Fall 2009 Film Festival

THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS

THE FALL FLORIDA HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL 2009

EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IN OCTOBER AT 7:00

IN THE LIBRARY OF FLORIDA HISTORY

435 BREVARD AVENUE

COCOA FLORIDA, 32922

 SUGGESTED DONATION $10--FREE ADMISSION FOR FHS MEMBERS 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009

 THE ROSE TATTOO (1955)

FILMED IN KEY WEST AND BASED ON THE PASSION-FILLED TENNESSEE WILLIAMS PLAY

STARRING ANNA MAGNANI AND BURT LANCASTER

PRESENTER: DR. PHIL SIMPSON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK PSYCHO PATHS: TRACKING THE SERIAL KILLER THROUGH CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FILM AND FICTION

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009

THE BAREFOOT MAILMAN (1951)

MALICIOUS INTENT FOLLOWS THE RAILWAY TO SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE 1890'S.  BASED ON THE THEODORE PRATT NOVEL.  ROBERT CUMMINGS AND TERRY MOORE STAR.

PRESENTER: COURT LEWIS, HOST OF AMERICAN VARIETY RADIO, CONTRIBUTOR TO SOUTH FLORIDA HISTORY MAGAZINE, AND THIRD GENERATION MIAMIAN

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009

BENEATH THE 12-MILE REEF (1953)

A DRAMATIC STORY SET AMONG THE GREEK SPONGE DIVERS IN TARPON SPRINGS.  ONE OF THE FIRST FILMS SHOT IN CINEMASCOPE.  STARRING ROBERT WAGNER AND TERRY MOORE.

PRESENTER: DR. SUSAN J. FERNANDEZ, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND CO-AUTHOR OF THE BOOK SUNSHINE IN THE DARK: FLORIDA IN THE MOVIES

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

FOLLOW THAT DREAM (1962)

UNIQUE AMONG ELVIS PRESLEY'S THIRTY-THREE FILMS, BASED ON THE SATIRICAL NOVEL BY RICHARD POWELL.  FEATURES SIX PRESLEY SONGS.

PRESENTER: CHRIS KAHL, SINGER-SONGWRITER SPECIALIZING IN FLORIDA HISTORY AND CULTURE, ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE IN BREVARD COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL "ROAD SCHOLAR"

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009

THE CAPE CANAVERAL MONSTERS (1960)

AN ALIEN INVASION SCI-FI FILM SO BAD THAT IT'S GOOD.  FEATURES ACTUAL NASA STOCK FOOTAGE.  WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY PHIL TUCKER.

PRESENTER: PAT DUGGINS, AWARD-WINNING BROADCAST JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK FINAL COUNTDOWN: NASA AND THE END OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM