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...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Dance, Fools, Dance To Be Shown Wednesday, August 13th at Scranton Public Library

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The 1931 Joan Crawford classic Dance, Fools, Dance , which centered on the murder of a reporter named Bert Scranton , will be screened at ...
Thursday, May 08, 2014

Face the Music: A Life Exposed by Paul Stanley (2014)

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In April 2014, Paul Stanley published his autobiography Face the Music: A Life Exposed .  Stanley is the last of the four original memb...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Nothin' To Lose: The Making of KISS, 1972-1975 by Ken Sharp with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons (2013)

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On Monday, September 16th, 1974, Wilkes-Barre became a part of the beginning of KISStory as the legendary band ( being inducted int...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Dance, Fools, Dance Available To Borrow on DVD

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The 1931 Pre-Code classic Dance, Fools, Dance (featuring the first pairing of Joan Crawford and Clark Gable ) is now available to borrow ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The Front (1976)

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In one of only a handful of films he appeared in that he did not direct, acclaimed filmmaker Woody Allen stars in the 1976 comedy/drama...
Monday, January 13, 2014

The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani (2012)

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Your truly with author Adriana Trigiani following her lecture in Scranton on April 18th, 2013. My wonderful colleague and fellow a...
Saturday, October 05, 2013

Dear Mom, Love Cher (2013)

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Georgina Holt (86 year-old mother of Cher): "We got down to twenty cents, I remember that, and I said, 'Johnny, this will buy ...
Thursday, October 03, 2013

Night Film by Marisha Pessl (2013)

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Since late Spring, Entertainment Weekly has been generating a lot of buzz about Marisha Pessl's second novel titled Night Fil...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Jason X (2001); Yup, Even A Friday the 13th Movie Has A Scranton Reference

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  I've seen every Friday the 13th movie numerous times, but I have NEVER noticed the Scranton reference in 2001's Jason X ...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Miracle of the Bells Available To Borrow on DVD and Blu-Ray; Features Numerous References to Wilkes-Barre and Nanticoke

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The 1948 classic film The Miracle of the Bells , starring Fred MacMurray , (Alida) Valli and Frank Sinatra , is available for the firs...
Monday, August 19, 2013

The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane by Kelly Harms (2013)

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My dear friend and fellow avid reader Michele L. came upon a Scranton reference in her summer reading. Kelly Harm's debut novel ...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Author Sebastian Junger To Speak in Scranton Thursday, October 3rd; Referenced Scranton in His Book "War"

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The 2013 selection for the Matthew F. Flynn Library Lecture Series American Masters Lecture is Sebastian Junger ,  the bestselling au...