It’s Miss Beadle!
While I was there I ran into Charlotte Stewart who will be remembered for her role as the teacher Miss Beadle
January 20, 2025
While I was there I ran into Charlotte Stewart who will be remembered for her role as the teacher Miss Beadle
Joe McKenney, 66, of Great Falls has always liked trying something new.
Can you imagine a TV series changing the fortunes of a major business?
The year was 1955. I received a call from my agent to go on an audition for the feature film The Lone Ranger.
I have been asked by some of you to write about the movie that most people seem to remember me for. The year was 1956 and I was asked to audition for the part of “Lisbeth” in the Walt Disney film “Old Yeller.”
It was a scene of pure pandemonium, a flock of birds crashing into houses in a quiet California beach town, the crazed creatures smashing windows and attacking the residents whose frantic screams matched the agonizing shrieks of the interlopers themselves.
Barbara Schiffman jumped into the Flathead writing community, eager to share her experience in Hollywood as a script consultant and creative producer.
Turning Thomas Savage’s “Power of the Dog” into a movie has been a long time coming. UM professor Alan Weltzien helped make it happen.
In 1976, Arnie Malina and a couple friends pooled $6k to start the independent movie house, Second Story Cinema in Helena. Today it’s the Myrna Loy Center, a vibrant performance venue & movie theatre with a $750k endowment.
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