Movie poster for Curly Sue with James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, and Alison Porter. The poster says "from John Hughes"
President George H.W. Bush watched Curly Sue (1991) at Camp David on October 26, 1991.
Obama wearing the 3D glasses in 2009 really is a great photo to help visualize the theater but it is funny that he was watching the Super Bowl rather than a movie.
Movie poster for 2001: a Space Odyssey
President Jimmy Carter watched Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) at Camp David on September 4, 1977, according to the White House projectionist's logbook.
Screenshot from Space Cowboys with Clint Eastwood
President Bill Clinton watched the movie Space Cowboys (2000) at the White House on September 3, 2000.
President Lyndon B. Johnson watched two documentaries on September 1, 1967:
The President's Country, a propaganda film about LBJ produced by USIA, and Trails Through Texas, produced by the White House Naval Photographic Unit (aka Navy Films) about the First Lady:
Political cartoon of Nixon as a cowboy and a reporter with the caption: "You Were Saying That You Saw A Western Movie The Other Day ..." Nixon is shooting himself in the foot with smoke coming from a gun that reads "statement on Manson." Nixon's cowboy vest reads "quick-draw attack on the press."
The press made fun of the incident, like in this cartoon from the Washington Post, which ran Aug. 5, 1970.
There's a paper on the subject titled "Trying to Wear the White Hat: Nixon, the Media, and the Chisum-Charles Manson Imbroglio" (2015) by John Soares.
Source: www.jstor.org/stable/westh...
Charles Manson was then on trial and Nixon accused the press of presenting him as a "glamorous" figure.
But Nixon also called Manson "guilty" which is something that presidents historically don't do because it can prejudice a jury (before Trump, of course).
From the Nixon Library description: Frame(s): WHPO-4053-02-15, President Nixon speaking and seated while attending a news briefing at Law Enforcement Assistance Administration meeting. 8/3/1970, Denver, Colorado, US Court Building, Room 571. https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/forresearchers/find/av/whpo_cs/37-whpo-4053-cs.jpg
Nixon talked about seeing the movie during a press conference on Aug. 3, 1970 while in Denver.
The president got into hot water while bringing up Chisum (1970) in relation to law and order and the popularity of westerns...
It was actually the second time Nixon watched Chisum (1970) while in office, the first time being July 31, 1970, also at the "Western White House" in San Clemente.
Lobby card for the movie Chisum with John Wayne
President Richard Nixon watched the John Wayne movie Chisum at his home in San Clemente, California, on August 31, 1970.
Movie poster for Wilson (1944)
President Richard Nixon watched the film Wilson (1944) at his home in San Clemente, California, on August 30, 1970.
The movie, a biopic of President Woodrow Wilson, was a popular one with presidents. FDR watched it at least twice while in office. Carter also screened it at the White House in 1978.
Lobby card that reads Darryl F. Zanukc's Wilson in Technicolor
President Franklin D. Roosevelt watched the movie Wilson (1944), a biopic about Woodrow Wilson, at the White House on August 29, 1944.
The last movie listed in the White House projectionist's logs for Kennedy is 55 Days at Peking (1963) on November 10, 1963.
Lobby card for the film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Humphrey Bogart
President Richard Nixon watched The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) at his home in San Clemente, California, on August 28, 1970.
Lobby card for the movie High Noon showing Gary Cooper staring out of a window holding a gun in a cowboy hat
President Jimmy Carter watched the movie High Noon (1952) at the White House on August 27, 1977.
Publicity still from the movie Dracula (1979) showing Frank Langella as Dracula with his arm extended toward the camera
President Jimmy Carter watched Dracula (1979) at Camp David on August 26, 1979.
5:55 6:21 6:25 6:20 R 6:50 7: 30 8:15 The Presidential party motored from Red Beach to the Residence. The President went to the swimming pool area. he President was telephoned long distance by television and movie actor Chuck Connors in Los Angeles, California. The call was not completed. The President returned to the Residence. The President had dinner with: The First Lady Miss Woods Mr. Rebozo The Presidential party saw the movie "El Cid".
