Thursday, April 19, 2018

Paper Towns (2015)

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A brief reference to Scranton is featured towards the end of the 2015 film Paper Towns , based on the bestselling YA novel by John Gre...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Book: Outrageous! Monologues and the Odd Scene by Charles Busch (2017)

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Meeting my favorite writer.  Playwright/actor Charles Busch and me following a performance of his play The Divine Sister February 13,...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Book: Teen Idol on the Rocks: A Tale of Second Chances by Bobby Rydell (2016)

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Legendary singer Bobby Rydell stopped by our very own Library Express on Saturday, August 26th , 2017 to meet fans and sign copies o...
Monday, July 03, 2017

Book: Theft By Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris (2017)

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p.463-464 October 20, 2001 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania "Where do I start with Wilkes-Barre ?My hotel is located on the to...
Tuesday, February 02, 2016

The Facts of Life (Season 3, Episode 16)

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"The Four Musketeers" is episode 16 of the third season of the classic 1980s sitcom The Facts of Life , and it features a brief ...
Monday, December 08, 2014

It Happened One Night (1934)

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One of the first and best-loved "screwball comedies," Frank Capra 's 1934 classic It Happened One Night features a r...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

The Ghost Breakers (1940) Available To Borrow From Library; Features Scranton Reference

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The 1940 horror-comedy The Ghost Breakers is now available to borrow on DVD from Scranton Public Library.  The film features a brief ref...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson (2013)

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Local references related to legendary actress Barbara Stanwyck are numerous on this blog, from movies like Remember the Night and ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Out of the Furnace (2013)

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My dear friend and colleague Anna Kilcullen recently told me about a passing reference to Scranton in the critically-acclaimed 2013 movie...
Monday, July 14, 2014

The Purge (2013)

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One of the things I really love about doing this blog is the fact that eagle-eyed movie fans like Eric Drago pick up on local references...
Saturday, July 12, 2014

Lady of Burlesque (1943) Available To Borrow on DVD From Library

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The 1943 classic film Lady of Burlesque , starring Barbara Stanwyck , is now available to borrow on DVD from Scranton Public Library .  Ba...
Monday, June 30, 2014

The English Teacher (2013)

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Released in 2013, The English Teacher is a dark comedy about a single English teacher from Kingston, Pennsylvania who helps a former stu...