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April 27, 2000
Contact: Craig D'Ooge (202) 707-9189
Public contact: (202) 707-5677
Pickford Theater Schedule
As part of the Library of Congress Bicentennial celebration, the Mary Pickford Theater is proud to present a retrospective of the Library's film and television collections. The Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division provides public access to the most comprehensive collection of American and foreign-produced film and television in the world. Through the American Television and Radio Archive Act of 1976 and the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, the Library has a congressional mandate to preserve the cultural record of American film and broadcast history, as well as lead the development of the country's moving-image preservation policies. The Library also supports two moving-image preservation laboratories: the Audio Visual Preservation Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and the Motion Picture Conservation Center (MPCC) in Dayton, Ohio. Since 1970 the MPCC has preserved more than 15,000 feature films, television programs and short subjects, making the Library the largest publicly funded motion picture preservation organization in the United States.
In the coming months, the Pickford Theater will offer several series in conjunction with Library of Congress exhibitions, including "Thomas Jefferson," "The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale," the Bob Hope Gallery of American Entertainment, and "Living and Reliving the Sagas: Icelandic Life and Legend," as well as miniseries devoted to the Spirit of '76, silent comedies, juvenile delinquents, made-for-TV movies, action films from Hong Kong, and some National Film Registry screenings.
RESERVATIONS may be made by phone, beginning one week before any given show. Call (202) 707-5677 during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9 am to 4 p.m.). 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.
To subscribe to the Pickford program guide, 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 www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford.html.
APRIL
Tuesday, April 25 (7 p.m.) "Opening Night
Extravaganza"
We will put the breadth and depth of the
Library's moving-image collections on display
tonight with a variety of delights including The
Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894), the
first film ever deposited for copyright, The
Great Train Robbery (1903), Fatty's Tintype
Tangle (1915), an early sound film featuring
Sissle and Blake, a German newsreel from 1936,
1944's What to Do in a Gas Attack, a 1957
episode of The Frank Sinatra Show, and much
more.
Thursday, April 27 (6:30 p.m.) "The Spirit of
'76"
Spirit of '76 (Biograph, 1905). (ca. 2 min.,
si., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.); A True Patriot
(Lubin, 1909). (ca. 12 min., si., b/w, 16mm; LC
Coll.); When the Flag Falls (Lubin, 1909). (ca.
17 min., si., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.); The Midnight
Ride of Paul Revere (Edison, 1914). (ca. 17
min., si., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.); Scouting for
Washington (Edison, 1917). (ca. 45 min., si.,
b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.); Sons of Liberty (Warner
Bros., 1939). Dir.: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Claude
Rains, Gale Sondergaard. (20 min., sd., col.,
35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Warner Bros.);
Williamsburg --The Story of a Patriot (Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation, 1957). Dir.: George
Seaton. Cast: Jack Lord, Richard Striker. (36
min., sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
Friday, April 28 (6:30 p.m.) "Thomas Jefferson"
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia, 1939).
Dir.: Frank Capra. Cast: James Stewart, Jean
Arthur. (130 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Columbia)
MAY
Tuesday, May 2 (7 p.m.) "Hong Kong"
Chungking Express (Jet Tone 1996). Dir.: Wong
Kar-Wai. Cast: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Faye
Wong. (103 min., sd., col. 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Miramax. In Chinese with English
subtitles)
Thursday, May 4 (7 p.m.) "Thomas Jefferson"
The Far Horizons (Paramount, 1955). Dir.:
Rudolph Maté. Cast: Fred MacMurray, Charlton
Heston. (108 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Paramount)
Friday, May 5 (7 p.m.) "The Wizard of Oz"
The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939). Dir.: Victor
Fleming. Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack
Haley, Bert Lahr. (101 min., sd., b/w and col.,
35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Warner Bros.)
Tuesday, May 9 (7 p.m.) "Surprise Screening"
To illustrate the Library's eclectic moving
image collections, tonight's films (and five
more nights to follow) will be chosen by using
the DC Lottery Pick 4 game, and the results not
announced beforehand. Who knows what delights
await?
Thursday, May 11 (7 p.m.) "Thomas Jefferson"
Ben and Me (Disney, 1953). Dir.: Hamilton Luske.
Narrator: Sterling Holloway. (18 min., sd.,
col., 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Disney); The
Declaration of Independence (Vitaphone, 1938).
