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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Feb. 8-10, 2018)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 8 (7:30 p.m.) Hope and Glory (Columbia, 1987) This British comedy-drama was written, produced and directed by John Boorman, based on his own experiences growing up in the Blitz in London during the Second World War. A warmly nostalgic view …

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Photo Blog #23: Final Mysteries

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

After 22 previous posts, the Moving Image and Recorded Sound division of the Library of Congress has, with this final assortment, exhausted its currently slate of unidentified stills.  (Or, at least until we acquire some more!)  Thanks to everyone who has looked at these over the last year or so and has solved them or offered …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Dec. 14-16, 2017)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 14 (7:30 p.m.) Double Feature: 1930s Leading Ladies – Ginger Rogers and Claudette Colbert The Thirteenth Guest (Monogram, 1932) Ginger Rogers stars as Marie Morgan, one of the guests who are reassembled from a dinner party that took place 13 …

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Photo Blog #22: Nagging Mysteries

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

For this posting, #22 in our series, we revisit a few previously posted but still unknown photos.  We still hope that someone, somewhere, will be able to tell us who (or what) they are.  As always, “clicking” on the image will increase it in size.  As excellent suggestions, clues or answers are submitted, we will …

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Nov. 9, 2017)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, November 9 (7:30 p.m.) The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (20th Century-Fox, 1951) Based on the book by Desmond Young, this biographical film about German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel focuses on the period between his retreat from North Africa and …

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Now Playing at the Packard Theater (Oct. 26-28, 2017)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, October 26 (7:30 p.m.) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Warner Bros., 1962) Bette Davis stars as Jane Hudson, a demented and aging former movie star, who holds her paraplegic sister Blanche (Joan Crawford) captive in a decaying Hollywood mansion. Directed …

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Photo Blog #21: More Lingering Mysteries

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

It is #21 in the Library of Congress’s movie mystery still blog.  As we did last month, this time we are reposting a few stills that are still in search of a solution. As always, “clicking” on any of the images below will increase them in size so that they are easier to see.  Please …