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Now, Voyager

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By Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

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A young woman escapes the smothering influence of her wealthy and very conservative mother through the help of a psychiatrist and an ocean cruise, where she finds love, which helps her to become her own person.

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Dark Victory

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By Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cora Witherspoon. Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers

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Davis stars as a glamorous and somewhat frivolous socialite who matures and falls in love with her doctor while dying from a brain tumor. Geraldine Fitzgerald is wonderful as her best friend. Humphrey Bogart and Ronald Reagan also have small parts in this film. Have a box of tissues handy.

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Classics in the Afternoon: Singin' in the Rain

Wed, 05/11/2011 - 10:37 | Christie Hoerneman
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Singin' in the Rain

Come join the England Run Branch for the monthly film series Classics in the Afternoon that celebrates the great pictures from the Golden Age of Hollywood! 

On Thursday, May 12th at 2pm come see the Singin' Swingin' Glorious Feelin' Technicolor Musical about the difficulty of transitioning away from the silent screen and onto the silver screen, Singin' in the Rain (1952) starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Conner, and Debbie Reynolds.

Classics in the Afternoon: It's a Wonderful Life

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 12:33 | Christie Hoerneman
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Come join the Central Rappahannock Regional Library as we present Frank Capra's classic inspirational film It's a Wonderful Life at the England Run Branch on Thursday, December 9th at 2:00 pm.

George Bailey (James Stewart), a desperate and suicidal man, is visited by a guardian angel who shows him how important he has been to those around him in his life.  Also starring Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore.

Classics in the Afternoon: Some Like it Hot

Wed, 11/10/2010 - 12:03 | Christie Hoerneman
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Come join the Central Rappahannock Regional Library as we present Billy Wilder's classic comedy Some Like it Hot at the England Run Branch on Thursday, November 11th at 2:00 pm.

The Dark Side of Cinema: Gilda

Mon, 10/11/2010 - 09:56
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Come join the Central Rappahannock Regional Library as we present Gilda, the second film in the Dark Side of Cinema Series at the Headquarters Library on Monday, October 11th at 7:00 pm.

The Rappahannock Film Club Presents . . . My Man Godfrey

Fri, 10/01/2010 - 16:36 | Christie Hoerneman
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Come join the Rappahannock Film Club and the Central Rappahannock Regional Library as we present the classic comedy film My Man Godfrey at the Headquarter's Library on Saturday, October 2nd at 2:00 pm.

A high-society scavenger hunt leads to levity when scatterbrained socialite Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard)
stumbles upon an erudite vagabond named Godfrey (William Powell) living in the city dump.

Seven Samurai

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By Akira Kurosawa

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A 16th-century Japanese farming community has been victimized by bandits, year after year. Desperate to find some means of ending the terror, the villagers hire seven unemployed samurai to help defend them. Film formed the basis of The Magnificent Seven and Battle Beyond the Stars.
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Sun and Sand Film Series: South Pacific

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 17:19 | Christie Hoerneman
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Come join the Central Rappahannock Regional Library as we present South Pacific, the final film in the Sun and Sand film Series at the Salem Church Library on Saturday, August 14th at 2:00 pm.

A young American nurse from Little Rock (Mitzi Gaynor) meets the handsome and mysterious French planter (Rossano Brazzi) on a South Pacific island during World War II. Seeking respite from the battles around them, they find refuge in each other as their romance blooms in the lush tropical paradise. (1958)

The Rappahannock Film Club Presents . . . A Tale of Two Cities

Tue, 06/29/2010 - 08:54 | Christie Hoerneman
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Come join the Rappahannock Film Club and the Central Rappahannock Regional Library's presentation of David O. Selznick's 1935 classic A Tale of Two Cities at the Headquarters Library on Thursday, July 1st at 7:00 pm.