Dir.: Crane Wilbur. (19 min., sd., col., 35mm;
LC Coll., courtesy Warner Bros.); The Farmer
from Monticello (NBC, 1955). Dir.: Albert
McCleery. Cast: Rhodes Reason, Julie Bennett.
(30 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy
NBC); Experiment at Monticello (Screen Gems,
1953). Dir.: Jules Bricken. Cast: Grandon
Rhodes, Raymond Greenleaf. (42 min., sd., b/w,
16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Columbia)
Friday, May 12 (7 p.m.)
Stromboli (RKO, 1950). Dir.: Roberto Rossellini,
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Mario Sponza. (120 min.,
sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Warner Bros.)
Tuesday, May 16 (7 p.m.)
Route 66: Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing (Screen
Gems, 1962). Dir.: Robert Gist. Cast: Martin
Milner, George Maharis. (60 min., sd., b/w,
16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Screen Gems); Combat:
Any Second Now (Selmur Prods., 1962). Dir.:
Robert Altman. Cast: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow. (60
min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.)
Thursday, May 18 (6:30 p.m.) "The Wizard of Oz"
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Oz Film Co., 1914).
Dir.: J. Farrell MacDonald. Cast: Haras Dranet,
Frank Moore. (65 min., si., b/w, 35mm; LC
Coll.); His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (Oz
Film Co., 1914). Dir.: Violet MacMillan, Frank
Moore. (48 min. [incomplete], si., b/w, 16mm; LC
Coll.); The Magic Cloak of Oz (Oz Film Co.,
1914). Dir.: L. Frank Baum. Cast: Mildred
Harris, Frank Woodward. (38 min. [incomplete],
si., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.)
Friday, May 19 (6:30 p.m.) "Made-for-TV Movies"
Duel (Universal, 1971). Dir.: Steven Spielberg.
Cast: Dennis Weaver, Tim Herbert. (80 min., sd.,
col., 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Universal);
Brian's Song (Columbia, 1971). Dir.: Buzz Kulik.
Cast: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams. (92 min.,
sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll, courtesy Columbia)
Tuesday, May 23 (6:30 p.m.) "Bob Hope"
Project 20: The World of Bob Hope (NBC, 1961).
(60 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy
NBC); The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the
World with the USO (NBC, 1969). Dir.: Dick
McDonough. Cast: Bob Hope, Connie Stevens, Neil
Armstrong. (90 min., sd., col., video; LC Coll.,
courtesy NBC)
Thursday, May 25 (7 p.m.) "Bob Hope"
The Foy Family in "Chips Off the Old Block"
(Vitaphone, 1928). Dir.: Bryan Foy. (8 min.,
sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Warner
Bros.); The Seven Little Foys (Paramount, 1955).
Dir.: Melville Shavelson. Cast: Bob Hope, Milly
Vitale, James Cagney. (95 min., sd., col., 35mm;
LC Coll., courtesy Hope Enterprises)
Friday, May 26 (6 p.m.) "Bob Hope"
Casanova's Big Night (Paramount, 1954). Dir.:
Norman McLeod. Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine,
Basil Rathbone. (86 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC
Coll., courtesy Paramount); Love and Death
(United Artists, 1975). Dir.: Woody Allen. Cast:
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton. (85 min, sd., col.,
35mm; LC Coll., courtesy UA)
Tuesday, May 30 (7 p.m.) "The Wizard of Oz"
The Wiz (Universal, 1978). Dir.: Sidney Lumet.
Cast: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard
Pryor. (133 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Universal)
JUNE
Thursday, June 1 (6:30 p.m.) "The Wizard of Oz"
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Selig, 1910). Dir.:
Otis Turner. Cast: Hobart Bosworth, Bebe
Daniels. (16 min., si., b/w, 35mm; print
courtesy George Eastman House); The Wizard of Oz
(Paramount, 1925). Dir.: Larry Semon. Cast:
Dorothy Dwan, Oliver Hardy. (82 min., si., b/w,
35mm; print courtesy UCLA Film and Television
Archive); The Wizard of Oz (NBC, 1950). Dir.:
Burr Tillstrom. (30 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC
Coll., courtesy NBC)
Friday, June 2 (7 p.m.) "The Wizard of Oz"
Wild at Heart (Goldwyn, 1990). Dir.: David
Lynch. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern. (124
min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy
Goldwyn)
Tuesday, June 6 (6:30 p.m.)
