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It’s an Adventure!
The trailer pretty much sums up Rome Adventure (1962): Suzanne is a librarian who breaks with her stuffy New England background to live this… ‘Rome Adventure’! Suzanne Pleshette plays Prudence Bell, an...
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Follow the leader
I’m still on the librarian-image-has-a-deeper-meaning kick (see last week’s post on theories behind — hee hee — the anal-retentiveness of reel librarian portrayals). Now let’s explore more about the...
View ArticleBooks and book-burning in ‘Fahrenheit 451’
I recently rewatched the 1966 film version of Fahrenheit 451, directed by French New Wave director Francois Truffaut and starring Julie Christie in a dual role and Oscar Werner as Montag, the fireman...
View ArticleParthenon of banned books in Germany
I recently came across this story in my Facebook feed, an article entitled “‘Parthenon’ made of books built at site of Nazi book burning,” published in a German online news site. Argentine artist Marta...
View ArticleA list of banned reel librarian movies
Banned Books Week, as described on ALA’s site, is “an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to...
View ArticleReader poll write-up, Spring 2017: ‘Teenage Mother’
"That book has never appeared in this library and never will, as long as I’m here."
View ArticleBanned books in ‘Beautiful Creatures’
"We have twelve churches and one library, with more banned books than books to read."
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