‘Movies at the Meeting House’: Banned Books on the Big Screen
Thursday October 1st, 7:00 PM
A Place in the Sun
Hailed as one of the best American films of its time, this 1951 classic tells the story of a poor young man who falls in love with two women while attempting to establish a place for himself within the elite social scene. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Shelley Winters, the film won six Academy Awards and a Golden Globe for “Best Picture.” This beloved movie was based on Theodore Dreiser’s best-selling novel An American Tragedy (1925), which was banned in Boston and became one of a handful of works that would define the city’s censorship movement during the 1920s. Don’t miss your chance to see this gripping novel portrayed on the big screen in a film that Charlie Chaplin deemed “the greatest movie ever made about America.”
Doors open at 6:00 PM, film begins at 7:00pm
Advance tickets are $8 for the general public, $4 for OSMH members.
Available online at http://osmhoct1-15.bpt.me
All tickets are $10 at the door.
Beer, wine and soft drinks available for purchase, courtesy of Harpoon Brewery.
Join us before the screening for a beverage and the chance to explore the historic Old South Meeting House and our permanent exhibition ‘Voices of Protest.’
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.