After a two-year hiatus, we are excited to announce the return of regular library film screenings in September. Film screenings will be held on Mondays and Fridays at 6:30 PM in the Orem Library’s media auditorium, located in the north wing basement next to the movie collection. Each month, one film screening will be held in the Library Hall’s Ashton Auditorium. To tie in with our Orem Reads 2022 theme, September will feature romance film screenings –including old-fashioned classics like Casablanca and The African Queen, fantasy favorites Stardust and The Princess Bride, and even a little horror with The Bride of Frankenstein. Check out the full schedule below and join us for an enchanting and romantic month of movies!
Upcoming Romance Film Screenings at the Orem Library
Friday, September 2
Stardust
PG-13, 2007
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he’ll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
Monday, September 5
Library Closed for Labor Day
Friday, September 9
Moonstruck
PG, 1987
Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.
Monday, September 12
Casablanca
PG, 1942
A cynical ex-patriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Friday, September 16
Music & Lyrics
PG-13, 2007
A washed up singer is given a couple of days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he’s never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.
Monday, September 19
The African Queen
PG, 1951
In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
Friday, September 23
Jane Eyre
PG-13, 2011
A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he’s hiding a terrible secret.
Monday, September 26 | 6:30 PM | Library Hall, Ashton Auditorium
The Princess Bride
PG, 1987
The Princess Bride is 35 years old! Inconceivable! Join us for a celebratory screening of the classic romance film you can recite by heart.
Friday, September 30
The Bride of Frankenstein
Not Rated, 1935
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
