Adult Summer Reading - ‘Who Done It’ Double Feature Tuesdays - 'Laura' (1944)
Tuesday, July 233:00—5:00 PMMeeting RoomHamburg Township Library10411 Merrill Road, Hamburg, MI, 48139
‘Who Done It’ Double Feature Tuesdays
Explore the world of crime capers, hard-boiled detective stories, classic ‘who done its’ and some crime comedy all summer long with Double Feature Tuesdays.
There will be a light dinner offered with beverages and movie snacks between showings. You can come for both films or just one and still make it a ‘Dinner & Movie’ night out.
The featured films are a mix of classic black and white Hollywood films from the 1930s, 40s and 50s for the first showing and the second screening are favorite films (in color) from the 1950s through modern day.
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Laura - Not Rated
Laura is a 1944 American film noir produced and directed by Otto Preminger. It stars Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Clifton Webb along with Vincent Price and Judith Anderson. The screenplay by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Betty Reinhardt is based on the 1943 novel Laura by Vera Caspary. Laura received five nominations for the Academy Awards, including for Best Director, winning for Best Black and White Cinematography.
In 1999, Laura was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The American Film Institute named it one of the 10 best mystery films of all time, and it also appears on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" series
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