Christmas movies at Thomaston Public Library

Wed, 11/26/2014 - 1:15pm

    THOMASTON — The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library presents ‘Friday Night Movie Series’ at 6:30 p.m. each Friday.

    December 5: White Christmas

    1954 NR 120 minutes

    White Christmas is a treasury of early Berlin classics. Two talented song and dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up to be one of the hottest acts in show business. They join forces with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) to perform in Vermont at an Inn run by their old army general. The result is stuff dreams are made of.

    December 12: The Bishop’s Wife

    1947 NR 109 minutes

    Bells are ringing, choirs are singing, and Christmas joy is in the air. The yule-tide spirit has yet to warm the home of Bishop Henry Brougham, however. Trying to raise funds for a new cathedral, the preoccupied young clergyman has neglected his young wife, and only divine intervention can save his marriage. But the powerful and handsome angel has a mind of his own. Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven.

    December 19: Holiday Affair

    1949 87 minutes

    Janet Leigh stars as Connie Ennis, a young widowed mother who has an unfortunate first encounter with department store clerk Steve Mason (Robert Mitchum), inadvertently causing him to get fired just before Christmas. Despite the mishap, Steve takes Connie on a date, much to the chagrin of her better-established suitor, Carl, but much to the delight of her young son, Timmy, who would much prefer Steve as a stepdad, rather than Carl.

    December 26: It’s A Wonderful Life

    1946 132 minutes

    Frank Capra's adaptation of the short story, The Greatest Gift, stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a good man who's spent a lifetime giving up on his dreams in order to keep life in his small town humming. When a guardian angel named Clarence finds a despondent George poised to jump off a bridge, he shows George what life would've been like had he never been born. Donna Reed co-stars as his wife. The film was nominated for five Oscars.