All posts tagged "films"
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7.8K1Arts and LeisureVarick Frissell: the New England Filmmaker Who Died in the Biggest Hollywood Disaster Ever
In 1930, Varick Frissell traveled north to Canada to make the deadliest movie ever. Twenty-six people would die in the filming, including...
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20.2K1MassachusettsWhen Fears of Premature Burial Stalked the Land
George Washington famously feared premature burial. While on his deathbed in 1799, he instructed his personal secretary Tobias Lear to make sure...
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8.3KArts and LeisureWorld War I Inspires Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting, the man who created the children’s book character Doctor Dolittle, was an MIT trained civil engineer who spent much of...
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7.9KArts and LeisureJ.P. Marquand Razzes the Proper Bostonians
J.P. Marquand mastered two literary genres. As author of a 1930s detective series centering on the international crime-solving detective Mr. Moto, he...
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7.7K2Arts and LeisureSix Art Deco Gems
You don’t have to go to Miami or Hollywood for an Art Deco experience. New England has plenty of Art Deco office...
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6.7KArts and LeisureRobert Flaherty Brings Nanook of the North to Life
Nearly 100 years after he initially created the film Nanook of the North, people are still debating Robert Flaherty’s film, describing it...
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10.0K10New England PlacesSix Historic Movie Sets in New England
So many New England places have served as historic movie sets that we found it hard to choose one for each state....
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11.9K2Arts and LeisureJohn Greenleaf Whittier and the Real Maud Muller
New England’s Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote the sentimental and melancholy story of Maud Muller in 1854. The poem, one of...
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9.8K1New England PlacesThe First, First Sunrise in Each New England State
Trying to calculate the exact moment of sunrise isn’t easy. In fact, the U.S. Naval Observatory says it’s nearly impossible because of...
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2.6KNew HampshireLouis de Rochemont: The New Hampshire Moviemaker Who Took on Hitler in 1938 and Won
Louis de Rochemont had a bone to pick in 1938. In the 1930s, American attitudes toward Nazi Germany and Adolph Hitler were...
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