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by Chris Richter
Staff Writer
In 1989, the Library of Congress created tjie
National Registry of Films. This list is composed
of films considered to be “national treasures.” It
includes everything from “Gone With the Wind"
to “Star Wars” to the Zapruder film of John F.
Kennedy’s assassination. Each year, 25 films are
added to the list.
Columbia has been chosen as a stop on the Na
tional Film Preservation Tour, sponsored by the Li
brary of Congress and American Movie Classics.
Through tomorrow, USC students, faculty and the
entire Columbia community will have the op
portunity to see prints of classic American films
on the big screen, where they were intended to be
seen. In many cases, new prints of the film have
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These films will be shown in the Russell House
Theater, the Columbia Museum of Art and at the
South Carolina State Museum free of charge. The
Nickelodeon, on the comer of Main and Pendle
ton, will charge admission to see the films, with
proceeds going to the Columbia Film Society and
film preservation.
Tickets are limited to the amount of seating in
each venue.
September 17
Russell House Hieater
8 pan.
“Dr. Strangelove” (1964) - In the wake of the
Cuban Missle Crisis and at the height of the Cold
Whr, the late Stanley Kubrick directed this classic
political satire about power and the lunatics that
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The film stars Peter Sellers in perhaps his finest
perfomance(s) as the President of the United States,
a British captain and the enigmatic Dr. Strangelove.
Also starring George C. Scott, Slim Pickens,
Sterling Hayden and James Earl Jones. 93m
September 18,1999
The South Carolina State Museum
4 pm
“Dead Birds” (1964) - A1998 addition to the Reg
istry, “Dead Birds” is a documentary detailing the
life of the Dani, a tribe from New Guinea.
Director Robert Gardner from Harvard Uni
versity will be on hand to discuss his work. The
film will be introduced by USC’s own Marilyn
Thomas-Houston and Karl Heider, who worked on
the production. 85m
The Nickelodeon
7 pan.
“Ninotchka” (1939) - An Ernst Lubitsch comedy
starring Greta Garbo as a Russian agent whose icy
cold heart is melted by Melvyn Douglas while on
a mission in Paris. Witten by Billy Wilder. 110m
9:15 pm
“The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948)- John
Huston directs Humphrey Bogart and his own fa
ther, Whiter Huston, in this tale of gold and greed.
Bogait is terrific as the truly despicable Fred Dobbs,
the personification of avarice.
The film garnered Oscars for both Hustons.
Worth watching if only to hear that wonderful line,
“We don’t need no stinkin’ badges.” 124m
September 19
Columbia Museum of Art
3 pm
“Meshes of the Afternoon” (1943) - Avant-garde
film by Maya Deren and Alexander Hamid. 18m
“Eaux D’ Artifice” (1953) - Film by Kenneth Anger
of “Scorpio Rising” and “Hollywood Babylon”
fame. 12m
“Castro Street” (1966) - A cinepoem by Bruce
Baillie. 10m
Edison Company films shot in Charleston in
1902 and films shot in Beaufort county by writer
Zora Neale Hurston in 1940. Approx. 45m
The Nickelodeon
7pm.
“Big Business” (1929) - A Laurel and Hardy short
where the boys play Christmas tree salesmen try
ing to make a buck in the middle of July in Cali
fornia.
The film’s climax involves all-out war between
the salesmen and an obstinate customer. 20m
“DuckSoup”(1933)-Classic Marx Brothers. As
Louis Armstrong once said, “If you gotta ask, you’ll
never know.” 70m
9 p.m.
“Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) - One of those rare
examples where the sequel is better than the orig
inal.
Directed by James Whale, who himself was
immortalized in this year’s “Gods and Monsters,”
the film follows Dr. Frankenstein as he creates a
mate for his monster. 75m
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The Nickelodeon
7 p.m.
“Jammin’ the Blues” (1944) -Short film with jazz
great Lester Young. 10m
“Out of the Past” (1947) - A film many consider
to be the best noir of the ‘40s. It stars Robert
Mitchum and Kirk Douglas in one of his earliest
performances.
Mitchum plays a detective who is hired by a
gangster (Douglas) to track down his “missing” girl
friend. Directed by Jacques Tourneur (“I Walked
with a Zombie”), who had just finished directing a
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Robert DeNiro (left) stars in Martin Scorcese’s “Raging Bull” and Elsa Lanchester
stars as the bride of Frankenstein in James Wales’ “Bride of Frankenstein.” Both
films were chosen by the Library of Congress for induction into the National
Registry of films. These films visit Columbia as part of the National Rim
Preservation Tour.