Richard Widmark, the Hollywood star who grew up in Princeton in the 1920s and 1930s, is somewhat forgotten today, five years after his death on March 24, 2008.

I believe people in Widmark’s hometown owe it to themselves to rediscover his impressive acting career.

To encourage that rediscovery, members of the Richard Widmark Fan Club, to which I belong, donated DVDs of some of Widmark’s movies to the Princeton Public Library last fall. The donations helped increase the library’s Widmark film collection from two to 15 and prompted the library’s Widmark Wednesday film series in September and October.