Presentation: Quiet, Please! Hollywood Librarians

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Depictions of librarians in feature films include stereotypical tropes as well as positive portrayals. This program of carefully selected scenes provides perspective on the image of librarians – humorous or poignant – throughout a century of cinema. Featuring both favorite and long-forgotten films, including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Shadow of a Doubt, and Desk Set. See Marion the Librarian avoid the advances of The Music Man, Holly Golightly’s first visit to New York Public Library, Bette Davis battle censorship, and “Party Girl” Parker Posey embrace the Dewey Decimal System.