Nixon missed a long distance call from actor Chuck Connors before watching the movie, according to the White House daily diary.
Publicity photo of Sofia Loren in El Cid (1961)
President Richard Nixon watched the movie El Cid (1961) at his home in San Clemente, California, on August 23, 1971.
Publicity still for Dial M For Murder
President Richard Nixon watched the Alfred Hitchcock movie Dial M for Murder (1954) at his home in San Clemente, California (dubbed the Western White House) on August 22, 1970.
Publicity still of High Fidelity (2000) showing John Cusack and Jack Black
President Bill Clinton watched the movie High Fidelity (2000) at the White House on August 21, 2000.
Lobby card for The Brass Legend (1958) that reads: The Raging, Rawhide Saga Of The "Tin-Star Tornado" Who Cleaned Out The West's Dirtiest Killer-Town! BOB GOLDSTEIN PRODUCTIONS presents HUGH OBRIAN TV's WYATT EARP BLASTS THE BIG SCREEN WITH GUN-HOT FURY! NANCY GATES • RAYMOND BURR The BrASS LEGEND
President Dwight Eisenhower watched the western The Brass Legend (1956) at the White House on August 20, 1958.
Lobby card for the movie Expresso Bongo (1959) LAURENCE HARVEY IN AN OUTSTANDING AND DIFFERENT MOTION PICTURE THAT TAKES YOU INTO A WORLD OF BURLESQUE HOUSES... JAZZ DENS... AND-FLESH-AND-BLOOD PEOPLE! LAURENCE HARVEY SYLVIA SYMS • YOLANDE DONLAN
President John F. Kennedy watched the movie Expresso Bongo (1959) at the White House with "1 guest" on August 19, 1961.
Typically, the guests are named in the White House projectionist's log book but this one was anonymous. The First Lady was out of town that night.
The White House projectionist's notes indicate the film was screened in 16mm and Kennedy was joined by the "Bradley's," most likely a misspelling of Ben Bradlee, the Washington Bureau chief for Newsweek who became friends with the president.
Lobby card for the movie Two Rode Together, directed by John Ford, and starring Jimmy Stewart, Richard Widmark, and Shirley Jones
President John F. Kennedy watched the movie Two Rode Together at the White House on August 18, 1961.
The President was a guest at a fishing cabin owned by Harpster. Family and guests accompanying the President were: The First Lady Amy Carter Chip Carter Jack Carter Carlton T. Hicks, optometrist, Brunswick, Georgia James A. Bishop, partner with Taylor Bishop, Secretary Rear Adm. William M. Lukash, Physician Maj. Robert D. Peterson, Air Force Aide The President was telephoned by Representative Peter A. Peyser, (D-New York). The call was not completed. The President flew by Marine helicopter from Spruce Creek to Camp David, Maryland. For a list of passengers, see APPENDIX "A." The President telephoned Secretary of Defense Harold Brown. The call was not completed. The President talked with Secretary Brown. The President talked with his Press Secretary, Joseph I. "Jody" Powell. The president and the First Lady watched the movie A Touch of Love
Carter watched the film at Camp David but had just arrived from a fishing cabin in Spruce Creek, PA owned by his friend R. Wayne Harpster.
Movie poster that reads "Sandy Dennis in Thank You All Very Much"
President Jimmy Carter watched the movie A Touch of Love (1969) at Camp David on August 17, 1980.
A Touch of Love was also released under the titles Thank You All Very Much and The Millstone, but the WH daily diary says A Touch of Love
The 25-minute film was essentially a campaign ad for Lyndon Johnson for the upcoming 1964 presidential election.
The first 10 minutes is Johnson talking directly to camera about the nuclear test ban treaty of 1963.
Screenshot from the 1964 film Quest for Peace showing Nikita Khrushchev waving his finger in the air
President Lyndon Johnson watched Quest For Peace (1964) at the White House on August 16, 1964 with Jack Valenti, who produced the film, and other guests.
The movie is about the nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union, signed a year earlier, which prohibited nuclear testing above ground.
