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Catch a Classic

Classic Movies at the Library
2025-01-21 13:00:00 2025-01-21 15:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Catch a Classic Enjoy films from Hollywood's Golden Era to the 1970s. University Place - University Place Large Meeting Room

Tuesday, January 21
1:00pm - 3:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-21 13:00:00 2025-01-21 15:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Catch a Classic Enjoy films from Hollywood's Golden Era to the 1970s. University Place - University Place Large Meeting Room

University Place

University Place Large Meeting Room

Enjoy films from Hollywood's Golden Era to the 1970s.

Join us for a series of classic films from the 1930s through the 1970s. For January - March, the films will be Academy Award winners.  

  • Tuesday, January 21, It Happened One Night (1934)
    • Frank Capra's classic about a spoiled heiress on the lam from her father, and the gruff reporter who hooks up with her as they travel northward, engage in a series of misadventures and begin to fall for each other. The first film to sweep all five major Oscars: Best Picture, Director (Capra), Screenplay (Robert Riskin), Actor (Clark Gable) and Actress (Claudette Colbert).
    • Rated: TV-G
    • Runtime: 105 minutes
    • Studio: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.

  • Tuesday, February 18, Rebecca (1940)
    • Alfred Hitchcock directed this Oscar-winning Daphne du Maurier story of a marriage haunted by the aura of the husband's dead first wife.
    • Rated: TV-PG
    • Runtime: 130 minutes
    • Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

  • Tuesday, March 18, The Sting (1973)
    • Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as Depression-era con men out to fool a big-time criminal in this Best Picture Oscar winner.
    • Rated: PG
    • Runtime: 129 minutes
    • Studio: Universal Pictures

AGE GROUP: | Seniors (55+) | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Activities & Games |

University Place
Phone: 253-548-3307
Hours
We're closed Monday January 20 due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mon, Jan 20 Closed
(Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Tue, Jan 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jan 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jan 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jan 24 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jan 25 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Jan 26 10:00AM to 5:00PM
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Upcoming events

Catch a Classic - Classic Movies at the Library
Tue, Jan 21, 1:00pm - 3:30pm
University Place Large Meeting Room
Enjoy films from Hollywood's Golden Era to the 1970s.
Baby Story Time - Come Play and Learn!
Wed, Jan 22, 10:30am - 11:15am
University Place Large Meeting Room
Join in with your child and enjoy books, action rhymes, knee bounces, songs and more. 
Toddler Story Time - Come Play and Learn!
Thu, Jan 23, 10:30am - 11:30am
University Place Large Meeting Room
Enjoy simple picture books, songs, fingerplays and movement games.
Legal Help Pop-Up - Drop-in Legal Assistance from Tacomaprobono
Thu, Jan 23, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
University Place Large Meeting Room
Drop-in information and legal assistance from experts at Tacomaprobono who will answer basic legal family law questions and eviction prevention assistance from Pierce County Human Services.
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