The Hope Diamond Mystery: Chapters 1-8 (Chiasmic
Films, 1921). Dir.: Stuart Patos. Cast: Grace
Dormant, George Chesebro, Boris Karloff. (144
min., si., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.)
Thursday, June 8 (6:30 p.m.)
The Hope Diamond Mystery: Chapters 9-15
(Chiasmic Films, 1921). (126 min., si., b/w,
16mm; LC Coll.)
Friday, June 9 (7 p.m.) "Thomas Jefferson"
Jefferson in Paris (Touchstone, 1995). Dir.:
James Ivory. Cast: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi,
Thandie Newton. (136 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC
Coll., courtesy Buena Vista)
Tuesday, June 13 (7 p.m.) "Surprise Screening"
To illustrate the Library's eclectic moving
image collections, tonight's films (and five
more nights to follow) will be chosen by using
the DC Lottery Pick 4 game, and the results not
announced beforehand. Who knows what delights
await?
Thursday, June 15 (7 p.m.) "Iceland"
The Icelandic Experience: The Story of a Nation
(Andra, 1995). Dir.: Kári G. Schram. (45 min.,
sd., b/w and col., video: LC Coll., courtesy
Andra); The Man Who Almost Changed the World
(Ward Television, 2000). Dir.: Valgeir
Gudjonsson. (54 min., sd., col., video; courtesy
National Library of Iceland)
Friday, June 16 (7 p.m.)
Chappaqua (Regional Film Dist., 1966). Dir.:
Conrad Rooks. Cast: Conrad Rooks, William S.
Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Ravi Shankar. (90
min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll.)
Tuesday, June 20 (7 p.m.) "Iceland"
Children of Nature (Icelandic Film Corp., 1992).
Dir.: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson. Cast: Gísli
Halldórsson, Sigridur Hagalín. (85 min., sd.,
col., video: LC Coll., courtesy Icelandic Film.
In Icelandic with English subtitles)
Thursday, June 22 (7 p.m.)v Ceddo (Nigeria, 1977). Dir.: Ousamane Sembene. Cast: Tabara Ndiaye, Ismaila Diagne. (120 min., sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll. In Wolof with English subtitles)
Friday, June 23 (6 p.m.) "Hong Kong"
Holy Flame of the Martial World (Shaw Brothers
1983). Dir.: Lu Chin Ku. Cast: Liu Hsueh Hua, Mo
Shao Chung, Pai Piao. (91 min., sd., col., 35mm;
LC Coll., courtesy Shaw Brothers. In Chinese
with English subtitles); Wheels on Meals
(Paragon Films 1984). Dir.: Sammo Hung. Cast:
Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao. (95 min.,
sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Paragon
Films. In Chinese with English subtitles)
Tuesday, June 27 (7 p.m.)
That Girl: Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman (CBS,
1967). Cast: Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell. ( 28
min., sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy CBS);
The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS, 1956). (15 min., sd.,
b/w, 16mm, LC Coll., courtesy Solt Productions);
Judy Garland and Friends (CBS, 1963). Dir.: Bill
Hobin. Cast: Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand,
Liza Minnelli, Ethel Merman. (60 min., sd., b/w,
video; LC Coll., courtesy CBS)
Thursday, June 29 (7 p.m.) "Iceland"
The Bakka Brothers in Reykjavik (1951). Dir.:
Óskar Gíslason. (90 min., sd., b/w, video;
courtesy National Library of Iceland. In
Icelandic with English subtitles)
Friday, June 30 (6 p.m.) "The Spirit of '76"
1776 (Warner Bros., 1972). Dir.: Peter H. Hunt.
Cast: William Daniels, Howard DaSilva, Ken
Howard. (176 min., sd., col., videodisc; LC
Coll., courtesy Columbia/Tristar Home Video)
JULY
Thursday, July 6 (7 p.m.) "Thomas Jefferson"
The Chronicles of America: The Declaration of
Independence (Chronicles of America Picture
Corp., 1924). Dir.: Kenneth Webb. (36 min., si.,
b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.); Independent Mr. Jefferson
(NBC, 1953). (30 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy NBC); Discovery: The Declaration of
Independence (ABC, 1968). Dir.: Jack Ofield. (30
min, sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy ABC)
Friday, July 7 (7 p.m.) "The Spirit of '76"
Janice Meredith (Cosmopolitan Pictures, 1924).
Dir.: E. Mason Hopper. Cast: Marion Davies,
Harrison Ford. (ca. 120. min., si., b/w, 35mm;
LC Coll.)
