Stella @ Sixth & I Synagogue (+ Afterparty with a "Wet Hot American Summer Screening")Film Screening: Mary, Queen of Scots @ Library of Congress
by Svetlana 
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| June 24, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Tudors on Film
free
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford/pickford-current.html
Mary, Queen of Scots (Hal Wallis Productions - Universal, U.S./U.K., 1971). Dir Charles Jarrott. Wrt John Hale. With Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Davenport., Trevor Howard (128 min, Technicolor, Panavision, 35mm)
Mary, Queen of Scotland, and likely heir to the English throne, faces a tumultuous life as she battles the plotting of her lords to unseat her and fights to have her claim to the English throne recognized. She is imprisoned by her cousin Queen Elizabeth, who accuses her of treason. This film was nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including Best Actress.
