The cinema is not a slice of life... it is a piece of cake. --Alfred Hitchcock

Presented by the Auburn Library, the movies are shown at 1, 4, and 7:30 p.m. in the Beecher Room of the library, 350 Nevada St. in Auburn. Silver Screen began as a project of the Auburn Arts Commission in 1996, and became independent in 1999. In 2008, the Library adopted the program. It's a labor of love -- a lot of work, and a lot of fun. It's the only way to see these movies on a big screen in Auburn. The series would be impossible without the help of many in the community -- especially Mary George, Director of Library Services for Placer County; Vance Sauter of Golden Triangle Publications; Don Rushton; and Rhonda and Katie Apicella, Barbara Gerletti-Weiss, Joanna Jones, Margaret Ravo, kW Rice, Dottie Trumble, Sharon Watson-Hamilton, Bonnie and Walt Wilson, and Linda Yaffe. Thanks very much.

For information, e-mail rushton@suddenlink.net   And if you're interested in learning more about the classic movies Silver Screen has scheduled for 2012 -- or other classic movies -- these books offer wonderful information: Romantic Comedy by James Harvey Filmgoer's Companion by Leslie Halliwell (any edition, and anything by Halliwell) The New Biographical Dictionary of Film by David Thomson (investigate anything by Thomson) Screwball by Ed Sikov Who the Devil Made It and Who The Hell's In It, both by Peter Bogdanovich The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz    This is in addition to the usual suspects -- Pauline Kael, Leonard Maltin, and Roger Ebert    Or investigate these websites. Both the books and the websites are great resources --  and they're just the beginning!

Internet Movie Database The Greatest Films   Roger Ebert's Greatest Movies About Classic Movies Welcome to Silent Movies Turner Classic Movies Reel Classics National Film Registry

The movie’s 60 years old but you still remember the way it made you feel, and who you were with, the first time you saw it. Or you have a favorite Humphrey Bogart line that you can’t get out of your head. Or you’ve just discovered a star who lived and died long before you even learned to walk -- and you find that you just love those classic movies from that golden age. Silver Screen has shown these movies since 1996: 1996 Casablanca 1997 Twentieth Century Strangers on a Train A Night at the Opera Morocco The Philadelphia Story The Big Sleep Adam's Rib On the Waterfront The Women 1998 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Gold Rush An American In Paris His Girl Friday The Letter Trouble in Paradise Angels with Dirty Faces Unfaithfully Yours Double Indemnity The Importance of Being Earnest Miracle in Milan My Man Godfrey 1999 Red River Duck Soup Lady from Shanghai The Adventures of Robin Hood Horse Feathers Mr. Smith Goes to Washington It Happened One Night Arsenic and Old Lace Stagecoach Holiday All about Eve 2000 Notorious Gunga Din Top Hat A Day at the Races The Bridge on the River Kwai Red Dust It’s a Gift Son of the Sheik Libeled Lady My Darling Clementine Some Like it Hot Beau Geste 2001 State of the Union The Lady Eve Camille Bringing Up Baby Mutiny on the Bounty Mr. Deeds Goes to Town The Thin Man Road to Morocco Rebecca The Awful Truth Sunset Boulevard Meet Me In St. Louis 2002 The Apartment The Maltese Falcon Midnight To Kill a Mockingbird The Palm Beach Story Rear Window Nothing Sacred Brief Encounter Torrid Zone To Have and Have Not Love Me Tonight The Third Man 2003 Harvey The Shop Around the Corner Counselor at Law To Be or Not To Be Laura The Miracle of Morgan's Creek In the Heat of the Night You Can't Take It With You Sunrise Tight Little Island Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde North by Northwest 2004 The African Queen Ruggles of Red Gap Gaslight Monkey Business Now, Voyager After the Thin Man Born Yesterday Only Angels Have Wings Sullivan's Travels Lost Horizon Road to Rio Singin' in the Rain 2005 Dinner at Eight Scarface Dr. Strangelove Foreign Correspondent The General Talk of the Town Casablanca Here Comes Mr. Jordan The Sea Hawk Things to Come The Best Years of Our Lives The Music Man 2006 Roman Holiday A Streetcar Named Desire Cluny Brown Love Crazy Dawn Patrol Kings Row Yankee Doodle Dandy Spiral Staircase Stage Door Les Miserables The Odd Couple Anatomy of a Murder 2007 Psycho Ninotchka Shane The Mouse that Roared I Remember Mama Hail the Conquering Hero The Lion in Winter 12 Angry Men Destry Rides Again Night of the Hunter The Farmer's Daughter The Court Jester 2008 My Favorite Wife Phantom of the Opera 42nd Street Key Largo Captain Blood Dark Victory The Lavender Hill Mob The 39 Steps Woman of the Year Invasion of the Body Snatchers The More the Merrier Pride and Prejudice 2009 The Women Dodsworth City Lights The Killers The Clock Stalag 17 I Love You Again Witness for the Prosecution Private Lives The Ox-Bow Incident The Band Wagon Citizen Kane   2010 Beauty and the Beast Easy Living The Stranger Murder, He Says Pat and Mike  The Caine Mutiny The Mark of Zorro Topper The Grapes of Wrath Steamboat Bill, Jr. The Hunchback of Notre Dame Show Boat   2011 Suspicion Design for Living Winchester '73 My Man Godfrey White Heat The Man Who Never Was A Midsummer Night's Dream The Seven Year Itch The Sea Wolf So This Is Paris King Kong Broadway Melody of 1940 Home January-April May-August September-December Back to Top