Abbott & Costello, Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Screenings

Packard Campus’ November Series Intro
Schedule and film information from the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus website:

Thursday, November 05 (7:30 pm.)
THE MIRACLE WORKER (United Artists, 1962)
The story of Anne Sullivan’s struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
Directed by Arthur Penn.
With Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke.
35 mm, black & white, 106 minutes. Copyright collection print.
 
Friday, November 06 (7:30 pm.)
CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY (Warner Bros., 1939)
An FBI agent risks his life to infiltrate Nazi sympathizers in the U.S.
Directed by Anatole Litvak.
With Edward G. Robinson and Francis Lederer.
35mm, black & white, 104 minutes. Print preserved by the Library of Congress.
 
Saturday, November 07 (7:30 pm.)
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (MGM, 1962)
Two aging gunslingers sign on to [...]

by Andre Soares | November 9, 2009   
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Charles Chaplin’s THE CIRCUS, ALADDIN, EASY RIDER Screenings

Among the upcoming screenings in the November film series of the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va., are vehicles for just about everyone, from Charles Chaplin to Dennis Hopper; from Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland to Robin Williams‘ voice.
I’ve never seen Disney’s Aladdin, though I know it was a big hit when it came out. Robin Williams was particularly praised for his voice work as the Genie — some even went as far as to demand that the Academy come up with Oscars for best voice performance.
No one came up with that demand when Charles Chaplin’s The Circus was released, perhaps because the film has no audible dialogue. I’m not a big [...]

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