Throwback Thursdays Movie Screenings
Movie – Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)
Miss watching the movies of yesteryear? Having a hard time watching a classic and then having no one to discuss the movie with? Southgate Recreation & Park District is offering a chance to meet up with your friends and watch current and older movies at Pat O’Brien Community Center. Movies will begin at 1PM, the second Thursday of each month, and after, you are welcome to hang out and discuss the movie with others. There will be light refreshments offered (you are welcome to bring your own), seating and the movie. For more information please call (916) 526-0234.
Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)
Darby O’Gill and the Little People is a 1959 American fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions, adapted from the Darby O’Gill stories of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh. Directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, the film stars Albert Sharpe as O’Gill alongside Janet Munro, Sean Connery, and Jimmy O’Dea. Darby O’Gill and his daughter, Katie, live in Rathcullen, a small Irish town, where Darby is the caretaker for Lord Fitzpatrick’s estate. Darby continually tries to catch a tribe of leprechauns, particularly their king, Brian Connors.