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  • Actor Ethel Waters holds a broom and sets her hand on the table where two young white children are seated.
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THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING

12:30   4:35   8:40

Wednesday, January 29

(1952, Fred Zinnemann) Repeating her stage tour de force, Ethel Waters stars as the indomitable, one-eyed Berenice, a housekeeper/cook tending to two lonely young white children – one of the screen’s great, underrated performances. With Julie Harris, Brandon de Wilde, James Edwards. 35mm. Approx. 93 min.

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