Great Director Film Series

This new film series will run first Wednesday afternoons every other month from 1:00-3:30pm at Appleton Public Library's lower level meeting room. View the work of five Oscar-winning directors. Elizabeth Eisen, Community Services Librarian and Mark Harris, Independent Scholar of Film will facilitate an introduction to each director and film with an optional stay & chat session following each film. Elizabeth is an avid film buff and has hosted Appleton Public Library's Fall Film Festival for over ten years. Mark first studied film as an American Studies major at Yale University. After graduation, he wrote professional film criticism for a few years. He received a Master of Arts degree from Boston University. He has taught high school and college level courses.

Great Director Film Series 2004 Schedule

March 3rd
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
Director: Frank Capra-115 minutes
Stars: Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur
Longfellow Deeds (Cooper) lives a small town sort of life until a wealthy relative dies and leaves him a fortune. After he moves to the big city Deeds meets up with Babe Bennett (Arthur), a hotshot newspaper reporter who poses as a damsel in distress.

May 5th
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Director: John Huston-126 minutes
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, and Tim Holt
Dobbs (Bogart) and Curtin (Holt) meet in Mexico and work for a contractor. They are taken to a remote site and told they will be paid when the job is finished. After completing the job, the contractor sets off for the hills with the two men. Will they safely return?

July 7th
On the Waterfront (1954)
Director: Elia Kazan-108 minutes
Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, and Rod Steiger
Terry Malloy (Brando) has dreams of being a prizefighter while running errands for Johnny Friendly (Cobb). Terry witnesses a murder by two thugs and feels responsible when he meets the dead man's sister.

September 1st
The Graduate (1967)
Mike Nichols-106 minutes
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katherine Ross
College track star Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman), is tired of being the "golden boy" for his parents friends so he embarks upon an affair with the wife of his father's boss. He discovers he is yet another tool to ease middle-aged insecurity.

November 3rd
Annie Hall (1977)
Woody Allen-93 minutes
Stars: Woody Allen and Diane Keaton
Romantic adventures of a neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer (Allen) and his ditsy girlfriend Annie Hall (Keaton). The film traces their relationship from their first meeting and serves as an interesting exploration of love during the 1970s.

The series is free and open to the general public. Registration is not required. Contact Community Services for further information at 832-1695.