PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Film Series, Summer 1999
This summer the Mary Pickford
Theater presents a film retrospective in conjunction with the
Library of Congress exhibition The Work of Charles and
Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention, featuring twenty-six
films they made covering such disparate topics as toy trains,
jellyfish, Indian textiles, algebra, and Jeffersonian democracy.
Throughout the series, Eameses' films are often thematically
paired with feature films and television programs. Noted for
their furniture designs -- the "Eames chair" in particular --
the Eameses were also brilliant and inventive filmmakers, able
to illustrate the most abstract concepts with readily understood
images.
RESERVATIONS may be made by phone, beginning one week
before any given show. Call (202) 707-5677 during business
hours (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm). Reserved seats
must be claimed at least 10 minutes before showtime, after
which standbys will be admitted to unclaimed seats. All
programs are free, but seating is limited to 64 seats.
The Mary Pickford Theater is located on the third
floor of the Library of Congress Madison building.
If you would like to subscribe to our program guide
you can submit your name and mailing address either by
calling the Pickford Theater reservation line at (202)
707-5677 (24 hours a day) or by sending e-mail to pickford@loc.gov.
We also encourage you to visit our web site at
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford/.
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Tuesday, May 25 Eames: Science, Fact and Fiction
Twilight Zone: On Thursday We Leave for Home (CBS,
1963). Director: Buzz Kulik. Writer: Rod Serling. Camera: George
Clemens. Cast: James Whitmore, James Broderick, Paul Langton,
Tim O'Connor, Jo Helton. (60 minutes, sound, b&w, 16mm; LC Collection,
courtesy CBS).
preceded by:
- Copernicus (Eames Office, 1973). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (10 minutes, sound, color, videotape;
LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- Kepler's Laws (Eames Office, 1973). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (3 minutes, sound, color, videotape;
LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- The Lick Observatory (Eames Office, 1968). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (9 minutes, sound, color, 16mm; LC
Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- House of Science (Eames Office, 1962). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (13 minutes, sound, color, 16mm; LC
Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- Information Machine (Eames Office, 1957). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (10 minutes, sound, color, 16mm; LC
Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- Computer Perspective (Eames Office, 1972). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (10 minutes, sound, color, 16mm; LC
Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
Thursday, May 27 Eames: Ocean Life
Son of a Shark (Gaumont, 1993). Director: Agnes Merlet.
Writers: Agnes Merlet and Santiago Amigorena. Camera: Gerard
Simon. Cast: Ludovic Vandendaele, Erick Da Silva, Sandrine Blancke,
Maxime Leroux. (88 minutes, French with subtitles, color, 35mm;
LC Collection, courtesy Gaumont).
preceded by:
- National Fisheries Center and Aquarium (Eames Office,
1967). Directors/Writers: Charles and Ray Eames. (11 minutes,
sound, color, videodisc; LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus (Eames Office,
1970). Directors/Writers: Charles and Ray Eames. (3 minutes,
sound, color, video; LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- The Black Ships (Eames Office, 1970). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (8 minutes, sound, color, videodisc;
LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
Friday, May 28 (6:30 pm start time) Eames: Numerical Essays
Drowning by Numbers (Miramax, 1988). Director/Writer:
Peter Greenaway. Camera: Sacha Vierny. Cast: Joan Plowright,
Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson, Bernard Hill, Jason Edwards.
(119 minutes, sound, color, 35mm; LC Collection, courtesy Miramax).
preceded by:
- Scheutz (Eames Office, 1967). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (5 minutes, sound, color, 16mm; LC
Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- IBM Mathematica Peep Show (Eames Office, 1961). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (11 minutes, sound, color, 16mm; LC
Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- Exponents (Eames Office, 1973). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (3 minutes, sound, color, 16mm; LC
Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- Alpha (Eames Office, 1972). Directors/Writers: Charles
and Ray Eames. (2 minutes, sound, color, 16mm; LC Collection,
courtesy Eames Office).
Tuesday, June 8 Eames: An Eames Primer
Powers of Ten (Eames Office, 1978). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (9 minutes, sound, color, videodisc;
LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
preceded by:
- Eames Celebration: Several Worlds of Charles and Ray
Eames (WNET, 1977). Director: Perry Adato. (90 minutes,
sound, color, 16mm; LC Collection, courtesy WNET).
- 901: After 45 Years of Working (Eames Office, 1989).
Director/Writer: Eames Demetrios. (28 minutes, sound, color,
videodisc; LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
Friday, July 2 Eames: American Culture
Lost in America (Warner Bros., 1985). Director: Albert
Brooks. Writers: Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson. Camera: Eric
Saarinen. Cast: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Maggie Roswell,
Garry K. Marshall. (91 minutes, sound, color, 35mm; LC Collection,
courtesy Turner Entertainment).
preceded by:
- The World of Franklin and Jefferson (Eames Office,
1976). Directors/Writers: Charles and Ray Eames. (29 minutes,
sound, color, 16mm; LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
Thursday, July 8 Eames: An American Way of Life
American Madness (Columbia, 1932). Director: Frank Capra.
Writer: Robert Riskin. Camera: Joseph Walker. Cast: Walter Huston,
Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson, Constance Cummings. (76 minutes, sound,
b&w, 35mm; LC Collection, courtesy Columbia).
preceded by:
- Goods (Eames Office, 1981). Directors/Writers: Charles
and Ray Eames. (7 minutes, sound, color, video; LC Collection,
courtesy Eames Office).
Thursday, July 15 Eames: Photography
Blowup (MGM, 1966). Director: Michelangelo Antonioni.
