Charles Boyer News

THOMASTON : The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library is presenting a series of films in Room 208 of the Academy Building, 60 Main St./Route 1. The Friday night movies for October have the theme of Thrills and Chills, and the first film of the series will be "Gaslight" Friday, Oct.

The comedy ''Tovarich'' is nearly forgotten today, despite being turned into a 1937 film starring Charles Boyer and Claudette Colbert , and a 1963 Broadway musical with Vivien Leigh .

"Gaslight," a Victorian thriller by Patrick Hamilton, opens Friday at 8 p.m. at the Sherman Playhouse, located at the junction of routes 37 and 39 behind the Sherman Firehouse, which is under renovation.

WARREN CLEMENTS w clements@globeandmail.com Screwball comedy was the ultimate escapist genre of the Great Depression.

The details: Throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s, Columbia Pictures was engaged in a fairly consistent program of upgrading its product.

Published: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 12:37 a.m. Will Michael Bay, at long last, win an Oscar? At least a few Hollywood-watchers must be thinking that.

When "Going My Way" premiered on May 3, 1944, it was a surprising hit. Most movie critics had pooh-poohed the casting of Bing Crosby in a lead dramatic role, butthe "King ofCroon"proved them wrong, and it became the top-grossing film ofthe year and swept the Oscars.