Sundays: January 31, February 28 and March 28
2:00 pm Westport Public Library – MacManus Room
Hot Cider and a Film!
WHEN COOL WAS HOT!
FILM SERIESA Westport Public Library event co-sponsored by the Westport Historical SocietyEnjoy three winter Sundays with a hot cider,
a short introduction and a film
to highlight the Westport Historical Society’s exhibit
opening January 24, in the
Betty and Ralph Sheffer Gallery,WESTPORT MODERN:
WHEN COOL WAS HOT!
McManus Room. 2:00 pm.Sunday, January 31
William Powell and Carole Lombard star in My Man Godfrey. Set in the Great Depression, men down on their luck and Café Society mix it up in one of the top screwball comedies of all time. Nominated for six Academy awards.
1936, 95 minutesSunday, February 28
In The Fountainhead, starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal and Raymond Massey, Ayn Rand’s monumental best-selling book is turned into a bizarre screen triumph as an uncompromising visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity despite pressures to conform.
1949, 114 minutesSunday, March 28
Hitchcock’s stylish comedy/thriller North by Northwest is set in the luxuriously modern Frank-Lloyd-Wright era and stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. In one memorable scene after another, bewildered ad man Grant is chased cross country by spies who think he is a double agent and by police who think he is an assassin.
1959, 136 minutes
