Film Series
The Rappahannock Film Club Presents . . . Films @ the Library:
Headquarters Library theater
Wednesday, October 7: The Grapes of Wrath
7-9pm
"John Ford's memorable screen version of John Steinbeck's epic novel of the Great Depression--often regarded as the director's best film--stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad."
1940
128 minutes
Saturday, November 28: Mon Oncle
2-4pm
"Mr. Hulot Ventures Into Suburbia...And Disrupts...Disassembles...And Demolishes With His Very Subtle Satire."
1958
117 minutes
Tuesday, December 8: We're No Angels
7-9pm
"After escaping from Devil's Island just before Christmas, three prisoners end up taking refuge with a French shopkeeper's family after originally attempting to rob them. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov."
1955
106 minutes
Masters of Suspense Film Series ... Alfred Hitchcock and Daphne du Maurier
Monday, December 7: Jamaica Inn
7-9pm
Irish orphan girl Mary is sent to stay with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss in Cornwall. Joss is the landlord of Jamaica Inn and also the head of a gang of pirates who lure ships to their doom on the rocky coast. Mary soon finds herself in trouble when she discovers the truth. Starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara.
1939
98 minutes
Monday, January 25: Rebecca
7-9pm
Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier), still troubled by the death of his first wife Rebecca, falls in love with a shy ladies' companion. They get married, but the second Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) discovers that Rebecca still has a strong hold on everyone in the house, particularly on Mrs. Denvers, the housekeeper, who begins driving the young wife to madness.
1940
130 minutes
Monday, February 22: The Birds
7-9pm
Wealthy reformed party girl Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) enjoys a brief flirtation with lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop and decides to follow him to his Bodega Bay home. Bearing a gift of two lovebirds, Melanie quickly strikes up a romance with Mitch while contending with his possessive mother and boarding at his ex-girlfriend's house. One day, during a birthday party for Mitch's younger sister, a flock of birds attacks the children in what seems to be a random incident. In fact, it signals the beginning of a massive avian assault on the residents of the town--a mysterious assault that no
one can explain.
1963
119 minutes