Tuesday, July 11 (7 p.m.) "Surprise Screening"
To illustrate the Library's eclectic moving
image collections, tonight's films (and five
more nights to follow) will be chosen by using
the DC Lottery Pick 4 game, and the results not
announced beforehand. Who knows what delights
await?
Thursday, July 13 (7 p.m.) "Iceland"
Benjamin Dove (1995). Dir.: Gisli Snaer
Erlingsson. Cast: Sturla Sighvatsson, Hjorleifur
Bjornsson. (90 min, sd., col., 35mm; courtesy
Icelandic Film Fund. In Icelandic with English
subtitles)
Friday, July 14 (7 p.m.)
Up to His Ears (United Artists, 1966). Dir.:
Philippe De Broca. Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Ursula Andress. (94 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC
Coll., courtesy MGM/UA)
Tuesday, July 18 (7 p.m.) "The Spirit of '76"
America (United Artists, 1924). Dir.: D.W.
Griffith. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Neil Hamilton,
Carol Dempster. (ca. 120 min., si., b/w, 16mm;
LC Coll.)
Thursday, July 20 (7 p.m.) "Bob Hope"
Double Exposure (Vitaphone, 1936). Cast: Bob
Hope, Johnny Berkes. (21 min., sd., b/w, 35mm;
LC Coll., courtesy Warner Bros.); The Paleface
(Paramount, 1948). Dir.: Norman McLeod. Cast:
Bob Hope, Jane Russell. (91 min., sd., col.,
laserdisc; LC Coll., courtesy Universal)
Friday, July 21 (7 p.m.)
The Night Digger (MGM, 1971). Dir.: Alastair
Reid. Cast: Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown. (100
min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy
MGM/UA)
Tuesday, July 25 (7 p.m.) "Made-for-TV Movies"
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Tomorrow
Entertainment, 1974). Dir.: John Korty. Cast:
Cicely Tyson, Odetta. (116 min., sd., col.,
16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Tomorrow)
Thursday, July 27 (7 p.m.)
Patterns (NBC, 1955). Dir.: Fielder Cook. Cast:
Richard Kiley, Everett Sloan. (58 min., sd.,
b/w, video; LC Coll., courtesy NBC); A Night to
Remember (NBC, 1956). Dir.: George Roy Hill.
Cast: Patrick Macnee, Claude Rains. (58 min.,
sd., b/w, video; LC Coll., courtesy NBC)
Friday, July 28 (7 p.m.)
Distant Thunder (Balaka Pictures, 1973). Dir.:
Satyajit Ray. Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee. (103
min., sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll.)
AUGUST
Tuesday, August 1 (7 p.m.)
The Best Man (United Artists, 1964). Dir.:
Franklin Schaefer. Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff
Robertson, Edie Adams. (102 min., sd., b/w,
35mm; LC Coll., courtesy MGM/UA).
Thursday, August 3 (7 p.m.) "Silent Comedians"
The Egyptian Mummy (Vitagraph, 1914). Dir.: Lee
Beggs. Cast: Constance Talmadge, Lee Beggs. (14
min., si., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.); Billy, The Bear
Tamer (Vitagraph, 1915). Dir.: Lee Beggs. Cast:
Constance Talmadge, Billy Quirk. (13 min., si.,
b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.) Breakfast at Sunrise (C.
Talmadge Prod., 1927). Dir.: Malcom St. Clair.
Cast: Constance Talmadge, Alice White, Marie
Dressler. (70 min., si., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.)
Friday, August 4 (7 p.m.)
The Wave aka Redes (Strand, 1937). Dir.: Fred
Zinneman and Gomez Muriel. (57 min., sd., b/w,
35mm; LC Coll. In Spanish with English
subtitles); CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame (CBS,
1960). Dir.: Palmer Williams. Correspondent:
Edward R. Murrow. (52 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC
Coll., courtesy CBS)
Tuesday, August 8 (7 p.m.) "Surprise Screening"
To illustrate the Library's eclectic moving
image collections, tonight's films (and five
more nights to follow) will be chosen by using
the DC Lottery Pick 4 game, and the results not
announced beforehand. Who knows what delights
await?
Thursday, August 10 (7 p.m.) "Silent Comedians"
The Three Brothers (Majestic, 1915). Dir.:
William Christy Cabanne. Cast: Wallace Reid,
Claire Anderson. (22 min., si., b/w, 35mm; LC
Coll.); Sick Abed (Famous Players-Lasky, 1920).
