WESTERN FILM SERIES: A HISTORY OF THE WILD WEST
Homewood Library 1721 Oxmoor Road, Trussville, Alabama 35209
OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents Western Film Series: A History of the Wild West.
Sept 12: “Stagecoach” (1939). Passengers on the Overland stagecoach contend with an escaped outlaw and the threat of an Apache attack as they travel across the Wild West.
Sept 19: “The Shootist” (1976). A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die.
Sept 26: “The Ox-Bow Incident” (1942). Townspeople, joined by two drifters, form a posse to catch the men who murdered a farmer and stole his cattle.
After each film, theater critics Ward Haarbauer, Martha Haarbauer, Jesse Bates, and Leslie West will discuss its acting, lighting, foreshadowing, theme, and characteristics. Free Admission.
