Tucked away in a pleasant, comfortable, quiet room in a corner of the first floor of the library is a special collection of books called the Christopher Reeve Collection. It includes books on film, theater and television and is named for the famous actor who happened to grow up in Princeton. Funding comes from a special grant from the Friends of the Library.
The collection is varied—wonderful coffee table books, collections of plays, information for the budding actor, director, screenwriter and filmmaker, biographies of famous people in the entertainment world, and more.
Here are just a few examples:
1001 movies you must see before you die
A century of movie posters : from silent to art house
Cinema year by year : the complete illustrated history of film
Broadway musicals : the 101 greatest shows of all time
Lew Hunter's screenwriting 434
The working director : how to arrive, thrive, and survive in the director's chair
Breaking into acting for dummies
Give yourself a special treat, and also discover a room that you may not know is there. The Welcome Desk librarian will be glad to point you in the right direction.
Submitted by Jane Brown.