Christmas Film Screening
Join us at Naas Library & Cultural Centre as we celebrate the history of cinema with a season of monthly film screenings. This programme is curated by our own (also author/film historian) Wayne Byrne in honour of our premises’ past as the Naas Town Hall Cinema, with a series of films programmed from the era in which the building operated as a popular picture house from 1902 to 1940. One Friday per month we will screen feature films released across those four decades, from silent epics to early talkies, from musicals to comedies, crime to horror, adventures to westerns.
On Friday December 20th at 12.00 PM we will be screening a perennial festive favourite, Frank Capra’s 1946 masterpiece It’s a Wonderful Life. James Stewart plays George Bailey, a smalltown man with big dreams of academia and a fierce wanderlust. However, when unfortunate familial circumstances mean George must abandon his grand plans in order to run the family business, the Bailey Brothers Building and Loan, he has to grudgingly accept his fate of a life in community service to Bedford Falls. As the years roll by George endures financial and personal challenges which make him become disillusioned and suicidal. But his guardian angel Clarence will show him what life in Bedford Falls would be like without George Bailey.
So, come along for some seasonal Capracorn and celebrate the history of Cinema and the legacy of the Town Hall with this rare opportunity to see It’s a Wonderful Life on the big screen.
Join us for tea and coffee before the feature presentation!