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Let’s all go to the lobby
I was so happy when I came across this set of lobby cards — an old form of advertising — for one of the best all-time librarian films, Desk Set (1957), starring the Grande Dame of reel librarians,...
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Bon Voyage to the Ship’s Librarian
Bon Voyage! (1962) is a Disney comedy about a typical all-American family who set sail on a “dream” vacation to Europe. Mishaps ensue. Side note: Isn’t ensue a fun word? In an early scene on the...
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The shush heard ’round the world
The Good Companions (1933), adapted from J. B. Priestley‘s novel of the same name, tells a story of three wayward souls finding their way to a variety troupe called the “Dinky Doos” (no, I do not make...
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Woof! Beware of librarian
Woof! (1989) details the comic adventures of an English boy, Eric (played by Edward Fidoe), who turns into a dog — a Norfolk terrior, to be exact — whenever his nose starts twitching. The movie,...
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He’s… Conan the Librarian!
Never before in the history of motion pictures has there been a screen presence so commanding, so powerful, so deadly. He’s… Conan the Librarian! I haven’t featured that many male reel librarians so...
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Are you not entertained?!
Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970) is a film adaptation of Joe Orton’s play of the same name. I didn’t know anything about Joe Orton before I watched Prick Up Your Ears (1987), a biopic of his life and...
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Comparing two desk sets (and I don’t mean furniture)
Yes, it’s obvious by now that Desk Set (1957) ranks as one of my favorite librarian films (see here, here, here and here), with some of my favorite reel librarian characters ever. Of course, I would...
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Not your typical Last Supper
The Last Supper (1995) focuses on five liberal grad students, rooming together in a big Iowa farmhouse. Smugly proud of their forward-thinking ways, they nonetheless find themselves succumbing to...
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Love in the stacks
In this oddball of a film, I Love You to Death (1990), loyal Italian-American Rosalie (Tracey Ullman) blinds herself at first to the philandering ways of her husband, Joey (Kevin Kline). No spoiler...
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That touch of mistaken identity
In the comedy That Touch of Mink (1962), a rich business man (Cary Grant) and a young woman (Doris Day) begin a relationship — but she wants marriage while he wants only an affair. In one hilarious...
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