Watch 'Screwball' Comedy Movies At Easttown Library This Month

BERWYN, PA — The Friends of the Easttown Library are inviting you to a series of movie events at the library that will surely have you cracking up.

The series will feature four films from the 1930s and 1940s with a special discussion event with

Ursinus College media professor Jennifer Fleeger and her former student Jordan Scharaga, both of whom studied the four films extensively.

Each show is $10 at the door, but a $25 weekend pass is also available online or at the library. Weekend pass holders receive a ticket to a bonus film at the newly renovated Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville.

Below is the schedule for the series:

• Thursday, Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m. Red Carpet Premiere — It Happened One Night ©Columbia, 1943, 105 minutes
• Friday, Feb. 23, 6:30 p.m. — His Girl Friday ©Columbia 1940, 92 minutes
• Saturday, Feb. 24, 10:30 a.m. — My Man Godfrey ©Universal 1936, 94 minutes
• Saturday, Feb. 24, 1 p.m. — Lecture: "Screwballs on Screen" with Jennifer Fleeger and Jordan Scharaga, Ursinus College
• Saturday, Feb. 24, 2:15 p.m. — The Lady Eve ©Universal 1941, 94 minutes

For weekend pass holders only:

• Sunday, Feb. 25, 12:30 p.m. — Private tour followed by The Seven Year Itch at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville

Weekend passes are available here.

The Easttown Library is located at 720 First Ave., Berwyn.

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