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See movies on the big screen every Thursday at 6:30 pm. Relax and enjoy classics or recent blockbusters in Main Library’s auditorium. Free parking on weekdays after 6 pm. No registration is required.
It's Screwball September! Laugh and enjoy these comedies from the '30s & '40s.
Sept. 1, 6:30 pm: My Favorite Wife (1940)
As Cary Grant prepares to remarry, his wife (Irene Dunne) who was presumed dead seven years after a shipwreck, is rescued, along with Randolph Scott, her desert island companion. Confusion and hilarity ensue. 88 min.
Sept. 8, 6:30 pm: Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Herbert Marshall woos Kay Francis as he and Miriam Hopkins conspire to swipe her possessions as well as her heart. The Lubitsch charm is on full display! 83 min.
Sept, 15, 6:30 pm: Twentieth Century (1934)
John Barrymore and Carole Lombard display their best comic form as a tempestuous star and director taking a cross-country train trip. 91 min.
Sept. 22, 6:30 pm: If You Could Only Cook (1935)
Jean Arthur mistakes tycoon Herbert Marshall for an unemployed butler when she spies him on a park bench and convinces him to join her as a servant couple to mobsters Leo Carillo and Lionel Stander. 72 min.
Sept. 29, 6:30 pm: Breakfast for Two (1937)
Bankrupt playboy Herbert Marshall is rescued by nice girl Barbara Stanwyck who tries to reform his wild ways. 67 min.
Check out our digital media collection for thousands of free movie and television streaming titles.
Contact the Culture & AV division at 330-643-9015 or cadiv@akronlibrary.org for more information.
AGE GROUP: | Tween | Teen | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Movies |
TAGS: | screwball comedies | Romantic Films | Miriam Hopkins | Kay Francis | John Barrymore | Jean Arthur | Irene Dunne | Herbert Marshall | Golden Age of Hollywood | Comedy Films | Cary Grant | Carole Lombard | Barbara Stanwyck | 1930's films |
Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.
Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.
Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.
Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.
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