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Library Film Series Fall Schedule

Join us each month for a classic film. Films start at 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1. Admission is free.   September 22 To Catch A Thief 1955 Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in the story of a retired burglar who is accused of returning to a life of crime. The …

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Library Film Series Summer & Fall 2023 Schedule

The BYU Library Film Series presents our summer and fall schedule. All films start at 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1. Admission is free.   May 12 Vertigo 1958 Each May we celebrate James Stewart’s birthday. Arrive early, at 6:30, to enjoy a presentation on James Stewart by curator Ben …

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Ice Cream and Elevators: BYU’s First Student Film Restored

Curator Ben Harry Has restored BYU’s first student produced film. In the spring of 1971 several students at Brigham Young University were given the opportunity to make a film. It is a playful campus romance that captures a slice-of-life of BYU campus culture at the time and some of the cherished dating traditions of that …

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Library Film Series

March 10 What’s Up Doc 1972 The film series is expanding our selections into the 1970s with a timely screwball comedy. Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal star. This film features one of the most memorable chase scenes of the era. 94 minutes   April 14 The Robe: The Greatest Story of Love and Faith 1953 …

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January Classic Film: Wait Until Dark

On Friday January 20, The Library Film Series presents Wait Until Dark.     Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna, this 1967 film is a fan favorite. This film earned Hepburn her fifth Academy Award nomination. A blind woman is terrorized by crooks who think she has a doll filled with heroin. 108 …

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Library Film Series Fall 2022

Join us for free classic films every month this fall. All shows with be at 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 of the library.   Friday, September 16 Roman Holiday Audrey Hepburn won a Best Actress Oscar as a young European princess who breaks off an official goodwill tour so …

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Sc-Fi Summer Classic Film Series

The library is celebrating summer with a series of classic films. There will be showtimes at 3:00 and 7:00 pm in the library’s Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium located on level 1. Admission is free. We’re sorry, but no food is allowed in the venue.   June 10 Forbidden Planet 1956 A flying saucer travels faster …

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May 13: Classic film, Rear Window

The library is celebrating James Stewart’s birthday with free screenings of Rear Window. The BYU Library’s Special Collections are the home of James Stewart’s papers.     Considered to be one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best films and nominated for four Academy Awards. Starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. A photographer, confined to a wheelchair while …

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April 1 Film: Restoration Showcase

Curator Ben Harry has taught BYU students how to restore films and Friday night is the world premier for three restored films from very different eras. The Deal As The Twig Is Bent Time Bomb Music Video Enjoy the films and the discussion and reminiscing afterwards. 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1 …

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Winter Film Schedule

The Library Film Series returns this winter with a lineup of classics. All films will be shown in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1. Showtime: 7:00 pm.     No Film in February         Due to circumstances there will not be a film in February. We hope to see the films …

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