Western Film Series @ Williamsburg Library Theatre

The classic 1939 John Ford-directed film “Stagecoach” kicks off a three-month long Western Film Series presented by the College of William and Mary and co-sponsored by Williamsburg Regional Library. Films will be shown Sundays at 2 p.m. with a repeat on Mondays at 6 p.m. Half of the films will be shown in various locations on the W&M campus, with the rest being screened at the Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland Street. All screenings are free and open to the public. Students in a William and Mary American Studies course, “The Western and the American West in Literature and Film”, will introduce films and lead post-screening discussions. The first film in the series, “Stagecoach,” which stars John Wayne in what was his breakthrough role, will be shown Sunday, August 30 at 2 p.m. with the repeat showing on Monday, August 31 at 6 p.m., both in the Williamsburg Library Theatre. For more information, and a list of all the films and screening locations, visit www.wrl.org/programs or call (757) 259-4070. Other films to be shown in the series, and their screening locations, are: Sunday, September 13, 2 p.m. & Monday, September 14, 6 p.m. both days at Williamsburg Library Theatre – “The Toll Gate” (1920) and “Sky High” (1922) Sunday, September 20, 2 p.m. & Monday, September 21, 6 p.m. both days at Williamsburg Library Theatre – “The Vanishing American” (1925) Sunday, September 27, 2 p.m. (Washington Hall 201 on the W&M campus) & Monday, September 28, 6 p.m. (Williamsburg Library Theatre) – “The Oxbow Incident” (1943). Sunday, October 4, 2 p.m. & Monday, October 5, 6 p.m. both days at Washington Hall 201 on the W&M campus. – “My Darling Clementine” (1946) and “Red River” (1948). Wednesday, October 14, 6 p.m., at Washington Hall 201 on the W&M campus – “Johnny Guitar” (1954) Sunday, October 18, 2 p.m. & Monday, October 19, 6 p.m., both days at Washington Hall 201 on the W&M campus – “The Misfits” (1961) Sunday, October 25, 2 p.m. & Monday, October 26, 6 p.m. both days at Williamsburg Library Theatre – “McCabe and Mrs. Miller” (1971) Sunday, November 1, 2 p.m. & Monday, November 2, 6 p.m., both days at Washington Hall 201 on the W&M campus – “The Unforgiven” (1992) Sunday, November 8, 2 p.m. & Monday, November 9, 6 p.m., both days at Washington Hall 201 on the W&M campus – “Smoke Signals” (1998) Sunday, November 15, 2 p.m. (Blow Memorial Hall 332 on W&M campus) & Monday, November 16, 6 p.m. (Williamsburg Library Theatre) – “Dead Man” (1995) Sunday, November 22, 2 p.m. (Blow Memorial Hall 332 on W&M campus) & Monday, November 23, 6 p.m. (Williamsburg Library Theatre) - “Brokeback Mountain” (2005) Sunday, November 29, 2 p.m. (Williamsburg Library Theatre) & Monday, November 30, 6 p.m. (Blow Memorial Hall 332 on W&M campus) – “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (2007)

[End Date: November 30, 2009] weekly on Sunday and Monday Sunday showings at 2 p.m.; Monday at 6 p.m.

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