Friday Night Films:

November 30th

Amacord

1974 R   123 min.

Awarded both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, acclaimed Italian director Frederico Fellini's Amacord is a rich visual film about Rimini, a traditional seaside village during the uncertainty of Mussolini's fascist rule. Fellini drew from personal experience to bring the small town and all its colorful characters to life in this ode to the past which recalls the tender and silly diversions of a small Italian town in the 1930's.

Friday Night Films:

December 7

A Christmas Without Snow

1980 NR   95 min.

In director John Korty's ode to the perseverance of the human spirit, a recent divorcee strives to rebuild her life by moving to San Francisco. With jumbled day-to-day jobs, the newly single Zoe Jensen (Michael Learned) finds consistency with a local church choir practicing Handel's "Messiah." But the harsh instruction of choirmaster Ephraim Adams (John Houseman) pushes Zoe and each of the choir members to their limits during the holiday season.

Friday Night Films:

December 14th

Holiday Affair

1949 NR  87 min.

Janet Leigh stars as Connie Ennis, a young widowed mother who has an unfortunate first encounter with department store clerk Steve Mason (Robert Mitchum), inadvertently causing him to get fired just before Christmas. Despite the mishap, Steve takes Connie on a date, much to the chagrin of her better-established suitor, Carl, but much to the delight of her young son, Timmy, who would much prefer Steve as a stepdad, rather than Carl.

Friday Night Films:

December 21st

It's a Wonderful Life

1946 NR   132 min.

It's a wonderful film. Frank Capra's inverted take on A Christmas Carol stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a good man who's spent a lifetime giving up dreams in order to keep life in his small town humming. When a guardian angel named Clarence finds a despondent George poised to jump off a bridge, he shows George what life would've been like had he never been born. An uplifting, beloved American classic, nominated for 5 Oscars.

Friday Night Films:

December 28th

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951 NR     91 min.

When a small-time swindler with a sweet tooth for citrus candy (Bob Hope) accidentally cheats the biggest boss in town, he scrambles for a way to repay his looming debt by Christmas. With the help of his girl-friend (Marilyn Maxwell), the quick-thinking Lemon Drop Kid and his gang launch a scam using Santa suits to raise money for homeless women. The film introduced the now-classic holiday tune "Silver Bells." Adapted from a Damon Runyan Story.

Coming up on Monday, Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m.!

Michael Paul Lund, founder of Serendipity Recordings, will present “The First Crooner — Bing Crosby (1903-1977)” an illustrated lecture illuminating the life and times of the first great popular si

nger of the American Songbook.

Attendees will take a fascinating musical journey through the life of the man who paved the way for every major vocalist who followed him, the man for whom the word “crooner” was penned. Samples will include lots of solos plus duets of Crosby with, among others, Paul Whiteman & the Rhythm Boys, the Mills Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dinah Shore, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and Fred Astaire. Also featured will be the last song Crosby sang, 72 hours before his sudden death in 1977.
Lund has delivered illustrated music talks all over the United States and done radio commentary on stations coast to coast, including his two-hour specials on WGBH-FM in Boston. Lund is an accomplished writer of music criticism whose syndicated newspaper column, “The Serendipity Nostalgia Report,” focuses on legendary entertainers and great American music.
Admission is free. Recordings by Crosby will be available for purchase.