Movie Queen film and related materials

Collection

Identifier: C-124

Scope and Contents

Collection contains two DVD copies of the 1939 silent film, Movie Queen, one DVD copy of Middlebury Remembers (2001), and newspaper articles, cast lists, and promotional materials from showings of Movie Queen from 1939, 1989, and 1992.

Dates

Creation: 1939-2001

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish materials, contact: Special Collections & Archives Middlebury College Phone: (802) 443-2387 Email: specialcollections@middlebury.edu

Biographical / Historical

The silent film, Movie Queen, was made as part of a fund-raiser for the Middlebury Chamber of Commerce in 1939. The film includes many local Middlebury people and scenes of downtown, with very little plot. There are visits to a few local businesses, a parade, a few plays from a college football game, and Middlebury businessmen playing gangsters in a slapstick kidnapping. The film was shown in the middle of a live stage play performed by local residents. Participants in the film include Ruth Hubbard, Betty Jewett, George Snow, and Edward Romeo. The film was most recently included at the conclusion of Middlebury Remembers, a video of a presentation at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, VT, during the theater's renovation in 2001.

Extent

1 Box

Additional Description

Arrangement

Folder 1: Two DVD copies of 1939 silent film, Movie Queen Folder 2: One DVD copy of Middlebury Remembers, 2001 Folder 3: Newspaper articles, cast lists, and promotional materials from showings of Movie Queen from 1939, 1989, and 1992.