Livingston Library will kick off this season's Classic Film series on September 14. The theme is "Film Noir and Suspense Films of the '40s". Films will be shown at 7:00 PM.
Wednesday, September 14: The Lady from Shanghai
Charming Irish sailor Michael O’Hara (Orson Wells) signs on as a crew member on wealthy Arthur Bannister’s yacht. He becomes fascinated with Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth), who once worked in Shanghai, giving the film its title. While sailing from Acapulco to California, O’Hara is drawn into a complex murder plot.
Wednesday, October 19: Man Hunt
This was the first of four anti-Nazi movies directed by Fritz Lang. Just prior to World War II, British big game hunter Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) is captured by the Nazis while stalking Adolf Hitler. Thorndike escapes and becomes the hunted. His across Europe and then to London. His escape is hindered by his Nazi captor (George Sanders), then helped by a London streetwalker (Joan Bennett). Supporting cast includes John Carradine and Roddy McDowall. It was McDowall's first Hollywood film, having been evacuated across the Atlantic following the London Blitz.
The SYLS Department and the Livingston Public Library are offering evening senior bus transportation to this event. Please call the SYLS office at 973-535-7925 to schedule your pick-up/drop off. Bus space is limited. Available to ages 60+.
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Thursday, November 17: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Based on the Oscar Wilde novel, this is the story of youth-worshiping aristocrat Dorian Gray. As a young man he has his portrait painted by a friend. Soon, young and handsome, Gray comes under the influence of amoral Lord Henry Wotton and jilts his fiancée who commits suicide. This is the start of a life of increasing debauchery, with the evidence of his sins apparent only in the portrait, in which he becomes ugly and disfigured.
Eventually the hidden picture becomes almost hideous to behold, Supporting Actress Angela Lansbury won a Golden Globe for her part as Gray’s fiancée Sibyl
Wednesday, December 7: Suspicion
Joan Fontaine won an Academy Award for her portrayal of shy heiress Lina McLaidlaw, who meets handsome gambler and womanizer Johnny Aysgarth (Cary Grant) on a train. Grant is both irresistible and sinister as he becomes involved with shady real estate schemes, clandestine gambling, and possible murder. After their courtship and marriage, Lina begins to suspect that he is trying to poison her for her inheritance. Alfred Hitchcock directed this dark romantic mystery.
All films are sponsored by the Livingston Library Endowment Fund and are subject to availability.