Writers: Michelangelo Antonioni and Tonino Guerra, English dialogue
by Edward Bond. Camera: Carlo di Palma. Cast: David Hemmings,
Sarah Miles, Vanessa Redgrave. (110 minutes, sound, color, 35mm;
LC Collection, courtesy MGM).
preceded by:
- SX-70 (Eames Office, 1972). Directors/Writers: Charles
and Ray Eames. (11 minutes, sound, color, video; LC Collection,
courtesy Eames Office).
Friday, July 16 Eames: Trains
Closely Watched Trains (Filmove Studio Barrandov,
1966). Director/Writer: Jiri Menzel, from the novel by Bohumil
Hrabal. Camera: Jaromir Sofr. Cast: Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova,
Vladimir Valenta. (92 minutes, Czech with subtitles, b&w, 35mm;
LC Collection).
preceded by:
- Tocatta for Toy Trains (Eames Office, 1957). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (14 minutes, sound, color, videodisc;
LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
Friday, July 30 (6:30 pm start time) Eames: Fun and Games
Playtime (Specta Films, 1967). Director: Jacques
Tati. Writers: Jacques Tati, Jacques Lagrange. English dialogue:
Art Buchwald. Cast: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek. (119 minutes,
sound, color, 16mm; LC Collection, courtesy Films Incorporated).
preceded by:
- Kaleidoscope: Jazz Chair (Eames Office, 1960). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (7 minutes, sound, color, videodisc;
LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- Lucia Chase (Eames Office, 1978). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (3 minutes, sound, color, videodisc;
LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
Tuesday, August 3 (6:30 pm start time) Eames: Toys
Babes in Toyland (Hal Roach, 1934). Directors:
Charles Rogers and Gus Meins. Writers: Frank Butler and Nick Grinde,
from the Victor Herbert operetta. Camera: Francis Corby and Art
Lloyd. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Virginia Karns, Charlotte
Henry. (69 minutes, sound, b&w, 16mm; LC Collection, courtesy
Hal Roach).
preceded by:
- Dupont Show of the Week: The Wonderful World of Toys
(NBC, 1961). Directors: Richard Barstow and Roger Englander.
Writer: George Foster. Cast: Harpo Marx, Carol Burnett, Edie
Adams, Rube Goldberg, Milton Berle. Broadcast: November 12,
1961. (60 minutes, sound, b&w, video; LC Collection, courtesy
NBC).
- Parade (Eames Office, 1952). Directors/Writers: Charles
and Ray Eames. (6 minutes, sound, color, video; LC Collection,
courtesy Eames Office).
- Tops (Eames Office, 1969). Directors/Writers: Charles
and Ray Eames. (8 minutes, sound, color, videodisc; LC Collection,
courtesy Eames Office).
Tuesday, August 10 Eames: Flight
Criminals of the Air (Columbia, 1939). Director:
C.C. Coleman, Jr. Writer: Owen Francis, based on a story by Jack
Cooper. Camera: George Meehan. Cast: Rosalind Keith, Charles Quigley,
Rita Hayworth, John Gallaudet. (61 minutes, sound, b&w, 35mm;
LC Collection, courtesy Columbia). new Motion Picture Preservation
Lab print
preceded
by:
- The Expanding Airport (Eames Office, 1958). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. (10 minutes, sound, color, videotape;
LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
- La Jetée (Argos Films, 1964). Director/Writer/Camera:
Chris Marker. Cast: Helene Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques
Ledoux, Jean Negroni. (28 minutes, sound, b&w, 16mm; LC Collection,
courtesy Argos Films).
Friday, August 13 Eames: Rock and Roll and Jazz
Jailhouse Rock (MGM, 1957). Director: Richard Thorpe.
Writer: Guy Trosper, from a story by Ned Young. Camera: Robert
Bronner. Songs: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Cast: Elvis Presley,
Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Dean Jones. (96 minutes, sound,
b&w, 35mm; LC Collection, courtesy MGM).
preceded by:
- The Fiberglass Chairs (Eames Office, 1970). Directors/Writers:
Charles and Ray Eames. Music: Buddy Collette. (9 minutes,
sound, color, video; LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
Tuesday, August 24 Eames: India
Hallmark Hall of Fame: Shangri-La (NBC, 1960).
Director: George Schaefer. Writers: Harry Warren, James Lawrence,
and Robert Lee, based on the novel by James Hilton. Cast: Richard
Basehart, Maria Pavan, Gene Nelson, Alice Ghostley, Helen Gallagher,
Claude Rains. Broadcast: October 24, 1960. (90 minutes, sound,
b&w, 16mm; LC Collection, courtesy NBC).
preceded by:
- Textiles and Ornamental Arts of India (Eames Office,
1955). Directors/Writers: Charles and Ray Eames. (11 minutes,
sound, color, 16mm; LC Collection, courtesy Eames Office).
Friday, August 27 Eames: Domestic Life
The Old Dark House (Universal, 1932). Director:
James Whale. Writer: Benn Levy, from the novel Benighted by J.B.
Priestley. Camera: Arthur Edelson. Cast: Raymond Massey, Melvyn
Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Charles
Thesiger. (71 minutes, sound, b&w, 35mm; LC Collection, courtesy
Universal).
preceded by:
- House (Eames Office, 1955). Directors/Writers: Charles
and Ray Eames. (11 minutes, sound, color, videodisc; LC Collection,
courtesy Eames Office).
Interpreting services (American Sign Language, Contact Signing,
Oral and /or Tactile) will be provided if requested five
business days in advance of the event. Call (202) 707-6362
TTY and voice to make specific request. For other ADA accommodations,
please contact the ADA coordinator at (202) 707-7544 or
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