Summer and Fall Films

June 14

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most celebrated tale, this 1939 film stars Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

80 minutes

7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library.

August 2

The Library Film Series will show Moby Dick to mark the 200th birthday of Herman Melville. This screening supports an exhibition of Melville materials that will be on display in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections curated by Maggie Kopp.

Directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Ray Bradbury.

116 minutes

7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library.

Fall Film Schedule

Looking back at 1939

September 20

Gone with the Wind

The Library Film Series kicks off our celebration of 1939 with a true epic. Gone with the Wind starring Clarke Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, and Olivia de Havilland.

233 minutes

Please note that this fill will start earlier due to its run time.

6:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library.

October 25

The Wizard of Oz

One of the quintessential films of 1939, The Wizard of Oz fills the spot of our traditional monster films for Halloween. With witches and flying monkeys it fills the bill.

Starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, and Margaret Hamilton.

102 minutes

7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library.

November 15

Stagecoach

John Wayne’s breakout film and the movie that some say boosted westerns from B movies to the A-list. Directed by John Ford.

96 minutes

7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library.

December 6

Bachelor Mother

The Warner Archive call this  “The classic Christmas movie we bet you’ve never seen.” This 1939 comedy starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven was remade twice.

An RKO Radio picture.

82 Minutes

7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library.