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Free Screening of Film -All the King's Men- at the National Archives
Press Release · Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Press Release
March 12, 2008

Free Screening of Film All the King’s Men at the National Archives

Washington, DC…As part of its Running for Office film series, the National Archives presents a special screening of All the King’s Men (1949, 109 minutes) on Saturday, April 19, at noon. All the King’s Men is the adaptation of Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about the rise and fall of a senator (based on Louisiana politician Huey Long), portrayed by Broderick Crawford in an Oscar®-winning performance. The film also won the Oscar for Best Picture. The Running for Office film series is generously supported by Chevy Chase Bank.

The Running for Office film series screenings are inspired by the new National Archives exhibition “Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman” in the Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, on Friday, February 8 and runs through August 17, 2008. Winter hours (through March 14) are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Spring hours (March 15 through Labor Day) are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily.

The “Running for Office” exhibition includes 44 exceptional pen-and-ink drawings that highlight timeless aspects of the American campaign and election process. Clifford K. Berryman, staff political cartoonist for The Washington Post and the Washington Evening Star during the first half of the 20th century, drew thousands of cartoons commenting on Presidential and congressional candidates, campaign issues, and elections of his era. The cartoons are part of the official Records of the U.S. Senate housed in the National Archives Center for Legislative Archives.

The screening is free and open to the public and will be held in the WilliamG. McGowan Theater located in the National Archives Building on Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets, NW, Washington, DC. Use the National Archives Building Special Events entrance on the corner of 7th Street and Constitution Avenue.

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For information on National Archives Public Programs, call (202) 357-5000, or view the Calendar of Events online.

For Press information, contact the National Archives Public Affairs staff at 202-357-5300.

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