Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:30pm
$125 per series; $35 per class
with Bill David
Nov. 21: Barbara Stanwyck
Considered by many as the best actress never to win an Academy Award despite four nominations, Stanwyck was one of the most versatile actresses, superb at playing comedy, drama, romantic leads or the evil ‘dragon lady’.
Jan. 2: Frank Capra
One of only two Directors to win three Academy Awards for Best Directing (along with William Wyler), Capra made films that made the ‘little person’ the hero in American life who stand up to corrupt influences whether, business or political.
March 27: William Holden
An actor who dominated the 1950s and has been hailed as the perfect movie star, Holden won the Academy Award in 1953 for Stalag 17. He was superb at playing tough, cynical anti-heroes who, in the end, fight for a good cause.
April 24: The Searchers
This 1956 film is ranked by the American Film Institute as the Best Western ever made and 12th greatest movie of all time. Director John Ford’s masterpiece stars John Wayne in perhaps his greatest acting role.
Bill David served as a Marine infantry officer and spent his career in magazine publishing.