Chronicle - The Way We Were

DateMay 11 1990

Can DescriptionsChronicle Friday May 11, 1990 The Way We Were Aircheck The Way We Were [Includes audio in the black at the head of the tape.]

Abstract[Audio during blank screen.] Title: “The Way We Were, Chronicle”. Peter Mehegan hosts. Mary Richardson reports on the history of film in New England. Includes clips of various early films. Story of Northeast Historic Film in Blue Hill offices. Includes clips of interviews with David Weiss and Karan Sheldon. Richardson reports on the Adams Historical Society, which preserved the film ‘Miss Adams of Adams”. Includes interviews with Eugene Michalenko and Jim Smith. Joe Lavacchia of Woburn who restored a ‘Fotoplayer’ musical instrument. Discussion of director D.W. Griffith, Boston born cinematographer Billy Blitzer, and the making of ‘Way Down East’.