Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-e2WPlio38Q@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260514T210000Z DTEND:20260514T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-y43BNbDPY7@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260521T210000Z DTEND:20260521T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-HQB4iGjRcH@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260528T210000Z DTEND:20260528T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-FIjiBcRD5b@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260604T210000Z DTEND:20260604T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-QyrDrKJbSF@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260611T210000Z DTEND:20260611T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-Img5gutBhw@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260618T210000Z DTEND:20260618T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-HAn77K27tU@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260625T210000Z DTEND:20260625T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-ebZtQNjiGi@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260702T210000Z DTEND:20260702T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-GMeCapualV@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260709T210000Z DTEND:20260709T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-18iJAIerpm@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260716T210000Z DTEND:20260716T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-zkotiQquIC@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260723T210000Z DTEND:20260723T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-y1hQIVTo6g@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260806T210000Z DTEND:20260806T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-PmxFRGmBO9@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260813T210000Z DTEND:20260813T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-OuYHoL0nRo@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260820T210000Z DTEND:20260820T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-zJUtoDemuD@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260827T210000Z DTEND:20260827T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-5h7jIGBWZA@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260903T210000Z DTEND:20260903T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-52srEoFqpJ@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260910T210000Z DTEND:20260910T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-mm9n4atxcJ@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260917T210000Z DTEND:20260917T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-uR1wOXglHj@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20260924T210000Z DTEND:20260924T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-X2CZAzFkhV@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261001T210000Z DTEND:20261001T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-nN134L31vo@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261008T210000Z DTEND:20261008T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-Jrtm7MrlYA@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261015T210000Z DTEND:20261015T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-axB2nHLLv7@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261022T210000Z DTEND:20261022T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-7Ka8LSEWbV@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261029T210000Z DTEND:20261029T234500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-ScxRX9cwaY@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261105T220000Z DTEND:20261106T004500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-QVrNx6zXBE@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261112T220000Z DTEND:20261113T004500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-mAfTVTSYK3@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261119T220000Z DTEND:20261120T004500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-ern0hN5aac@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261203T220000Z DTEND:20261204T004500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-eIFks5NBy3@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261210T220000Z DTEND:20261211T004500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/movie-memories-and-milestones -2026/event/DAz60d0EET/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-lFHcii9WzR@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260504T123116Z DTSTART:20261217T220000Z DTEND:20261218T004500Z SUMMARY:Movie Memories & Milestones 2026 LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058 DESCRIPTION:Below is the planned movie schedule for 2026. Titles are su bject to change and will be updated on the website when possible.
\nMMM Movie Line-up 2026
\n\;
\nJanuary:
\nJanuary 8: \;&ldquo\;Casanova Brown&rdquo\; starring Gary Cooper\, Teresa Wrigh t. \;1941 \;In this hilarious romantic comedy\, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright)\, who was planning to give her up for adoption. \;No minated for three Oscars for Best Art\, Best Directing\, Best Music. \;Presented by Susan Hustwick
\nJanuary 15: &ldquo\;The Green Promis e&rdquo\; starring Walter Brennan\, Marguerite Chapman\, Natalie Wood. &nb sp\;1949 \;After the Matthews family buys a farm\, the father suffers a severe injury\, which puts his four children in charge. Daughter Debora h and her kid sister Susan take the lead--with help from the handsome loca l agricultural agent. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\nJanuary 22 : \;&ldquo\;Half Angel&rdquo\; starring Loretta Young\, Joseph Cotton 1951. \;Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom s he dislikes during the day and seduces during the night\, when she sleepwa lks.
\nJanuary 29&rdquo\; \;&ldquo\;Duck Soup&rdquo\; starring the Marx Brothers\, Margaret Dumont. \;1933 \;Rufus T. Firefly i s named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale\, contending w ith two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nFebruary:
\ nFeb. 5: \;The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 starring Judy Holliday\, J ohn Williams\, Paul Douglas. \;Winner of the Oscar for Best costume d esigning. \;A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of dire ctors at a billion dollar corporation. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson\n
Feb. 12: \;The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck\, Helen Westco tt 1950. \;Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Writing Motion Pi cture. \;Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love\, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for troub le\, but trouble finds him around every corner. \;Present by Donna Ja gielo
\nFeb. 19: \;Perils of Pauline 1947 starring Betty Hutton \, John Lund. \;The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. \;Nominated for Academy Award for Be st Original Song. \;Presented by Terry Dennison
\nFebruary 26: \;No movie Library Book Sale
\n\;
\nMarch:
\nM arch 5: \;King Kong\, 1944 starring Faye Wray\, Robert Armstrong. &nb sp\;A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot\, where the y capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet\, and b ring him back to New York City. \;Presented by Donna Jagielo
\n\;
\nMarch 12: \;No Sad Songs for Me 1950. Starring Margar et Sullivan\, Wendell Corey. \;Mary Scott has only ten months to live before she will die of an incurable disease. She conceals the news from h er husband and her daughter\, but she encounters difficulties in trying to make every remaining moment of her life count. \;Nominated for one O scar for Best Music scoring. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n&nb sp\;
\nMarch 19: \;Movie Buff Awards followed by Jungle Parol\, 1950. \;Starring Kristine Miller\, Arthur Franz. \;A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea \, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Present ed by Terry Dennison
\n\;
\nMarch 26: \;Cape Fear 19 62 starring Gregory Peck\, Robert Mitchum. \;A lawyer's family is sta lked by a man he once helped put in jail. \;Presented by Susan Hustwi ck
\n\;
\n\;
\nApril:
\nApril 2: \; Its In The Bag 1945 starring\, Fred Allen\, Jack Benny\, Don Ameche. \;The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find whic h chair it's hidden in. \; \;
\n\;
\nApril 9: &n bsp\;Blue Beard&rsquo\;s Eight Wife starring Claudette Colbert\, Gary Coop er\, Edwards Everett Horton. \;1938 \;After learning her multi-m illionaire fiancé\; has already been married seven times\, the daugh ter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. \; \;
\n&nb sp\;
\nApril 16: \;Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford\, Merce des McCambridge\, Sterling Hayden 1954. \;After helping a wounded gan g member\, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of mur der and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
\n\;
\nApril 23: &nb sp\;No movie..Jazz Festsival
\n\;
\nApril 30: \;Inte rrupted Meldoy 1956 starring Glen Ford\, Eleanor Parker. \;Winner of one Oscar for Best Writing Story and Screenplay. \;This movie chronic les Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success\, her battle wi th polio\, and her eventual career comeback. \; \;
\n\ ;
\nMay:
\nMay 7: \;Lured\, 1947 starring George Sanders\ , Lucille Ball. \;British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem c lues to the cops. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 14: \;Th ree for the Show\, 1955. \;Betty Grable\, Marge Champion. \;Brit ish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops. \;&nb sp\;
\n\;
\nMay 21: \;Presenting Lily Mars\, 1943 st arring Judy Garland\, Van Heflin\, Spring Byington. \;Small-town Indi ana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadwa y producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. Sh e follows him to New York and worms her way into his show\, and his heart. \; \;
\n\;
\nMay 28: \;Come Next Spring\, Ann Sheridan\, Steve Cochran\, Walter Brennan. \;1956 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absence\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot retur ns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometow n's respect too.