Dir.: Sam Wood. Cast: Wallace Reid, Bebe
Daniels, John Steppling. (55 min., si., b/w,
35mm; LC Coll.)
Friday, August 11 (7 p.m.)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (Twentieth Century
Fox, 1978). Dir.: Steve Binder. Cast: Harrison
Ford, Carrie Fisher, Harvey Korman. (120 min.,
sd., col.,video; LC Coll., courtesy Fox)
Tuesday, August 15 (7 p.m.)
Silents Please: Will Rogers Show (Killiam Shows,
1960). (25 min., sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll,
courtesy Gregstan); The Roping Fool (Will
Rogers, 1922). (30 min., sd., b/w, video; LC
Coll.); Jes' Passin' Through (Hal Roach, 1923).
(20 min., si., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.); The
Headless Horseman (W.W. Hodkinson, 1922). (65
min., si., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.)
Thursday, August 17 (7 p.m.) "Silent Comedians"
The City Slicker (Rolin, 1918). Cast Harold
Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Harry Pollard. (12 min.,
si., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.); Ring Up the Curtain
(Rolin, 1919). Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels,
Harry Pollard. (12 min., si., b/w, 35mm; LC
Coll.); Lovers in Quarantine (Famous Players-
Lasky, 1925). Dir.: Frank Tuttle. Cast: Bebe
Daniels, Harrison Ford, Alfred Lunt. (72 min.,
si., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.)
Friday, August 18 (6:30 p.m.)
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (Werner
Herzog, 1977). Dir.: Werner Herzog. (44 min.,
sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll.); Aguirre: The Wrath
of God (New Yorker,1972). Dir.: Werner Herzog.
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra. (94 min., sd.,
col., 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy New Yorker Films.
In German with English subtitles)
Tuesday, August 22 (7 p.m.)
Uncensored Movies (Hal Roach, 1923). (17 min.,
sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Killiam
Shows); Big Moments from Little Pictures (Hal
Roach, 1924). (20 min., sd., col., 16mm; LC
Coll., courtesy Killiam Shows); Don't Park There
(Hal Roach, 1924). (ca. 30 min., sd., b/w,
video; LC Coll., courtesy Video Yesteryear);
Going to Congress (Hal Roach, 1924). (ca. 30
min., sd., b/w, video; LC Coll., courtesy Video
Yesteryear); [Flying Thru Europe with Will
Rogers] (1934). (7 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC
Coll.)
Thursday, August 24 (7 p.m.) "Silent Comedians"
His Foot-Hill Folly (Triangle, 1917). Dir.: Unknown. Cast: Raymond
Griffith, Elinor Field. (13 min., si., b/w,
35mm; LC Coll.); Paths to Paradise (Famous
Players-Lasky, 1925). Dir.: Clarence Badger.
Cast: Raymond Griffith, Betty Compson, Tom
Santschi. (65 min., si., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.)
Friday, August 25 (7 p.m.) "Bob Hope"
Watch the Birdie (Vitaphone, 1935). Cast: Bob
Hope. (21 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Warner Bros.); The Road to Morocco
(Paramount, 1942). Dir.: David Butler. Cast: Bob
Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour. (83 min.,
sd., b/w, DVD; LC Coll., courtesy Universal)
Tuesday, August 29 (6:30 p.m.) "Hong Kong"
Center Stage (Paragon Films, 1992). Dir.:
Stanley Kwan Cast: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung.
(146 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy
Paragon Films. In Chinese with English
subtitles)
Thursday, August 31 (7 p.m.) "Silent Comedians"
Federated Screen Review No. 05 (Federated Film,
1922). Cast: Marion Davies, Alice Joyce, Dorothy
Gish, Mary Pickford. (15 min., si., b/w, 35mm;
LC Coll.); Enchantment (Cosmopolitan, 1920).
Dir.: Robert Vignola. Cast: Marion Davies,
Forrest Stanley. (80 min., si., b/w, 35mm; LC
Coll.)
SEPTEMBER
Friday, September 1 (6:30 p.m.) "National Film
Registry"
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (Columbia, 1939). Dir.:
Peter Godfrey. Cast: Warren William, Ida Lupino,
Ralph Morgan. (67 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC
Coll., courtesy Columbia); Persons in Hiding
(Paramount, 1939). Dir.: Louis King. Cast:
Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, Lynne
Overman. (74 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Paramount)
Tuesday, September 5 (7 p.m.)
