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The Movie Queen

Boston-based itinerant filmmaker Margaret Cram (Margaret Cram Showalter) traveled to towns in New England making “Movie Queen” films. Local townspeople were cast in the films that document a movie queen on a return visit to her hometown as the whole town shows up to welcome her. (This one features twenty-five year old Vera Sleeper from Bar Harbor as the movie queen).The film then follows her visits to local stores whose owners invite her to admire their merchandise. Cram’s movies all include a scene in which the movie queen is kidnapped (with the local dignitaries playing the roles of kidnappers) and then rescued by a handsome hero.

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Boston-based itinerant filmmaker Margaret Cram (Margaret Cram Showalter) traveled to towns in New England making “Movie Queen” films. Local townspeople were cast in the films that document a movie queen on a return visit to her hometown as the whole town shows up to welcome her. (This one features twenty-five year old Vera Sleeper from Bar Harbor as the movie queen).The film then follows her visits to local stores whose owners invite her to admire their merchandise. Cram’s movies all include a scene in which the movie queen is kidnapped (with the local dignitaries playing the roles of kidnappers) and then rescued by a handsome hero.

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