David Marcum and his assistant Todd Gamble showed up to present three of their films about the bridges and roads and trolleys of West Virginia. A small but enthusiastic audience enjoyed the three short films that had their public premieres at the event. The filmmakers loved seeing their film up on the La Belle Marquee.
Lura Watkins, president of the board of the South Charleston Museum Foundation, joined us for dinner at The Main Tin before the film as we have been doing since 2004.
Bob Arbogast manning the projection booth
Judy Romano and other SCMF board members also helped out including Bob Argogast who was the projectionist. Ms. Romano is the one part-time employee of SCMF and worked with John Lilly on his recent edition of Goldenseal with several articles about life in South Charleston.
Judy Romano with a copy of the new Goldenseal that features life in South Charleston
It was too bad a large audience did not attend the excellent films. WVLC has mailed a copy of “The Road to Opportunity” to every public library in the state. Hopefully, WVLC can do the same for the new film about the Blennerhasset Bridge.
David Marcum introducinghis films
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I’ll have to check with my local library to see these films. I’d love to attend one of these events and see films like this on the big screen, but I never find out about them until they’ve already happened. I have to start reading this blog more often.
Thanks for keeping this up, Steve, you provide a real service for this state.