It all started with a big list

So if you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that it all started with my undergraduate thesis, “A Glimpse Through the Glasses: Portrayals of Librarians in Film.” Click here for more info on that, finding movies, as well as more about the inspiration behind my personal interest in reel librarians.

I’ve mentioned before about starting out with 47 titles for that undergrad thesis, so maybe I should share those titles with you sometime.

How about now? 😉

And looking back, that initial list contains a decent cross-section of librarian films, ranging from librarians as major characters (Classes I and II) to bit parts (Classes III and IV) to even a case of mistaken occupation (Class V). Click each title below to find out more info about each movie, its major plot and cast of reel librarian(s).

Enjoy!

• Adventure (1945)
• All the President’s Men (1976)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
• Chances Are (1989)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Desk Set (1957)
• Finding Forrester (2000)
• Foul Play (1978)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Good News (1947)
• Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
• The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag (1992)
• The Handmaid’s Tale (1990)
• Horror of Dracula (1958)
• In the Name of the Father (1993)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Major League (1989)
• Maxie (1985)
• The Mummy (1999)
• The Music Man (1962)
• The Name of the Rose (1986)
• No Man of Her Own (1932)
• Off Beat (1986)
• Only Two Can Play (1962)
• Personals (TV, 1990)
• Philadelphia (1993)
• The Philadelphia Story (1940)
• Pride and Prejudice (1940)
• Pump Up the Volume (1990)
• Rome Adventure (1962)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
• Somewhere in Time (1980)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
• Sophie’s Choice (1982)
• Spellbound (1945)
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
• Stephen King’s It (TV, 1990)
• The Substitute (1996)
• That Touch of Mink (1962)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
• UHF (1989)
• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• Where the Heart Is (2000)
• You’re a Big Boy Now (1966)