Borom Sarret (1964). Dir.: Ousame Sembene. (20
min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.); Samba Traore
(1992). Dir.: Idrissa Ouedraogo. Cast: Bakay
Sangare, Mariam Kaba. (100 min., sd., col.,
35mm; LC Coll. In Moore with English subtitles)
Thursday, September 7 (7 p.m.) "Juvenile
Delinquents"
The Blackboard Jungle (MGM, 1955). Dir.:Richard
Brooks. Cast: Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic
Morrow. (101 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy MGM)
Friday, September 8 (6:30 p.m.)
The Andy Kaufman Special, aka Uncle Andy's
Funhouse (KSW Productions, 1977). Dir.: Tom
Trbovich. (59 min., sd., col.,video; LC Coll.,
courtesy KSW Productions); Soundstage: The Andy
Kaufman Show (WTTW,1984). Dir. Dick Carter. (60
min., sd., col., video; LC Coll., courtesy
WTTW); Taxi: Latka's Cookies (Paramount, 1981).
Dir.: James Burrows. Cast: Judd Hirsch, Danny
DeVito, Andy Kaufman. (25 min., sd., col., 16mm;
LC Coll., courtesy Paramount)
Tuesday, September 12 (7 p.m.) "Surprise
Screening"
To illustrate the Library's eclectic moving
image collections, tonight's films (and five
more nights to follow) will be chosen by using
the DC Lottery Pick 4 game, and the results not
announced beforehand. Who knows what delights
await?
Thursday, September 14 (7 p.m.) "Juvenile
Delinquents"
Who's Delinquent? (RKO, 1948). Dir.: Edward
Montague. Writer: Ardis Smith. Narrator: Dwight
Weist. (16 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Warner Bros.); Rock, Pretty Baby
(Universal, 1956). Dir.: Richard Bartlett. Cast:
John Saxon, Luana Patten, Fay Wray. (89 min.,
sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Universal)
Friday, September 15 (7 p.m.)
Dental Follies (Skibo Productions, 1937). Dir.:
William Watson. Cast: Pinky Lee, Harold
Waldridge, Aileen Cook. (11 min., sd., b/w,
16mm; LC Coll.); The Jitters (RKO, 1938). Dir.:
Leslie Goodwins. Cast: Leon Errol, Vivian Tobin,
Richard Lane. (19 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC
Coll., courtesy Warner Bros.); Meet Millie (CBS,
1953). Created by: Frank Galen. Cast: Elena
Verdugo, Florence Halop, Marvin Kaplan. (27
min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy CBS);
Post Office Investigator (Republic, 1949). Dir.:
George Blair. Cast: Audrey Long, Warren Douglas,
Jeff Donnell. (60 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC
Coll., courtesy Paramount)
Tuesday, September 19 (7 p.m.) "National Film
Registry"
Sitting Target (MGM, 1972). Dir.: Douglas
Hickox. Cast: Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, Ian
McShane. (93 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy MGM)
Thursday, September 21 (7 p.m.) "Juvenile
Delinquents"
High School Confidential (MGM, 1958). Dir.: Jack
Arnold. Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Mamie Van Doren,
Jackie Coogan. (85 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC
Coll., courtesy MGM)
Friday, September 22 (7 p.m.)
All in the Family: Two's a Crowd (Tandem Prod.,
1978). Dir.: Paul Bogart. Cast: Carroll
O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner. (25 min.,
sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Tandem);
M*A*S*H: Abyssina, Henry (20th Century Fox,
1975). Dir.: Larry Gelbart. Cast: Alan Alda,
McLean Stevenson, Gary Burghoff. (25 min., sd.,
col., 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Fox); The Mary
Tyler Moore Show: Chuckles Bites the Dust (MTM
Prod., 1975). Dir.: Joan Darling. Cast: Mary
Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin McLeod. (25 min.,
sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll.); The Bob Newhart
Show: Caged Fury (MTM Prod., 1976). Dir.:
Michael Zinberg. Cast: Bob Newhart, Suzanne
Pleshette. (25 min., sd., col., 16mm; LC Coll.);
The Carol Burnett Show: "Went With the Wind"
excerpt (CBS, 1976). Dir.: Dave Powers. Cast:
Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman. (ca. 15 min., sd.,
col., video; LC Coll.)
Tuesday, September 26 (7 p.m.)
