Thursday Movies@Main

Dates and Times for this Past Event

• Thursday, Feb 23, 2023  6:30 - 8 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb 16, 2023  6:30 - 8 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb 9, 2023  6:30 - 8 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb 2, 2023  6:30 - 8 p.m.

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Unconventional Romance on the Screen
Movies on the big screen every Thursday at 6:30 pm. Relax and enjoy classics or recent blockbusters in Main Library’s auditorium. No registration is required. Free parking on weekdays after 6 pm.

February 2, 6:30 pm: All That Heaven Allows (1955) Douglas Sirk's Technicolor romance, with Jane Wyman as a bored widow who falls for her younger gardener, Rock Hudson, and the couple face family and community disapproval, 89 min.

February 9, 6:30 pm: Love Me Tonight (1932) A musical tour-de-force (with songs by Rodgers & Hart) with Maurice Chevalier as a tailor mistaken for an aristocrat who finds himself falling for princess Jeanette McDonald.

February 16, 6:30 pm: Harold and Maude (1971) The cult classic directed by Hal Ashby, with Bud Cort as the young, death-obsessed prankster and the irrepressible Ruth Gordon as the force of nature he meets at a funeral. On the National Film Registry, the Cat Stevens songs will stick with you for days! PG, 91 min.

February 23, 6:30 pm: Design for Living (1933) The Lubitsch charm wins again, with Gary Cooper, Fredric March, and Miriam Hopkins as a trio who decide to live together platonically since she cannot decide between both the men who love her. Based on a Noel Coward play, with support from favorites Edward Everett Horton and Franklin Pangborn, 91 min.

 

Get your parking validation ticket at the Security Desk and then relax in Main Library's 400-seat auditorium.

Contact the Culture & AV Division at 330.643.9015 or cadiv@akronlibrary.org for more information.