Category: Albright Memorial Library

Albright Memorial Library will be kicking off its Pre-Code Classic Film Series on Thursday, April 2nd at 6 PM with a hilarious comedy double feature.

The risque 1933 comedy Meet the Baron, starring Jack Pearl and Jimmy Durante, will screen at 6 PM.  In Meet the Baron, a couple of bungling idiots (Jimmy Durante and Jack Pearl) are abandoned in the deep jungles of Africa by Baron Munchhausen. When a rescue team searching for the lost Baron stumble across the pair, they mistake Pearl for the missing Baron, and take the two of them back to America–where they receive a hero’s welcome and cause havoc of epic proportions.  Meet the Baron also features a rare Pre-Code appearance by The Three Stooges (billed here as Ted Healy and His Stooges) as three crazy janitors.

Following Meet the Baron, the 1932 legendary comedy Red-Headed Woman starring Jean Harlow will screen at 7:15 PM.  In Red-Headed Woman, an ambitious and sexy young secretary attempts to sleep her way into high society, starting with her married boss (Chester Morris).

Early birds will be treated to It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown at 5:30 PM.

The Classic Pre-Code film series is being sponsored by The Friends of Scranton Public Library, who are also generously providing refreshments.

All screenings in the Pre-Code Classic Film Series are free with your library card, but seating is limited and registration is strongly suggested.

For more information, or to register, please contact Bill at (570) 348-3000, x3008 or email bcronauer@albright.org; you may also click here to register online.

The Pre-Code Classic film series will continue throughout April on Thursdays at 7 PM (with the exception of the April 9th screening of Madam Satan at 6:30 PM) in the Community Room (basement of Lackawanna County Children’s Library).

Dress for Success Lackawanna invites you to join the Going Places Network by the Walmart Foundation at the Albright Memorial Library.

The Going Places Network by the Walmart Foundation, a program of Dress for Success Lackawanna, is free of charge and open to women who are seeking employment. In a few short weeks, participants will be able to successfully navigate the following:

• Job search activities
• Professional resume development
• Professional cover letter development
• Interview skills
• Networking skills

Workshops will meet on Thursdays starting on Thursday, April 2nd at the Albright Memorial
Library from 9:15-11:30 a.m.

To learn more or to enroll in the next 7-week program, please contact the Program Coordinator at:
Dress for Success Lackawanna
431 N. 7th Ave., Suite B
Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503
(570)941-0339
LackawannaCountyGPN@dressforsuccess.org

The Albright Memorial Library’s Reference Department has a printed copy of the proposed revised Act 47 recovery plan for the City of Scranton.  Please ask at the Reference Desk to review our copy.  A digital copy can be accessed via this link. 

Beginning Thursday, April 2nd, Albright Memorial Library will be presenting a weekly classic film series dedicated to classic movies of the Pre-Code era.  This series of six classic films — starring legendary actors such as Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Paul Muni, and The Three Stooges in some of their greatest and most controversial films of their careers — will be shown in the Community Room, located in the basement of the Lackawanna County Children’s Library.

In 1930, Hollywood adopted a Production Code to self-regulate the contents of its films; HOWEVER, it wasn’t fully enforced until 1934.  These four years produced some of the most shocking and provocative films ever made — murderers went free, adultery was flaunted, promiscuity was celebrated, and guilt was frivolous.  This library film series celebrates some of the best movies of the Pre-Code era.

Thursday, April 2nd at 6 PM (SPECIAL TIME) — MEET THE BARON (1933) starring Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante and The Three Stooges, followed by RED-HEADED WOMAN (1932) starring Jean Harlow at 7:15 PM

Thursday, April 9th at 6:30 PM (SPECIAL TIME) — MADAM SATAN (1930) directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Thursday, April 16th at 7 PM — PENTHOUSE (1933) starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy

Thursday, April 23rd at 7 PM — I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932) starring Paul Muni

Thursday, April 30th at 7 PM — FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933) starring James Cagney and Joan Blondell

The Classic Pre-Code film series is being sponsored by The Friends of Scranton Public Library, who are also generously providing refreshments.

All films are free with your Lackawanna County Library Card; however, seating is limited and registration is strongly suggested.

You may register online to attend any film in the series by clicking here or by clicking any of the film titles listed above.

For more information, or to register by phone, please call Bill at (570) 348-3000, x3008 or email Bill by clicking here.

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