\n\;
\nJune:
\n\;
\nJun e 4: \;The Whole Town&rsquo\;s Talking starring Edward G. Robinson\, Jean Arthur. \;1936 \;In 1920s Arkansas\, after a 12 year absenc e\, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too. \; \;
\n&lsquo\;
\nJune 11: \;Driftwood starring 1947 starring Ru th Warrick\, Walter Brennan\, young Natalie Wood. \;6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts the m both\, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die. \; \;
\n\;
\nJune 18: \;Goodbye Mr.Chips\, starring Greer Gar soin\, Robert Donat\, Terry Wilson. \;1939 \;An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his persona l life over the decades. \;Winner of Best Actor Oscar. \;
\n\;
\nJune 25: \;Im no Angel\, 1933 starring Mae West\, Ca ry Grant. \;Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the co mpany of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along th e way. \; \;
\nJuly:
\n2: \;Guest in the House
\n9: \;Beat the Devil
\n16: \;Book Sale
\n23: &n bsp\;Stork Club
\n30: \;Romeo and Juliet
\n\;
\n< p>August:\nAugust 9: \;The Wayward Bus 1957 starring Joam Coll ins\, Jayne Mansfield\, Dan Dailey. \;Three strangers - a stripper\, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing jo urney. As the road presents challenges\, each character faces his or her o wn shortcomings\, not knowing where life will lead next.
\n\;\n
August 16: \;High Society 1956 starring Bing Crosby\, Grace Ke lly. \;Nominated for two Oscars. Original Song and Best music screenp lay. \;With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry\, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - \;he has 48 hours to convin ce her that she really still loves him.
\n\;
\nAugust 20: \;Meet the Stuarts 1942 \;starring William Holden\, Frances Dee . \; A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work\; trying to impress family\, stay on budget\, and remain as diplomatic towa rds each other as possible.
\n\;
\nAugust 27: \;Sis Hopkins 1941 Starring Judy Canova\, Bob Crosby\, Sudan Hayward. \;Nom inated for pone \;Oscar for Best Art Direction. \;A young girl f rom the \"sticks\" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. A t first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her un sophisticated nature\, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her tha n most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.
\ n\;
\nSeptember:
\nSeptember 3: \;I&rsquo\;m from Arkansas 1944 starring Slim Summerville\, El Brendel. \;The national spotlight falls on Pitchfork\, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the in gredient for laughs. \;Presented by Sandy Johnson
\n\;
\nSeptember 10: \;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 \;Marilyn Mon roe\, Jane \;Russell\, Charles Coburn. \;Showgirls Lorelei Lee a nd Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris\, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé\;\, as well as a rich\, en amored old man and many other doting admirers. \; \;
\nSepte mber 17: \;Twelve Angry Men 1957 starring Henry Fonda\, Lee J. Cobb. \;Nominated for three Oscars for Best\, Picture\, Best \, Best Direct or\, \;Best Writing. \; The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to m ore carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.&nbs p\; \;
\n\;
\nSeptember 24: \;Enchantment 1948 starring David Niven\, Teresa Wright. \;As a young man\, Rollo was ke pt from his true love\, Lark\, by the spiteful scheming of his older siste r. Years later\, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling i n love amidst the uncertainty of wartime. \;
\n\;
\nOctober Audience Picks
\n1: \;I Confess&mdash\;
\n8: &nbs p\;Goodby My Lady&mdash\;
\n15: \;Spirit \;of St. Louis&md ash\;
\n22: \;Johnny Tremaine
\n29: \;Unknown at thi s Time
\n\;
\nNovember:
\n5: \;Invasion of the Body Snatchers
\n12: \;Ghost on the Loose
\n19: \;M an of a Thousand Faces
\n26: \;Thanksgiving
\n\;
\nDecember:
\n3: \;The Gangs All Here
\n10: \;Tal k about a stranger
\n17: \;The Light in the Foirest
\n24: \;Christmas Eve closed
\n31: \;New Years Eve closed \; \;
\n\;
\n\;
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