CLASSIC FILM SERIES RESUMES IN JANUARY

The Tuesday Night at the Movies Classic Film Series resumes on January 3, 2012. All screenings begin at 6:45 pm and refreshments are served. Join us every Tuesday evening for the best films from the 1920's through the 1970's. The schedule for January and February is listed below. No registration is required.

JANUARY 3, 2012
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938) (102 min.) Not Rated
Errol Flynn stars as the dashing Robin Hood in this entertaining adventure film. Olivia de Havilland co-stars as Maid Marian and Basil Rathbone is the wicked Sir Guy of Gisbourne. Directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley.

JANUARY 10, 2012
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (1931) (89 min.) Not Rated
Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins star in this frothy musical. Maurice Chevalier is a Viennese lieutenant who has one too many women in his life. Directed by the incomparable Ernst Lubitsch.

JANUARY 17, 2012
THE KILLING (1956) (83 min.) Not Rated
Sterling Holloway stars as an ex-con who has a plan to “make a killing” on a racetrack robbery. The perfect plan goes awry in this tough and tense cinematic classic. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

JANUARY 24, 2012
I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (1949) (105 min.) Not Rated
Cary Grant stars as a French army officer who falls in love in postwar Germany with an American WAC played by Ann Sheridan. This hilarious classic follows their efforts to get him into the United States. Directed by Howard Hawks.

JANUARY 31, 2012
DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (1937) (100 min.) Not Rated
Fred Astaire and Joan Crawford star in this film about a young aristocratic lady and her marriage prospects. Based on a story by P.G. Wodehouse, there is music by George and Ira Gershwin and Gracie Allen and George Burns to boot! Directed by George Stevens.

FEBRUARY 7, 2012
I CONFESS (1953) (94 min.) Not Rated
Montgomery Clift stars as a priest who becomes a murder suspect after hearing the confession of a murder. Anne Baxter and Karl Malden star in this first-rate mystery. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

FEBRUARY 14, 2012
PRIVATE LIVES (1931) (84 min.) Not Rated
Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery star as a divorced couple who can’t live with or without each other. Based on the play by Noel Coward this film is an intelligent and witty comedy. Happy Valentine’s Day!

FEBRUARY 21, 2012
ABOVE SUSPICION ( 1943) (90 min.) Not Rated *RESCHEDULED*
Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray star as British agents posing as a married couple on their honeymoon in Europe in 1939. This crackerjack spy thriller also features Basil Rathbone and Reginald Owen.

FEBRUARY 28, 2012
I REMEMBER MAMA (1948) (134 min.) Not Rated
Irene Dunne stars in this timeless tearjerker about a Norwegian family adjusting to life in America in 1910s San Francisco. Also staring Barbara Bel Geddes, Edgar Bergen, and Rudy Vallee. Directed by George Stevens.

TCHAIKOVSKY AND THE "NUTCRACKER SUITE"

Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his famous composition “Nutcracker Suite” will be the subject of a lecture at the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Sunday, December 11, 2011. Library Director Sandy Putnam discusses the “Nutcracker Suite” in the context of Tchaikovsky’s life and career along with film clips of the beloved holiday classic. The program will begin at 2:00 pm.

The program will take place in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library. Admission is free but registration is required. Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 or by email ref@dillonlibrary.org or in person at the circulation desk.

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF WILLIE SUTTON

Rich Gold of Basking Ridge, NJ will present his documentary “In the Footsteps of Willie Sutton” at the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Friday, December 2, 2011. The screening will begin at 1:30 pm and is part of the Friday Movie Matinees film series at the library.

“In the Footsteps of Willie Sutton” is a documentary film based on the life of the most colorful and famous bank robber in history. Once dubbed “The Babe Ruth of Bank Robbers”, Sutton did not rely on violence during his heists and was a master of disguise. The film is 54 minutes long and there will be a question and answer period with the director following the film.

The screening is free and open to the public and will be held in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library. No registration is required.

HONG KIEW KIM PIANO RECITAL

Carnegie Hall pianist Hong Kiew Kim returns to the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Sunday, November 20, 2011 to play the music of Johannes Brahms. The program will begin at 2:00 pm.

The recital will take place in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library. Admission is $5.00 which is payable at the door. Registration is required. Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 or by email ref@dillonlibrary.org or in person at the circulation desk.

NO WATER NO LIFE

Alison Jones, a native of Pottersville, NJ, and the dynamic Project Director for the international “No Water No Life” organization will speak at the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Sunday, November 6, 2011. The program will begin at 2:00 pm. Join “No Water No Life” for a one hour lecture focusing on New Jersey's Raritan River Basin (8721 sq mi), the largest drainage in the nation's most densely populated state. Alison Jones will answer questions following the lecture, and handouts will be available for the audience including a description of No Water No Life's mission and process, a fact sheet of statistics and evaluative studies, and more!

The program will take place in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library. Admission is $5.00 which is payable at the door. Registration is required. Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 or by email ref@dillonlibrary.org or in person at the circulation desk.

CAFE SALONS ON TUESDAYS

The Clarence Dillon Public Library will present a series of “Salons” beginning on Tuesday, October 4 and continuing on Tuesdays through December 13, 2011. These programs are informal and sociable early evening gatherings with a wide variety of entertainment. They will run from 5:30 – 6:30 pm.

Each “Salon” will include about 20 minutes of light background entertainment including a jazz trio, piano soloists, flute quartet, trumpet trio, oil and pastel painting demos, blue grass combo, film clips, and antique clocks.

The programs will be held in The Friends Café and there is a $5.00 admission charge. Beverages of all types, plus hors d’oeuvres, will be available at no additional charge. No registration is required.

THE KINDLE AND EBOOKS

Patrons who own a Kindle ereader can now download free ebooks from the Clarence Dillon Public Library. Most existing ebooks in our NJ Digital Library collection can be read on all Kindle devices or by using free Kindle apps for mobile devices. To get started go to http://www.clarencedilonpl.org/ and click on the NJ Digital Library icon on the homepage. The My Help wizard will help you get started. If you have any questions, please contact the reference desk at 908-234-2325 ext.111.