Cool Off With Classic Movies At NSB Library

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New Smyrna Beach, FL-Watch “Key Largo” and other favorite classics during the “Cool

Off with a Classic Movie” series at the New Smyrna Beach Regional

Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway, in August.

The free movies will be shown at 1 p.m. Wednesdays in the library

auditorium.

·  “Rebecca”: Aug. 2. A young woman marries a wealthy widower

and moves into his estate, where she is disturbed by the spectral

influence of his late wife, Rebecca. Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine

star. 130 minutes.

· “Key Largo”: Aug. 9. A returning World War II veteran has

lost the will to fight ... until he arrives at a rundown hotel in Key

Largo. There a mobster holes up against a raging storm, holding the

veteran, the hotel owner and the owner's widowed daughter-in-law at

gunpoint. Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall and Lionel

Barrymore star. 101 minutes.

·  “Shop Around the Corner”: Aug. 16. Bickering coworkers in a

Budapest gift shop doesn't realize they’re lonely-heart pen pals.

Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart star. 99 minutes.

· “His Girl Friday”: Aug. 23. An unscrupulous newspaper editor

uses every dirty trick in the book to keep his ace reporter/ex-wife from

retiring and remarrying. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell star. 92

minutes.

· “Palm Beach Story”: Aug. 30. Meet Tom and Gerry, a married

New York couple who are on the skids, both financially and romantically.

With Tom hot on her trail, Gerry leaves for Florida to solve their money

troubles, which she accomplishes in a highly unorthodox

manner. Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea star. 88 minutes.

Reservations are not required. For more information, call the library

at 386-424-2910, option 4.

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