Montclair Library To Show Free Animal Movies In August

On Wednesdays at 2 p.m., the Montclair Public Library will host “The Every Wednesday Matinee,” a classic film series presented in its auditorium.

All films are free and open to the public. For more information on this event and the library calendar, visit www.montclairlibrary.org/calendar or call 973-744-0500, ext. 2235.

Animal-themed flicks to be screened in August include:

• Mighty Joe Young (August 5)—Starring Terry Moore, Ben Johnson and Robert Armstrong. A young woman living on her father’s ranch in Africa raises a giant gorilla from an infant and later brings him to Hollywood. (1949, 94 minutes, B&W)
• Old Yeller (August 12)—Starring Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker and Tommy Kirk. Young Travis Coates reluctantly adopts a dog, but grows to love and respect Old Yeller, who comes to have a profound effect on the boy’s life. (1957, 83 minutes, Color)
• Bedtime for Bonzo (August 19)—Starring Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn and Walter Slezak. College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development. (1951, 83 minutes, B&W)
• Lassie Come Home (August 26)—Starring Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp and Dame May Whitty. After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home. (1943, 89 minutes, Color)

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