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List of California Film Festivals

ContentsA List of the Film Festivals throughout the state of CaliforniaA List of the Film Festivals throughout the state of California American Black Film Festival American Film Institute Film Festival – AFI Fest American Film Market American Indian Film Festival – San Francisco Beverly Hills Film Festival Burbank International Film Festival California Independent Film Festival Cinequest –...

First Major Motion Picture Filmed in Ohio

The Green Grass of Wyoming was based on the book by the same name, by Mary O’Hara. It was the third book in the series of horse books which followed the well-known My Friend Flicka and the lesser known Thunderhead. The film was directed by Louis King and produced by Robert Bassler. The Green Grass of Wyoming starred: Peggy Cummins as Carey Greenway Charles Coburn as Beaver Greenway Robert Arthur as Ken...

Movies Made In Idaho

ContentsFilms Made in IdahoNapolian Dynomite (Preston), 2004 was also made in Idaho, and this film enjoys a special place in the hearts of the people and the Legislature, as shown by the following resolution, passed in 2005. Read it all the way, it is absolutely hysterical!Films Made in Idaho A number of movies have been made in Idaho, including: “Told in the Hills” (Priest Lake),...

Famous People From Colorado

What do Lon Chaney, Roseanne Barr, and Jack Demsey have in common? They’re all from Colorado! Colorado Biographies This page contains biographical sketches of a few famous historical Coloradans. Source: Colorado State Archives Notable ColoradansThese are short biographies of additional notable individuals from Colorado. Source: Colorado State Archives Colorado’s Famous People e-ReferenceDesk has created...

Shirley Temple Black

Born: April 23, 1928 – Santa Monica, California Born with the name Shirley Jane Temple, the talented singer and tap-dancer was perhaps the last child actress allowed to be a child. Her father was a bank teller and her mother a housewife, but Shirley Temple’s cheerful demeanor and bright smile were just what the doctor ordered for the depression sickened United States. Her cute lisp combined with a...
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