The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Thursday, March 10 (7:30pm) 1980’s CULT FAVES DOUBLE FEATURE The Legend of Billie Jean (Tri-Star Pictures, 1985) This teen flick-cum-parable is probably best remembered for spawning Pat Benatar’s hit theme song Invincible, kicking off Christian Slater’s celluloid career, and …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Friday, March 4 (7:30 p.m.) Greed (MGM, 1924) Based on the novel McTeague by Frank Norris, Greed chronicles the downfall of gold miner-turned-dentist, McTeague (Gibson Gowland) and his wife, Trina (ZaSu Pitts), after their lives are destroyed by greed …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Friday, February 26 (7:30pm) The Night That Panicked America (ABC, 1975) Radio meets television in this docu-drama that looks back at Orson Welles’s and the Mercury Theater’s infamous “War of the Worlds” broadcast from October 30, 1938. Paul Shenar …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Friday, February 19 (7:30pm) Tarzan: Tarzan’s Deadly Silence (NBC/1966) Though he first swung into theaters in 1918, played by Elmo Lincoln, the Lord of the Jungle first came to TV in the personage of Ron Ely in 1968 over …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant the Packard Campus. Friday, February 5, 2016 (7:30pm) Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight (CBS, 1956) If the Golden Age of Television can claim to have any gems in it, then surely this Rod Serling original is one of them. Originally aired October …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Friday, January 29 (7:30 p.m.) McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Warner Bros., 1971- R rated*) In Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller, the acclaimed director’s impressionistic style revises western events and characters in such a way that the film reflects …
Friday, January 22 (7:30 p.m.) SILENT MOVIE DOUBLE FEATURE: A Fool There Was (Fox, 1915) The phenomenal success of A Fool There Was set off a publicity campaign unparalleled at the time centering on its star, an unknown actress bearing the exotic name of Theda Bara. Based on a Rudyard Kipling poem and a subsequent …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson, an Administrative Assistant at the Packard Campus. Thursday, January 14 (7:30 p.m.) A SELECTION OF SOUND SHORTS FROM THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY In addition to the better-known Hollywood features on the National Film Registry, a surprising number of short subjects are included among the 675 titles …
