The “Angel” on Lucy’s Shoulders
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Remembering the 1960s TV sitcom "Angel"
Posted in: Television
Category: Television
“Lost”…and Found at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
A review of some of the Library of Congress' motion picture and broadcast archives shows that some items, feared "lost," have been here all along.
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Television
“David Susskind” Speaks Again
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
After several years of work, the Library of Congress has completed its preservation, transfer and digitization of the landmark "David Susskind Show." Here, we take a look inside the collection.
Posted in: Television
Revisiting “The Phantom Empire”
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Just weeks after is special screening at the Library of Congress Festival of Film & Sound, we look back at the cowboy sci-fi film "The Phantom Empire"
Posted in: Film Festival, Motion Pictures, Television, Uncategorized
This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (April 14 and 15, 2023)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The weekend film/screening schedule for the Library of Congress' Packard Campus Theater
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Packard Campus Theater, Television
Why “Christie Love” Matters
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Almost 50 years since its original airing, the Library of Congress looks back at the hour-long TV show with a Black female lead--and tries to figure out why it gets so little respect.
Posted in: Black Films, Television
This Month at the Packard Campus Theater — April 2023
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This month's movie selections at the Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper
Posted in: National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater, Television
Discovering TV’s “Miss Susan”
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Cary O'Dell looks back at the 1951 daytime drama "Miss Susan" starring Susan Peters. It was the first TV show to feature a real-life wheelchair user as a main character.
Posted in: Daytime Serials, Television
“The Court of Human Relations”: A Pioneer of Reality TV
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Though titled “Court of Human Relations,” this obscure, 1959 NBC-TV daytime program was far less “Judge Judy” than a more emotional “Meet the Press.” “Court” had begun on radio, the brainchild of its producer/host A.L. Alexander, and had the lofty goal of bringing the process of mediation to the media while also paying tribute to …
Posted in: National Screening Room, Television