Monday at the Movies Series: Classics of the Silver Screen

Classic films of the silver screen era in an array of genres will be shown on Monday afternoons in July.

Take a trip down memory lane as we survey some of the popular films from the 1940s through to the early 1950s.  

July 3: "Casablanca" (1942 drama, 1 hour, 42 minutes) — A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

July 10: "An American in Paris" (1951 musical, 1 hour, 55 minutes) — A GI stays in Paris after the war to become an artist, and has to choose between the patronage of a rich American woman and his infatuations with a French shop girl. 

July 17: "The Maltese Falcon" (1941 film noir, 1 hour, 41 minutes) — San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

July 24: "The Philadelphia Story" (1940 comedy, 1 hour, 52 minutes) — A socialite's wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and a tabloid magazine journalist.

July 31: "Rebecca" (1940 mystery, 2 hours, 10 minutes) — Alfred Hitchcock directed this Oscar-winning Daphne du Maurier story of a marriage haunted by the aura of the husband's dead first wife.

Lemonade and cookies will be served at the screenings. 

Community Room Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Assistive listening system compatible with personal T-coil-enabled devices (compatible  headphones also available for use during programs)
• English-language subtitles for films (when available)
• If there is an accommodation that you need or would like so that you can fully enjoy library programs, please visit our Accommodations Request Form.

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