Join us for a celebration of Colbert’s long and remarkable film career. A seven-week film series titled “Down-to-Earth Sophistication: Claudette Colbert in Hollywood” begins October 1 and runs Monday afternoons through November 12. Oak Park film historian Doug Deuchler will introduce each film and conduct a discussion following each screening. This free film series is funded by the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library.
On Monday, October 15:
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939, 104 minutes)
In director John Ford’s frontier adventure set during the American Revolution, Colbert and Henry Fonda are newlywed homesteaders fighting both marauding Indians and the British.
