Free Screening of Film -The Best Man- at the National Archives on June 14
Press Release · Thursday, April 24, 2008
Press Release
April 24, 2008
Free Screening of Film The Best Man at the National Archives on June 14
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Washington, DC…As part of its Running for Office film series, the National Archives presents a special screening of The Best Man (1964, 102 minutes) on Saturday, June 14, at noon. Several ambitious Presidential candidates vie for important endorsements in this bristling drama, adapted from Gore Vidal’s play. Stars Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson. The Running for Office film series is generously supported by Chevy Chase Bank.
The Running for Office film series screenings are inspired by the 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, through August 17, 2008. Summer hours (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 William G. 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.
For information on National Archives Public Programs, call (202) 357-5000, or view the Calendar of Events online.
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For Press information, contact the National Archives Public Affairs staff at 202-357-5300.
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