BATH — The celebration of Paramount Pictures’ 100th anniversary continues at Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., on Tuesday, Oct. 16, with 1962’s “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” at 6:30 p.m in the Community Room.
Together for the first time, James Stewart and John Wayne star in the masterpiece of four-time Academy Award-winner John Ford. The supporting cast includes Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O’Brien, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Woody Strode, Strother Martin and Lee Van Cleef. In 2007, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant,” a news release said.
Ranking with “Stagecoach” as one of the greatest of its genre, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” is the modern-day western to beat all westerns. John Ford, whose very name is synonymous with “westerns,” directed the ideal cast.
Jimmy Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid the fair village of Shinbone of its number one nuisance and bad man: Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin).
And as if all that weren’t enough, the biggest star that ever aimed a six-shooter plays the “man” of the title: John Wayne. Super sincere Stewart and rugged rancher Wayne also share the same love interest (Vera Miles). One gets the gunman, but the other gets the girl.
Refreshments will be served.
For information, call 443-5141.
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