North by Northwest Next FOLA Movie Dec. 1

The next '1st Thursday' movie presented by FOLA (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium) will be the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, "North by Northwest" on Thursday, December 1 at 7 PM at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium.  North by Northwest is a 1959 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures.  "North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization who want to stop his interference in their plans to smuggle out microfilm containing government secrets.  Author and journalist Nick Clooney praised Lehman's original story and sophisticated dialogue, calling the film "certainly Alfred Hitchcock's most stylish thriller, if not his best".  The film will be last in the 2011 '1st Thursday' movie series by FOLA.  A complete new set of hit films has been scheduled for the first Thursday of every month in 2012 by FOLA.  In addition to this series, FOLA will also begin a four movie series called 'Okemo Meets FOLA' at the auditorium on Dec. 29.  This series will begin with "Young Frankenstein", Mel Brooks hit comedy on Dec. 29 at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditoirum.  For Information, call 228-7239.