WHO: East Tennessee Historical Society
WHAT: "Tennessee at the Movies"
WHERE: East Tennessee History Center
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville
TENNESSEE AT THE MOVIES
Explore the history of Tennessee and Tennesseans at the movies with a new exhibit at the East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS), April 7-July 2, 2006. Original movie posters, lobby cards, and memorabilia will recapture the magic of the silver screen in the 1940s-1950s era. The Fool Killer, starring Anthony Perkins, Thunder Road, starring Robert Mitchum, Wild River, with Montgomery Clift, and The Yearling, are among the 70 movies represented in the exhibit.
Items once belonging to Grace Moore will be on display, along with memorabilia from the Davy Crockett craze years. Exhibit admission is free; hours are Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m. The East Tennessee History Center is located at 601 S. Gay Street in downtown Knoxville, across from the Tennessee Theatre.
A film and lecture will accompany the "Tennessee at the Movies" exhibit.
MOVIE: On Friday, April 7, audiences are invited to view a movie, One Night of Love, starring Cocke County native Grace Moore, star of the Metropolitan Opera and Hollywood. The wonderful mix of light comedy, romance, and stirring musical numbers is Grace Moore's most popular movie role. The film is the first in an ETHS series by noted film historians and film archivists Bradley Reeves and Louisa Trott of the Tennessee Archives of Moving Image and Sound. The movie begins at 7 p.m. in the ETHS Auditorium.
LECTURE: On April 9, Dr. Michael Birdwell will discuss "East Tennessee at the Movies." This lecture will examine the region's role in the movies through a look at East Tennesseans who have starred in movies, such as David Keith, Elvis Presley, and Reece Witherspoon, films about East Tennesseans, such as Sergeant York and Davy Crocket: King of the Wild Frontier, and movies that have been filmed in East Tennessee, including A Walk in the Spring Rain, starring Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn. Dr. Birdwell also will explore the ways in which Hollywood, rightly or wrongly, has shaped public perceptions and stereotypes of East Tennessee. The lecture begins at 2 p.m. in the ETHS Auditorium.
The above programs are free and open to the public and are at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville.
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