They Slept in Great Neck - Great Neck Park District

“They Slept in Great Neck”
Film Festival Schedule
The Great Neck Library, the Great Neck Historical Society and the Great Neck Park District
are co-sponsoring the film festival, “They Slept in Great Neck”, to commemorate the artistic
contributions of film stars, writers, and directors who lived in Great Neck.
Films will be shown on selected Monday and Wednesday evenings
July and August 2011 at 7pm
Great Neck Library – Community Room
Monday, July 11th – A DAY AT THE RACES
Actors: Groucho Marx* and Douglas Dumbrille*
Wednesday, July 13th - ANYTHING GOES
From the play by Guy Bolton* and P.G. Wodehouse*
Monday, July 18th – WHY CHANGE YOUR
Actor: Thomas Meighan*
WIFE?
Wednesday, July 20th – SOUP TO NUTS
Original Screenplay and dialogue: Rube Goldberg*
Wednesday , July 27th – INHERIT THE WIND
Actors: Fredric March * and Florence Eldridge March*
Monday, August 1st – WHERE’S
Actor: George Segal*
POPPA?
Wednesday, August 3rd – TUCKER: THE MAN and HIS DREAM
Writer: David Seidler* and Director: Francis Ford Coppola*
Join us and guest speakers as we go back in history – discussion, facts and trifles will precede
each film showing. Enjoy the talents of the men and women who made Great Neck a center of
creativity and helped put Great Neck on the map of the entertainment world.
*Lived in Great Neck
** Festival film titles are all available in the Great Neck Library dvd circulating collection.
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Great Neck Library - 159 Bayview Avenue - Great Neck, NY 11023 - www.greatnecklibrary.org
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