Week of Events
The Film Group
The Film Group
MEET JOHN DOE (USA 1941). Dir. by Frank Capra. Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck Everyone knows Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, but what about his forgotten earlier film with a very similar theme? The hero is just an ordinary guy whom the press and the politicians take up, and then betray. He faces death on ... Read more
Athenaeum Film Nights – Christmas In Connecticut
Athenaeum Film Nights – Christmas In Connecticut
'Christmas In Connecticut' (1947 Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison) 'A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas'. We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go ... Read more
‘A Christmas Carol’
‘A Christmas Carol’
‘A Christmas Carol’, performed by John Bromley-Davenport Q.C. Thursday, 14th December at 6:30 for 7:00pm. £25.00 per person. John Bromley-Davenport Q.C. will be at the Athenaeum on Thursday 14th to give us his brilliant one-man performance of 'A Christmas Carol' by Dickens. MENU Honey and mustard sausages, olives and crisps on arrival in Newsroom FIRST ... Read more