Friendswood Library flicks is an ongoing movie series
held every other Thursday evening in the Friendswood Public Library Activity
Room. Films are shown on an 8 X 10 ft.
screen. Movies are free and begin at
6:20pm. Refreshments provided.
Not
Rated: 113 minutes: 1963
Often
described as “the best Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made,” Charade stars
Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in a sparkling thriller with overtones of
screwball romantic comedy — or is it the other way around? ---Decent Films
Guide
Stanley
Donen's stylishly elegant, largely entertaining romance-thriller teams Cary
Grant and Audrey Hepburn (then at the height of their careers) for the first
and only time. ---Emanuel Levy
Thursday,
February 19 at 6:20pm
Now,
Voyager remains a highly narcotic, swoon inducing romance in the Bette Davis
canon. ---Slant Magazine
Selected
for Preservation in the National Film Registry in 2007
Not
Rated: 117 minutes: 1942
Thursday,
March 5 at 6:20pm
Each of Bob Hope's "My Favorite" films (My
Favorite Blonde, My Favorite Brunette, My Favorite Spy) was, by accident or
design, a parody of a dead-serious movie genre. 1942's My Favorite Blonde, for
example, was a takeoff of Alfred Hitchcock in general and Hitchcock's 39 Steps
in particular. Two-bit vaudeville entertainer Hope gets mixed up with gorgeous
blonde British-spy Madeline Carroll. Highlights include Hope eluding capture by
impersonating a famed psychologist (watch for Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
as Hope's most contentious "patient"). Madeline Carroll also got
several opportunities to shine comedically, especially when she lapsed into cloying
baby talk while posing as Hope's wife. (Rotten Tomatoes: Movie INFO)
1942: 78 minutes
Thursday, March 19
at 6:20pm
Based upon a
Jane Austen novel, this period romantic comedy depicts the chaos
unintentionally caused by young Emma's attempts to play matchmaker for her
immediate circle. Unfortunately, her plan ends up causing more confusion than
happiness, and Emma herself soon becomes caught in the web of romantic
entanglements. (Rotten Tomatoes: Movie INFO)
2002: Rated PG:
2 hrs.
Thursday, April
2 at 6:20pm
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