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POCKET FUL OF MI RACL ES Friday, November 23 at 1:30 pm, Saturday, November 24 at 6:00 pm & Sunday, November 25 at 6:30 pm (1961) Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York City as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples, he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help. Annie’s daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The Count’s son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York City society. It’s up to Dave and Queenie and their Runyon- esque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York City’s elite. the movies CONF ESS IONS OF A SHOPAHOL I C Saturday, November 17 at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm (2009) Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter Like many New York City gals, Re- becca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) loves to shop. The trouble is, she shops so much that she is drowning in debt. Re- becca would love to work at the city’s top fashion magazine but, so far, has not been able to get her foot in the door. Then she lands a job as an advice col- umnist for a financial magazine owned by the same company. Her column be- comes an overnight success, but her se- cret threatens to ruin her love life and career. AN OLD FASH IONED THANKSG I V I NG Sunday, November 18 at 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm (2008) Cast: Jacqueline Bissett, Helene Joy, Tatiana Maslany Inspired by a short story by Louisa May Alcott. Isabella Caldwell is a high-so- ciety woman in late-1800’s New York. When Isabella’s estranged daughter Mary becomes ill and is too proud to ask her mother for assistance, Mary’s daughter Tilly contacts her grandmother to plead for help. Isabella’s arrival caus- es upheaval in many lives, but may also lead to reconciliation within the family. BR I DGE ON THE R I VER KWA I Friday, November 16 at 1:30 pm, Saturday, November 17 at 6:00 pm & Sunday, November 18 at 6:30 pm (1957) Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins British POWs are ordered by their Jap- anese captors to construct a bridge of strategic importance and are happy to sabotage and delay the progress until their commanding officers orders them to continue the work unhindered to its completion, but are his actions tanta- mount to collaborating with the enemy? THE COURAGEOUS HEART OF I RENA SENDL ER Saturday, November 24 at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm (2009) Cast: Anna Paquin, Marcia Gay Harden, Goran Visnjic The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish un- derground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto. A MOTHER ’ S G I F T Sunday, November 25 at 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm (1995) Cast: Nancy McKeon, Adrian Pasdar, Lucy Deakins A singer and her husband leave their home in their frontier town for Pioneer life in the West but realizes that life in the west is hard on their marriage and her dreams. KIRBY PINES MOVIE RATING SYSTEM The Pinecone | November 2018 • 11 • = AVERAGE = GOOD = EXCELLENT = OUTSTANDING