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This winter the Shirlington Branch Library and Signature Theatre partner to present a Billy Wilder Film Series.
All films are unrated and the program is free and open to the public. Please note that the Feb. 7 screening of Sunset Boulevard will take place in lieu of the February Page to Stage program, and will begin a half hour earlier than a typical Page to Stage program to allow time to screen the entire film.
Comedies:
Some Like It Hot - Tuesday, Dec. 14, 6:30 p.m. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon hide from the mob by joining Marilyn Monroe's all-girl band. (1959)
The Apartment - Tuesday, Dec. 21, 6:30 p.m. A rising insurance company worker tries to score points with his supervisors by lending his home for trysts; starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. (1960)
One,Two,Three - Tuesday, Dec. 28, 6:30 p.m. James Cagney stars as Coca-Cola's man in West Berlin whose daughter wants to marry a Communist.(1961)
Noir:
Double Indemnity - Tuesday, Jan. 11, 6:30 p.m. A tale of murder and fraud, staring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G Robinson. (1944)
Witness for the Prosecution - Tuesday, Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m. The Agatha Christie story of a murder gone to trial and a marriage put to the test, staring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton. (1957)
Ace in the Hole - Tuesday, Jan. 25, 6:30 p.m. The story of former big-time journalist who overplays the tale of a man trapped in a cave, starring Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling and Robert Arthur. (1951)
Sunset Boulevard - Monday, Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m. (in place of Page to Stage) Gloria Swanson plays the faded silent-screen siren Norma Desmond, who gets one last chance at stardom. With William Holden, Erich von Stroheim and Nancy Olson. (1950)
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Library
Billy Wilder Film Series at Shirlington
This winter the Shirlington Branch Library and Signature Theatre partner to present a Billy Wilder Film Series.
"From the late 1930s to the early 1960s, Billy Wilder dominated Hollywood?s Golden Age. With over fifty films and six Academy Awards to his credit, he is one of Hollywood?s all-time greatest directors, producers and screenwriters. His films range from stark melodrama, to antic farce, to satiric comedy. Billy Wilder has had a powerful creative influence on both the experimental and traditional film industries in America."
- American Masters, PBS
All films are unrated and the program is free and open to the public. Please note that the Feb. 7 screening of Sunset Boulevard will take place in lieu of the February Page to Stage program, and will begin a half hour earlier than a typical Page to Stage program to allow time to screen the entire film.
Comedies:
Some Like It Hot - Tuesday, Dec. 14, 6:30 p.m. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon hide from the mob by joining Marilyn Monroe's all-girl band. (1959)
The Apartment - Tuesday, Dec. 21, 6:30 p.m. A rising insurance company worker tries to score points with his supervisors by lending his home for trysts; starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. (1960)
One,Two,Three - Tuesday, Dec. 28, 6:30 p.m. James Cagney stars as Coca-Cola's man in West Berlin whose daughter wants to marry a Communist.(1961)
Noir:
Double Indemnity - Tuesday, Jan. 11, 6:30 p.m. A tale of murder and fraud, staring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G Robinson. (1944)
Witness for the Prosecution - Tuesday, Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m. The Agatha Christie story of a murder gone to trial and a marriage put to the test, staring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton. (1957)
Ace in the Hole - Tuesday, Jan. 25, 6:30 p.m. The story of former big-time journalist who overplays the tale of a man trapped in a cave, starring Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling and Robert Arthur. (1951)
Sunset Boulevard - Monday, Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m. (in place of Page to Stage) Gloria Swanson plays the faded silent-screen siren Norma Desmond, who gets one last chance at stardom. With William Holden, Erich von Stroheim and Nancy Olson. (1950)
- Shirlington Celebrates Ginger Rogers
Why do we love Ginger Rogers? She did everything Fred Astaire did backwards... and in high heels! Rogers, born July 16, 1911, would have turned 100 this year. Help us to celebrate her Centennial with a film series at the Shirlington Branch Library...
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Shirlington Screens presents the films of Gérard Depardieu, Tuesday nights in May at the Shirlington Branch Library: Tuesday, May 10, 6:30 p.m. - Green Card A man wanting to stay in the United States enters into a marriage of convenience, but...
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- "his Girl Friday" Screening August 10
Join the Shirlington Branch Library this summer for Classic Screwball Comedies - our series of depression era romantic comedies, made between 1934 -1944, by a variety of directors from Howard Hawks and Frank Capra to George Cukor and Alfred Hitchcock....
- Judy Kuhn Sends Her Regrets...
** Updated 6/2** We're sad to report that Judy Kuhn will not be able to join us next Monday evening, as she has to return to NYC that day for an audition. Eric Schaeffer , Signature's Artistic Director, will be joining us instead to talk...