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Posted by: Mike Mashon
The Library always announces new additions to the National Film Registry in December, and this year will be no different. The National Film Preservation Board had its annual meeting in October to, among other things, advise Acting Librarian David S. Mao on Registry selections. Once they’re announced, the final 25 selections will bring the total …
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The following is a guest post by Rachel Parker, a Processing Technician in the Moving Image Section, and our theater programmer in September. I am a native of Nashville, Tennessee, and graduated from Chapman University in Orange, California. I arrived at the Packard Campus in 2009 after an internship at the Academy Film Archive, and …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. More cinematic treats from Richard Hincha, this month’s guest programmer. Thursday, August 20 (7:30 p.m.) The Pink Panther (United Artists, 1963) This comic masterpiece by Blake Edwards introduced both the animated Pink Panther character in the film’s opening and …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. A triple helping of National Film Registry titles this week. Thursday, July 16 (7:30 p.m.) Make Way for Tomorrow (Paramount, 1937) Director Leo McCarey’s progressive Depression-era drama–based on a play by Helen and Nolan Leary and a novel by …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. More treats from June’s guest programmer Larry Smith. Thursday, June 18 (7:30 p.m.) Animal Crackers (Paramount, 1930) The legendary family comedy act known as the Marx Brothers were stars in vaudeville and on Broadway before making their first film, …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The following was co-written with Larry Smith, a Processing Technician at the Packard Campus. Larry Smith, a Processing Technician who has worked with nitrate film at the Library of Congress for the past 15 years, is the guest programmer for June. Prior to working at the Library, Larry was a theater manager-owner and projectionist at …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The following was co-written with Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. The Library of Congress is proud to be the home of the Bob Hope Collection, which he donated in 2000. I was fortunate to be one of the curators assigned to the acquisition, and thus enjoyed many happy hours working with …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The following was co-written with Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Thursday, April 30 (7:30 p.m.) All That Heaven Allows (Universal, 1955) Widow Jane Wyman falls in love with a younger man (Rock Hudson) in a suburban New England town, resulting in an avalanche of public and private shaming. From this deceptively …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Mike Mashon
My stint as guest programmer continues with a film made in my hometown of Baton Rouge, my favorite Alfred Hitchcock movie, and a rather jaundiced view of professional football. Thursday, April 23 (7:30 pm) sex, lies, and videotape (Miramax, 1989, *R-rated) It’s a matter of conjecture to pinpoint the beginnings of the American independent film …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater