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Throughout July, the Pacific Film Archive will present restored prints of two dozen classic Hollywood features, in a series saluting the 200th anniversary of the Library of Congress. All the films are in preservation-quality 35mm. 

Created on April 24, 1800, the Library of Congress now holds an essential collection of some 300,000 film titles, dating back to “Edison Kinetoscopic Records” from 1893. The films to be shown at the PFA are chosen from the Library’s important Motion Picture Conservation Center, which has preserved more than 15,000 feature films and shorts since 1970. 

Patrick L. Loughney, Head of the Library of Congress Moving Image Section, will appear in person to introduce programs on July 14, 15 and 16. 

Films include Frank Capra’s classic “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Lewis Milestone’s anti-war film “All Quiet on the Western Front,” three film noirs by Jacques Tourneur, and a series of rare early films depicting San Francisco and New York City from 1898 to 1915. 

Screenings will take place at the New PFA Theater, located at 2575 Bancroft Way, at Bowditch Street, on the southernmost edge of the UC Berkeley campus. General admission is $7 for one program and $8.50 for double bills. Many of the programs include features and shorts, such as classic comedies by Buster Keaton, Charley Chase and Charley Bowers, jazz and dance films and Looney Tunes. 

For more ticket or program information, call 642-1412. 

Schedule of films

Sunday, July 2 

5:30 p.m. “Out of the Past” Jacques Tourneur (1947). 

7:30 p.m. “Cat People” Jacques Tourneur (1942). With short film “The Great Piggy Bank Robbery” Robert Clampett (1946). 

Friday, July 7 

7:30 p.m. “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” Mervyn LeRoy (1932). 

9:25 p.m. “Five Star Final” Mervyn LeRoy (1931). With short film “ ‘Red Nichols and His World Famous Pennies” Joseph Henabery (1936). 

Saturday, July 8 

7:00 p.m. “The Maltese Falcon” John Huston (1941). 

9:00 p.m. “Key Largo” John Huston (1946). 

Sunday, July 9 

5:30 p.m. “The Body Snatcher” Robert Wise (1945). With short film “Artie Shaw and His Orchestra in Symphony of Swing” (1939). 

7:20 p.m. “I Walked with a Zombie” Jacques Tourneur (1943). With short film “Gaiete Parisienne” (1939). 

Friday, July 14 - Introduced by Patrick Loughney 

7:00 p.m. “One Third of a Nation” Dudley Murphy (1939). 

9:10 p.m. “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” Frank Capra (1939) 

Saturday, July 15 - Introduced by Patrick Loughney 

7:00 p.m. “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum” Lewis Milestone (1933). 

9:15 p.m. “All Quiet on the Western Front” Lewis Milestone (1930). 

Sunday, July 16 - Introduced by Patrick Loughney 

6:30 p.m. “Bay Area and New York on Film, 1898 to 1915.” Bruce Loeb on Piano. Program includes: “A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906), “A Trip to Berkeley” (1906), “Scene in Chinatown” (1903), “Mt. Tamalpais Railroad” (1898), “San Francisco Earthquake ad Fire” (1906), “Arrival of Emigrants, Ellis Island” (1906), “The Skyscrapers of New York” (1906), “Star Theatre” (1901), and “What Happened on 23rd Street” (1901), plus Mabel Normand and Fatty Arbuckle in a promotional film produced for the 1915 San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition. 

8:45 p.m. “The Great Gabbo” James Cruze (1929). 

Friday, July 21 

7:00 p.m. “Employees’ Entrance” Roy Del Ruth (1933). With short film “The Pip from Pittsburgh” James Parrott (1931). 

9:00 p.m. “Only Angels Have Wings” Howard Hawks (U.S., 1939). 

Saturday, July 22 

7:00 p.m. “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” Preston Sturges (1944). 

9:00 p.m. “Arsenic and Old Lace” Frank Capra (1944). With short film “Baby Bottleneck” Bob Clampett (1945). 

Sunday, July 23 - Jon Mirsalis on Piano 

5:30 p.m. Annie Laurie” John S. Robertson (1927). 

7:30 p.m. “The Blue Eagle” John Ford (1926). 

Friday, July 28 

7:00 p.m. “Footlight Parade” Lloyd Bacon (1933). 

9:10 p.m. “The Public Enemy” William Wellman (1931). With short film “King for a Day” Roy Mack (1934). 

Saturday, July 29 

7:00 p.m. “The Hitch-Hiker” Ida Lupino (1953). 

8:30 p.m. “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” John Huston (1948). With short film “Jammin’ the Blues” Gjon Mili (1944). 

Sunday, July 30 - Jon Mirsalis on Piano 

5:30 p.m. “The Italian” Reginald Barker” (1914). With short films “The Adventures of Dollie” D.W. Griffith (1908), “Neighbors” Eddie Cline (1920), A Sleepless Night” Charles Bowers (date unknown [1933-41]).