Archive: "Library Film Series" Category
April 28, 2023 by news
The BYU Library Film Series presents our summer and fall schedule. All films start at 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1. Admission is free. May 12 Vertigo 1958 Each May we celebrate James Stewart’s birthday. Arrive early, at 6:30, to enjoy a presentation on James Stewart by curator Ben …
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February 22, 2023 by news
Curator Ben Harry Has restored BYU’s first student produced film. In the spring of 1971 several students at Brigham Young University were given the opportunity to make a film. It is a playful campus romance that captures a slice-of-life of BYU campus culture at the time and some of the cherished dating traditions of that …
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February 10, 2023 by news
March 10 What’s Up Doc 1972 The film series is expanding our selections into the 1970s with a timely screwball comedy. Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal star. This film features one of the most memorable chase scenes of the era. 94 minutes April 14 The Robe: The Greatest Story of Love and Faith 1953 …
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December 27, 2022 by news
On Friday January 20, The Library Film Series presents Wait Until Dark. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna, this 1967 film is a fan favorite. This film earned Hepburn her fifth Academy Award nomination. A blind woman is terrorized by crooks who think she has a doll filled with heroin. 108 …
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August 18, 2022 by news
Join us for free classic films every month this fall. All shows with be at 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library. Friday, September 16 Roman Holiday Audrey Hepburn won a Best Actress Oscar as a young European princess who breaks off an official goodwill tour so …
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June 2, 2022 by news
The library is celebrating summer with a series of classic films. There will be showtimes at 3:00 and 7:00 pm in the library’s Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium located on level 1. Admission is free. We’re sorry, but no food is allowed in the venue. June 10 Forbidden Planet 1956 A flying saucer travels faster …
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April 18, 2022 by news
The library is celebrating James Stewart’s birthday with free screenings of Rear Window. The BYU Library’s Special Collections are the home of James Stewart’s papers. Considered to be one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best films and nominated for four Academy Awards. Starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. A photographer, confined to a wheelchair while …
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March 25, 2022 by news
Curator Ben Harry has taught BYU students how to restore films and Friday night is the world premier for three restored films from very different eras. The Deal As The Twig Is Bent Time Bomb Music Video Enjoy the films and the discussion and reminiscing afterwards. 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 …
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December 13, 2021 by news
The Library Film Series returns this winter with a lineup of classics. All films will be shown in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1. Showtime: 7:00 pm. No Film in February Due to circumstances there will not be a film in February. We hope to see the films …
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September 16, 2021 by news
The Library Film Series returns this fall with a schedule full of popular films and two unique opportunities. We’re trying something new, matinees. We hope this gives people the opportunity to watch a film with smaller audiences. Audience members will be required to wear masks which BYU policy requires at all performance venues this fall. …
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