Maine Memory Network

Northeast Historic Film

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"Sadly, no known copies of the film exist today and yet, many wonderful still photographs of the filming of Queen of The Sea survive in both public…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"At the age of 31, Marley was filming a movie along with other stars August 10th, 1998. The movie was called The Boondock Saints, which released in…"

Western Maine Cultural Alliance

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"When they got here they had a protective film around them to keep the seawater from damaging the paint."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… musicians, vocalists, dancers, stage actors and film stars of the era. In this exhibit we highlight some major focal points in Performing Arts…"

South Portland Public Library

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Waterville Public Library

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Lewiston Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… Mrozicki's third graders to write, produce and film a movie based on their research. Another time middle school students worked with teacher…"

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… shows and the movie theater, showing silent films accompanied by a local piano player. The town did not sell liquor but did have a beauty shop…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Everett Horton who was ubiquitous in Hollywood films of the 1930s and acclaimed stage actor Barnard Hughes."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… and eventually became the hospital’s first film librarian. Observing their operations in later years, Burr noted the Sisters “spared no expense” to…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… to access, according to the annual report, “cine-filming equipment…a standard radiographic table; a Franklin head unit and new therapy machine.”…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… fill a prescription at the pharmacy, watch a film at the theater and generally take care of their daily needs without having to leave the village…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… watching a movie, “Occasionally, we saw a 'film strip,' similar to a slide show; watching a movie was always a big event."

Acadian Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Griffith’s epoch film The Birth of a Nation. (The Last 100 Years: A Glimpse of Farmington We Have Known, Richard Mallett) Cutler Memorial…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… which was recently made into a successful feature film. This book is based in a town called Derry, which was supposed to represent the city of…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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