Sambizanga (Isabelle Films, 1972). Dir.: Sarah
Maldoror. Cast: Domingos Oliviera, Elisa
Andradede, Dino Abelino. (102 min., sd., col.,
16mm; LC Coll. In Portuguese with English
subtitles)
Thursday, September 28 (7 p.m.) "Juvenile
Delinquents"
Village of the Giants (Embassy Pictures, 1965).
Dir.: Bert I. Gordon. Cast: Tommy Kirk, Beau
Bridges, Ronny Howard. (81 min., sd., col.,
16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Embassy)
Friday, September 29 (6:30 p.m.)
Zorro, Mark of the Z (A&E Television, 1996). (50
min., sd., col., video, LC Coll., courtesy A&E);
Zorro Springs a Trap (Disney, 1958). (30 min.,
sd., b/w, 16mm, LC Coll., courtesy Disney);
Zorro Rides Again (Republic, 1958). (69 min.,
sd., col., video, LC Coll., courtesy Republic)
OCTOBER
Tuesday, October 3 (7 p.m.)
Tokyo Story (Toho, 1953). Dir.: Yasujiro Ozu.
Cast: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama. (135 min.,
sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Toho)
Thursday, October 5 (6:30 p.m.)
Toute la Mémoire du Monde (La Pléiade, 1956).
Dir.: Alain Resnais. (22 min., sd., b/w, 35mm;
LC Coll. In French with English subtitles);
Muriel (Argos, 1963). Dir.: Alain Resnais. Cast:
Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien. (115 min.,
sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Argos. In
French with English subtitles)
Friday, October 6 (7 p.m.)
Peter Gunn: Pecos Pete (NBC, 1959). Cast: Craig
Stevens, Lola Albright. (30 min., sd., b/w,
16mm; LC Coll., courtesy NBC); Johnny Staccato:
Murder in Hi-Fi (NBC, 1959). Cast: John
Cassavetes. (30 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy NBC); Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer:
For Sale -- Deathbed, Used (Revue, 1958). Cast:
Darrin McGavin. (30 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC
Coll.)
Tuesday, October 10 (7 p.m.) "Surprise
Screening"
To illustrate the Library's eclectic moving
image collections, tonight's films (and five
more nights to follow) will be chosen by using
the DC Lottery Pick 4 game, and the results not
announced beforehand. Who knows what delights
await?
Thursday, October 12 (7 p.m.)
Zorro. The Postponed Wedding (Disney, 1961). (60
min., sd., col., 35mm, LC Coll., courtesy
Disney); Zorro: They Call Her Annie (New World
Television, 1991). Dir.: Ray Austin. (30 min.,
sd., col., video; LC Coll., courtesy New World)
Friday, October 13 (7 p.m.)
The Thin Man (MGM, 1934). Dir.: W.S. Van Dyke.
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy. (93 min., sd.,
b/w, 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Warner Bros.); The
Thin Man: Cat Kicker (MGM-TV, 1959). Dir.:
Andrew McCollough. Cast: Peter Lawford, Phyllis
Kirk. (26 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy MGM)
Tuesday, October 17 (7 p.m.) "Made-for-TV
Movies"
The Execution of Private Slovik (Universal,
1974). Dir.: Lamont Johnson. Cast: Martin Sheen,
Ned Beatty. (122 min., sd., col., 16mm; LC
Coll., courtesy Universal)
Wednesday, October 18 (7 p.m.)
Bunny Lake is Missing (Columbia,1965). Dir.:
Otto Preminger. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Carol
Lynley, Keir Dullea. (105 min., sd., b/w, 35mm;
LC Coll., courtesy Columbia)
Thursday, October 19 (6 p.m.)
Hamlet (Electronovision Prod., 1964). Dir.: Bill
Colleran. Cast: Richard Burton, Hume Crony,
Alfred Drake. (186 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC
Coll.)
Friday, October 20 (6 p.m.) "Hong Kong"
Infra Man (Shaw Brothers, 1976). Dir.: Hua-
Suhan. Cast: Terry Liu, Wang Hsieh, Wuan Man-
Tzu. (95 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Infra Associates. In Chinese with
English subtitles); Mr. Vampire (Paragon Films,
1985). Dir.: Lau Kun Wai. Ricky Hui, Moon Lee.
(94 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy
Paragon Films. In Chinese with English
subtitles)
Tuesday, October 24 (7 p.m.)
Time of the Gypsies (Forum Film, 1989). Dir.:
Emir Kusturica. Cast: Davor Dujmovic, Bora
Todorovic. (136 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll.)
