Phone: (828) 250-4700
Email: [email protected]
Event Type: Local History & Genealogy
Age Group: Adult
Location: 67 Haywood St. – Asheville
Library: Pack Memorial
Asheville lured major film companies such as Paramount Pictures as well as itinerant movie makers who made short comedies on the streets of Asheviile, cast entirely with locals. Frank Thompson will use photograph stills and real film footage as he talks about movies produced in Asheville from the earliest in 1900 to the final silent film produced in 1929.