What are you doing this Friday the 13th? Celebrate Noir-vember with a mini movie marathon of classic detective films at the Ridgefield Library! No registration required — drop in any time starting at 10:30 am, relax and enjoy some complimentary popcorn! Learn more.
- 10:30 am — The Hound of the Baskervilles — This 1939 film was the first to star Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, and was the first Holmes movie to be set during the Victorian period in which the books were written (80 minutes).
- 12:15 pm — The Maltese Falcon — Iconic film noir from 1941, written and directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet (101 minutes).
- 2:15 pm — And Then There Were None — Rene Clair directed this 1945 film version of Agatha Christie’s 1939 book, the world’s best-selling mystery novel and one of the best-selling books of all time (97 minutes).
This program is part of the Library’s 2026 Scholarly Series, Whodunits, Locked Rooms & Amateur Sleuths: Investigating the World of Mysteries, sponsored by the Friends of the Ridgefield Library.