Thursday, October 26 (7 p.m.)
Dallas: A House Divided (Lorimar, 1980). Dir.:
Irving Moore. Cast: Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy,
Linda Gray. (50 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Lorimar); The Simpsons: Who Shot Mr.
Burns? (20th Century Fox, 1995). Dir.: Wes
Archer. Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner,
Harry Shearer. (45 min., sd., col., video; LC
Coll., courtesy Fox)
Friday, October 27 (6:30 p.m.) "National Film
Registry"
The Seventh Victim (RKO,1943). Dir.: Mark
Robson. Cast: Kim Hunter, Tom Conway. (71 min.,
sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy RKO); I
Walked with a Zombie (RKO, 1943). Dir.: Jacques
Tourneur. Cast: Frances Dee, Tom Conway. (69
min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy RKO.)
Tuesday, October 31 (7 p.m.)
The Pumpkin Eater (Romulus Films,1964). Dir.:
Jack Clayton. Cast: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch,
James Mason. (110 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC
Coll., courtesy Romulus)
NOVEMBER
Thursday, November 2 (7 p.m.)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: Lyrics by
Dorothy Fields. Special sound presentation.
Friday, November 3 (7 p.m.) "National Film
Registry"
The Chain Gang (Disney, 1930). Dir.: Burt
Gillett. (8 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Disney) Riot in Cell Block 11 (Allied
Artists, 1954). Dir.: Don Siegel. Cast: Neville
Brand, Leo Gordon, Emile Meyer. (80 min., sd.,
b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.)
Tuesday, November 7 (6:30 p.m.) "Bob Hope"
The Bob Hope Special (NBC, 1954). Cast: Bob
Hope, Jack Benny, Rosemary Clooney. (60 min.,
sd., b/w, video; LC Coll., courtesy NBC); The
Cat and the Canary (Paramount, 1939). Dir.:
Elliott Nugent. Cast: Bob Hope: Paulette
Goddard. (72 min., sd., b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Universal)
Thursday, November 9 (7 p.m.)
Rawhide: Incident in Alabaster Plain (CBS,
1959). Dir.: Charles Warren. Cast: Eric Fleming,
Clint Eastwood. (55 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC
Coll., courtesy CBS); Wanted: Dead or Alive:
Call Your Shot (CBS, 1959). Cast: Steve McQueen.
(30 min., sd., b/w, 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy
CBS); The Green Hornet: Silent Gun (ABC, 1966).
Cast: Van Williams, Bruce Lee. (30 min., sd.,
col., 16mm; LC Coll., courtesy Fox)
Tuesday, November 14 (7 p.m.) "National Film
Registry"
Taking Off (Universal, 1971). Dir.: Milos
Forman. Cast: Buck Henry, Lynn Carlin. (93 min.,
sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Universal)
Thursday, November 16 (7 p.m.) "National Film
Registry"
Mike's Murder (Warner Bros., 1984). Dir.: James
Bridges. Cast: Debra Winger, Paul Winfield, Mark
Keyloun. (97 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy Warner Bros.)
Friday, November 17 (7 p.m.)
Daughters of the Dust (Geechee Girls Prod.,
1992). Dir.: Julie Dash. Cast: Andisa Anderson,
Vertemae Smart-Grosvenor. (114 min., sd., col.,
35mm; LC Coll., courtesy Geechee Girls)
Tuesday, November 28 (7 p.m.) "National Film
Registry"
The Woman Disputed (United Artists, 1928). Dir.:
Henry King. Cast: Gilbert Roland, Norma
Talmadge. (109 min., si, b/w, 35mm; LC Coll.,
courtesy MGM/UA); Henry King Reminiscences
(1977). (16 min., sd., b/w, laserdisc; LC Coll.,
courtesy Image Entertainment)
Thursday, November 30 (7 p.m.) "National Film
Registry"
Night of the Juggler (Columbia, 1980). Dir.:
Robert Butler. Cast: James Brolin, Cliff Gorman,
Richard Castellano. (101 min., sd., col., 35 mm;
LC Coll., courtesy Columbia)
DECEMBER
Friday, December 1 (7 p.m.) "National Film
Registry"
Pal Joey (Columbia, 1957). Dir.: George Sidney.
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak.
(111 min., sd., col., 35mm; LC Coll., courtesy
Columbia)
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PR 00-061
4/27/00
ISSN 0731-3527