Updated March 18, 2008 URL is
www.tentativetimes.net/porter/gspfilm.html
Gene Stratton-Porter wrote many books, the best known being A Girl
of the Limberlost. She is still read and cherished today.
She has two historic-site homes in Indiana. In Geneva is the
Limberlost Cabin, the arts and crafts style first home she had
built. (Many links below!)
In the 1920s, Mrs. Porter moved to California to make movies of her books, but they were silent movies, and these two at the festival are remakes from the 1930s.
How a tiny town got together on an ambitious project with resounding success!!
Eric Grayson, film historian from Indianapolis, explained with
dashing wit the details behind our cartoons, the serial, and both
movies. Marjorie Main was one crusty mama, and did you know
she is from Indiana just like Gene Stratton-Porter?
Randy Lehman is the Site Manager for the Geneva, Indiana GSP State
Historic Site. He secured funding for the festival, and
worked with the new owners of the historic Star Theatre to make it
better than new. It was clean as a whistle. We were
spellbound by the movies, after we cut loose to holler and whistle
and laugh at the awesome serial, parts 1 and 2 of 13 parts.
The cartoons were of the proper era (early 1930s) and gave us a
lollapalooza of laughs.
Now try PAGE 2 about the Gene Stratton-Porter Vintage Film Festival
LINKS OUT
This is a link to
all
the pages in this Gene Stratton-Porter website or
Click this link for
the 2008
Calendar of Events
CONTACT US
You are welcome to contact the staff by telephone at 260-368-7428
to arrange a tour, buy books or ask any questions,
or fax to 260-368-7007,
or email the staff at the Limberlost at
limberlost368@embarqmail.com
Postal address:
Limberlost State Historic Site
PO BOX 356
GENEVA IN 46740
LIMBERLOST STATE HISTORIC SITE Phone: 260-368-7428
200 East 6th Street, PO Box 356 Email: limberlost368@embarqmail.com
Geneva, IN 46740 Contact: Randy Lehman, Site Manager
The wonderful official Indiana State Historic Site page for this Limberlost cabin is http://www.in.gov/ism/StateHistoricSites/Limberlost/index.aspx
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