Friday Night Film Series

 
Strangers on a Train

March 1, 2013

6 :30 P.M.

When Bruno meets tennis star Guy Haines aboard a train, he confesses he wants his rich father dead, prompting Guy to reveal that he wants to divorce his shrewish wife--so Bruno suggests that they "trade" murders in this Alfred Hitchcock classic. A tale of dreadful possibilities--with Robert Walker as BRUNO and Farley Granger as GUY in one of Hitchcock's most diabolical thrillers.

Friday Night Film Series

Anna Karenina

February 22, 2013

6:30 P.M. 

This rendering of author Leo Tolstoy's classic stars Greta Garbo as the married Russian woman who falls in love and runs off with dashing soldier Vronsky (Frederic March). Upon Anna's return, her icy and distant husband (Basil Rathbone) prevents her from seeing her son. To make matters worse, Vronsky deserts her to join a regiment heading to the Turkish-Serbian war. Garbo is unforgettable. Her final scene is haunting.

Friday Night Film Series

THERE WILL BE NO MOVIE ON FEBRUARY 8, DUE TO A CONFLICT IN SCHEDULING.

SEE YOU FEBRUARY 15!

Friday Night Film Series

                                                        
Waterloo Bridge

February 1, 2013                                                                                                       
6:30 P.M.   

After falling madly in love, ballerina Myra (Vivien Leigh) and British officer Roy (Robert Taylor) unwillingly part ways during World War I. Driven to a life of prostitution, Myra battles shame and struggles to reconnect with Roy when he unexpectedly returns from combat. Based on a play by Robert E, Sherwood, this wartime romance received Academy Award nominations for cinematography and original score. Vivien Leigh's first film after Gone With the Wind.

                                                        

Friday Night Film Series

                           
The Talk of the Town

 January 25, 2013

 6:30 P.M.  

 The dashing Cary Grant stars as Leopold, an activist wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. To avoid execution, Leopold breaks out of jail and takes a job as a gardener for a teacher named Nora (Jean Arthur). Nora's other house guest (Ronald Coleman) is a legal scholar who learns Leopold's true identity. His two new friends end up helping him find justice--and perhaps even love. The film earned seven Oscar nods, including Best Picture.                                                                         

                                                     

Friday Night Film Series

   Midnight

    January 18, 2013

    6:30 P.M.    

Eve Peabody has just arrived in Paris with only the gown on her back. So what's a girl to do? Pretend to be a Hungarian baroness, of course! Claudette Colbert stars as the lovely lass who ditches a smitten cabbie (Don Ameche) to crash a regal affair. There, she meets the aristocratic John Barrymore, who gives her a royal disguise and hires her to lure away his cheating wife's lover. The result is a classic screwball comedy with a touch of romance.  

                  

Friday Night Film Series

The Court Jester

January 11, 2013

6:30 P.M.

When the infant king of England is deposed by a wicked pretender, the man charged with tending to the baby monarch tries to set things right by wriggling his way into the castle and impersonating a court jester--with zany results. With Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, Mildred Natwick and Basil Rathbone.