masquerading as her cousin, Oscar (Creighton Hale), who happens to be the Prince of Graustark, …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Musical Theater, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Packard Campus Theater Schedule for March, 2019 On March 15, the Packard Campus Theater will welcome special guest George Stevens, Jr., creator and producer of the Kennedy Center Honors, who will introduce a specially curated program of highlights from the prestigious awards show. Among the other features on the March schedule are five titles from …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Musical Theater, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Packard Campus Theater celebrates Black History Month with a number of films featuring an all or nearly all black cast, including the best foreign language film Oscar winner for 1959, Black Orpheus, and the critically acclaimed and inspirational family film from 2006, Akeelah and the Bee. Romantic movies for Valentine’s Day and beyond include …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Musical Theater, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Concert films make up an element on the LC’s National Film Registry. For example, the legendary “The T.A.M.I. Show,” a legendary, filmed gathering of some amazing rock and roll talent, was added to the Registry in 2006. Maybe another great concert film will make the list this year…. The 25 new selections for the Registry will be announced …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Musical Theater, National Film Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, October 11 (7:30 p.m.) The Wiz (Universal, 1978) Charlie Smalls’s jazzy, updated version of The Wizard of Oz won seven Tony Awards on Broadway in 1975, and was brought to the screen three years later with Diana Ross taking the lead …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Musical Theater, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Packard Campus Theater is highlighting contemporary women directors through the end of the year with a series of films from the 1970s to the present. Throughout the 1970s training and mentorship programs for women directors were established, including Women Make Movies (1972), the Women in Film Foundation (1973), the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women …
Posted in: Jazz, Motion Pictures, Musical Theater, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater, Recorded Sound