Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:




City Lights
Friday, November 12th
6:30 PM
Thomaston Academy Building, room 208

Chaplin's moving, eloquent masterpiece! One of Chaplin's most highly acclaimed films, City Lights is both a classic and a personal statement in which the master of pantomime proves the eloquence of silence. Combining wonderful comedy and evocative drama, the little tramp falls in love with a beautiful, blind flower girl. By comic happenstance, she believes he is wealthy and he, in turn, sets out to raise the money for an eye operation.

Friday night films are presented free of charge but donations are always welcome. The Thomaston Academy Building is handicapped accessable from the parking lot entrance, and light refreshments will be served. For more information, call thel ibrary at 354-2453.

New Displays at the Thomaston Library

Three new displays have been unveiled at the Thomaston Public Library in the last few weeks. A display of Thomaston school artifacts on loan from the Thomaston Historical Society is currently on display in the entry corridor of the library. The artifacts will remain on display through the winter.

An artwork display featuring photography by Neil Shively has been installed in the library's lower level. Neil's photography display features photos from the area as well as Ireland, Africa, and other parts of the United States.

And in the main wing of the library, a doll collection owned by Friend of the Library Lysbeth Andrews, along with some loans from Corinne Darby, will be on display through December. The dolls are all handmade fisherman and mermaid dolls, created and sold by the Port Clyde Baptist Church Sewing Circle as part of their annual fundraiser. Andrews has been collecting the dolls for several years, and Darby is a member of the sewing circle.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library Present:

Buster Keaton Double Feature:

Our Hospitality and Sherlock Jr.

Friday, November 5th
6:30 PM

Room 208, Thomaston Academy Building

Our Hospitality - In many ways a companion piece to his 1926 classic "The General", Our Hospitality stars Keaton as a New York man who returns to his southern antebellum homeland to find himself embroiled in a longstanding fued between his family and that of the woman he loves. The sequence in which Buster travels southward by rinky-dink locomotive is a most sublime example of the director's craft that represents but a tiny portion of the extrardinary talent that characterizes the art of Buster Keaton.

Sherlock Jr. - Perhaps no other film offers as exciting a roller coaster ride through the golden age of comedy than Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr." Dramatizing the uproarious explots of a meek theatre projectionist turned amateur sleuth, the film blends the knockout physical comedy normally associated with slapstick, with more subtly-crafted moments of humor.

Friday Night Films are presented free of charge but donations are gratefully accepted. Light refreshments will be served and the Academy Building is handicapped accessable by the parking lot entrance. For more information call the library at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:

Alfred Hitchcock's

Psycho

Friday, October 29th

6:30 PM

Room 208, Thomaston Academy Building

Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. no one knows that better than Janet Leigh, the ill-fated heroine who had a less than pleasant experience in the now notorious "shower scene". Vera Miles, Martin Balsam, John Gavin, and John McIntire co-star in Hitchcock's most compelling and terrifying film. Bernard Herrmann provided the classic soundtrack.

During the screening of Psycho, no one will be admitted after the film has begun. Friday Night Films are presented free of charge and light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact the library at 354-2453.

Thomaston Family Story Hour

Guest Reader: Maine State Representative Chuck Kreuger
Wednesday, October 20th
6:00 PM
Children's Room

Join us on Wednesday, October 20th for stories and music with Maine State Representative Chuck Kreuger. Kreuger will be reading from books of songs to children and families starting at 6:00 PM in the children's library. This event is free to the public and open to all ages. For more information call the library at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:

Notorious

Friday, October 22nd

6:30 PM

Room 208, Thomaston Academy Building

Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) gains notoriety when her father is convicted of treasona gainst the United States as a Nazi spy. Soon after, she meets a stranger named Devlin (Cary Grant). Devlin reveals that he is a U.S. Intelligence agent and asks her to help him trap a Nazi mastermind. Because she has fallen in love with Devlin, she agrees - but as she gets more involved she realizes she's putting her life in danger. Nominated for two Academy Awards in 1947, including Best Screenplay.

Friday night films are present free of charge, but donations are gratefully accepted. Light refreshments will be served and the Thomaston Academy Building is handicapped accessable by the parking lot entrance. For more information call the library at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:

Alfred Hitchcock's

Vertigo

Friday, October 8th

6:30 PM

Thomaston Academy Building, Room 208

Critics have hailed Vertigo as Alfred Hitchcock's ultimate masterpiece. This haunting tale of obsession, fear and murder stars Jimmy Stewart as a troubled detective pathologically afraid of heights and obsessed with a lost love and her look-alike. Kim Novak gives the performance of her career as the bizarre heroine. Unavailable for viewing for over two decades, this HItchcock shocker still retains its unparalleled impact.

Doors and bookstore open at six and light refreshments will be served. Admission is always free, but donations are accepted. For more information, call the library at 354-2453.