The objectives of the Library of Congress Packard Campus public programs are: 1) to showcase the film, television, radio and recorded sound collections of the Library of Congress. 2) To celebrate the extraordinary range of creativity and exuberance inherent in the recorded forms of American culture and entertainment since the late 19th century.3) And, to demonstrate the work of the staff and laboratories devoted to preserving and restoring analog and digital audiovisual materials in the Packard Campus laboratories.
Schedule
Short subjects will be presented before select programs. Titles are subject to change without notice.
The Packard Campus Theater will be closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas weekend.
Thursday, November 19 (7:30 pm.)
LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (MGM, 1938)
A small-town boy tries to juggle two girlfriends at once. Selected for the National Film Registry in 2000.
Directed by George B. Seitz.
With Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.
35mm, black & white, 91 minutes. Print gift from Warner Bros. Pictures.
Friday, November 20 (7:30 pm.)
EASY RIDER (Columbia Pictures Corp., 1969)
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices. Rated R, no one under 17 admitted without parent or guardian. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1998.
Directed by Dennis Hopper.
With Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda.
35mm, color, 95 minutes. Print gift from Sony Pictures Corp.
Saturday, November 21 (2:00 pm.)
THE KID BROTHER (Paramount, 1927)
The most import family in Hickoryville is (naturally enough) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leon and Olin. The timid youngest son (Harold Lloyd), doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his family and win the love of beautiful Mary. Silent with live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson.
Directed by J.A. Howe, Lewis Milestone, and Ted Wilde.
With Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston.
35mm, black & white, 83 minutes. AFI/Paramount collection print.
Thursday, December 03 (7:30 pm.)
MANHATTAN (United Artists, 1979)
A television comedy writer in New York falls for his best friend's girl. Rated R, no one under 17 admitted without parent or adult guardian. Selected for the National Film Registry in 2001.Directed by Woody Allen.
With Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
35 mm, black & white, 96 minutes. Print gift from MGM.
Friday, December 04 (7:30 pm.)
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (Selznick International Pictures, 1937)
An Englishman on holiday in Ruritania must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1991.
Directed by John Cromwell.
With Ronald Colman and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
35mm, black & white, 101 minutes. Copyright collection print.
Saturday, December 05 (2:00 pm.)
A WALT DISNEY SHORTS FESTIVAL (Walt Disney Pictures)
A program of classic Disney cartoons and live action short subjects, including some holiday favorites.
With Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Donald Duck, Goofy and many more.
35mm, black & white and color, approximately 120 minutes.
Thursday, December 10 (7:30 pm.)
JOY OF LIVING (RKO, 1938)
A Broadway musical star burdened with a houseful of leeching relatives falls for an eccentric charmer who teaches her to have fun.
Directed by Tay Garnett.
With Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Irene Dunne.
35mm, black & white, 91 minutes. Copyright collection print.
Friday, December 11 (7:30 pm.)
FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Embassy Pictures Corporation, 1982)
A widowed actress and her children suffer hardships when she mistakenly marries a conservative church leader. In Swedish with English subtitles. Copyright collection print.
Directed by Ingmar Bergman.
With Pernilla Allwin and Bertil Guve.
35 mm, color, 188 minutes. Copyright collection print.
Saturday, December 12 (7:30 pm.)
THE BIG PARADE (MGM, 1925)
The son of a rich businessman joins the army when the U.S. enters WWI. He is sent to France, where he becomes friends with working-class soldiers and falls in love with a Frenchwoman, but has to leave her to move to the frontline. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1992. Silent film with live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson.
Directed by King Vidor.
With John Gilbert and Renee Adoree.
35 mm, black & white, 130 minutes. Print gift from Turner Entertainment Company.
Thursday, December 17 (7:30 pm.)
WE’RE NO ANGELS (Paramount, 1955)
After escaping Devil's Island, three offbeat prisoners help a goodhearted family outwit a scheming relative.
Directed by Michael Curtiz.
With Humphrey Bogart and Peter Ustinov.
35mm, color, 106 minutes. Copyright collection print.
Friday, December 18 (7:30 pm.)
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (Warner Bros., 1942)
When acerbic theater critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home at Christmastime and ends up in a wheelchair, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely.
Directed by William Keighley.
With Monty Woolley and Bette Davis.
35mm, black & white, 112 minutes. Copyright collection print.
Saturday, December 19 (7:30 pm.)
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (RKO, 1946)
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1990.
Directed by Frank Capra.
With James Stewart and Donna Reed.
35mm, black & white, 130 minutes. Preserved by the Library of Congress.
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Last Updated: 11/19/2009