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Sunday, November 08, 2009 7 pm

Hobson's Choice Director David Lean isn’t known for comedies, but this delightful concoction displays a light touch and a sure hand for comic performances. Indeed, the performance of the woefully-underappreciated Brenda De Banzie as the eldest daughter of a pompous skinflint boot maker named Henry Hobson overshadows even the work of the great character actor Charles Laughton as Hobson. Set in Victorian Salford, the story concerns Hobson’s unwillingness to allow his three grown daughters to marry, lest he be forced to pay their dowries. Taking things into her own hands De Banzie’s Maggie settles upon the shop’s talented boot smith, Will (the wonderful John Mills) as her husband-to-be. When Laughton’s Hobson haughtily dismisses both of them, he comes to realize that his choices are less appealing than he thought.

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COST: Free
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